CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 After a brief stint at home, Charlotte Men’s Soccer hits the road again, this time for a cross-state match-up with the Campbell Camels set to take place Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Buies Creek.\u00a0
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\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f\u00a0 Tuesday, October 7<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udccd\u00a0 Eakes Athletic Complex \/\/ Buies Creek, N.C.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udcfa\u00a0 FloCollege<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udcca Live Stats Link<\/a><\/p>\n LAST TIME OUT Charlotte looked to be aggressive on offense quickly into the match, pressuring the Memphis defense and American Conference Preseason Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, Filip Sabatti, with the Tigers earning their first save just six minutes into the game. From there on, the momentum remained fairly even, with both teams looking to inflict damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n It was looking like it was going to be another scoreless halftime for the Niners, with both defenses playing strong, but in the 41st minute, Denis Krioutchenkov<\/a> (3) found a perfect scoring opportunity off a well put-together play assisted by both Tate Asante<\/a> and Grant Stewart<\/a> to give the Niners a comfortable 1-0 lead heading into the half.\u00a0<\/p>\n Both teams came out in the second half looking aggressive and clearly wanting to score. In the 61st minute, the Tigers were able to take advantage and put together a nice scoring drive for themselves when Miller Lashlee scored his third goal of the season off a misplay from Charlotte to even the game at 1-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n It did not take long for Charlotte to respond, as only a minute later, at nearly the 63rd minute, James Nyandjo<\/a> scored his first career goal off a corner from Wiktor Pucilowski<\/a> to put the Niners back in front, 2-1. Charlotte then went on to make the score 3-1 late in the second half when captain Ben Fisher<\/a> scored his first collegiate goal off assists from Alessandro Negri<\/a> and Elias Arsvoll<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Niners outshot the Tigers 15 to six. Charlotte had six shots on goal while Memphis only had two.\u00a0<\/p>\n With the victory, the Niners advanced to over .500 on the season once again, and remain one of three teams in the American without a conference loss, the other two being South Florida and Florida Atlantic.\u00a0<\/p>\n AMERICAN HONORS Defender James Nyandjo<\/a> earned Freshman of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week honors after scoring the game-winning goal on a set piece that allowed the Niners to remain unbeaten in conference play. The goal was the first of his collegiate career. Nyandjo was also part of a back line that only allowed the Tigers to take two shots on goal and six shots total.\u00a0<\/p>\n Captain Ben Fisher<\/a> was named honorable mention after also scoring his first collegiate goal in the 86th minute of play against Memphis to secure the 3-1 victory for Charlotte.\u00a0<\/p>\n The list of American weekly honors thus far for the Niners are:\u00a0
\n<\/p>\n \nNOTABLE STATS AND LEADERS Denis Krioutchenkov<\/a> leads the team in shots with 32, 14 of which have been on goal. Krioutchenkov leads the American Conference in shots, and shots per game, averaging out to 3.56, which is also tied for 15th in the NCAA.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nCharlotte is coming off a 3-1 victory over the Memphis Tigers in an American Conference match-up at home last Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nCharlotte has racked up nine American Conference weekly honors thus far, including three this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nOut of Charlotte’s 17 goals scored thus far, 11 have come from different players. The Niners to score this season are: Elias Arsvoll<\/a> (3), Orthodoxos Orthodoxou<\/a> (3), Denis Krioutchenkov<\/a> (3), Natsuki Ogata<\/a> (1), Tate Asante<\/a> (1), Xavier Holloway<\/a> (1), Andreas Evangelou<\/a> (1), Robert Franke<\/a> (1), Wiktor Pucilowski<\/a> (1), James Nyandjo<\/a> (1), and Ben Fisher<\/a> (1). Orthodoxou, Asante, Holloway, Evangelou, and Pucilowski have all recorded their first collegiate goals this season, while Franke recorded his first Division I collegiate goal. Charlotte leads the American Conference in both goals (tied with FAU and FIU) and unique goal scorers.\u00a0<\/p>\n