University of Connecticut Athletics
UC Santa Barbara Slips Past Huskies, 1-0
9/11/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
STORRS, Conn. (Sept. 11) - The University of California-Santa Barbara (4-0-0) edged the University of Connecticut men's soccer team (1-3-0), 1-0, in front of a crowd of 3,976 at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium Saturday night. The contest was the concluding game of the UConn adidas Soccer Classic, with UCSB finishing 2-0, the Huskies and Seton Hall both at 1-1 and Richmond going 0-2.
The teams were deadlocked in a scoreless tie until the 54th minute, when forward Drew McAthy of the Gauchos drove a shot past UConn keeper Geoffrey Anatole (Sharon, Mass.) off a feed from forward Neil Jones, with a second assist awarded to defender Jon Apilado.
UCSB came close to making it a 2-0 advantage just over a minute later, but Anatole was able to turn aside a point blank shot by Andrew Proctor at 55:17 and a following rebound. Anatole went on to make a total of three saves in the contest.
The Huskies had several good chances to get on the board, but many of the attempts went just wide of the net as they were only able to put two of 11 shots on goal.
Shots were even between the teams at 11 apiece and corner kicks were 2-0 in favor of UConn. The game proved to be a physical one as the teams combined for 22 fouls and seven cautions, with five yellow cards being issued to UC Santa Barbara and two for Connecticut.
The Huskies take the field again on Wednesday, Sept. 15th when they host Saint Peter’s at 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara 1, Connecticut 0
UC Santa Barbara 0 1 - 1
Connecticut 0 0 - 0
Scoring
1st Half - None
2nd Half – SB Drew McAthy (Jones, Apilado), 54:16.
Shots – UC 11, SB 11
Corner Kicks – UC 2, SB 0
Fouls – UC 12, SB
Offsides – UC 0, SB 6
