Lancers fall to the Blue Hose 1–0
Longwood gets goal taken back in the first half
Longwood’s men’s soccer team (0–10–1) lost 1–0 to Presbyterian College (4–5–2) on Saturday, Oct. 8.
Presbyterian’s Plamen Mangarov, a freshman midfielder, scored their first and only goal of the game at the 77th minute of play. Longwood scrambled near the end of the game to score a goal.
Get Taylor O’Berry’s stories in your inbox
Join Medium for free to get updates from this writer.
Lancers’ defense throughout the first half against the Blue Hose was strong compared to their offense. The Blue Hose had 17 shots total, while the Lancers only had three shots on the Blue Hoses.
“Defense all season has been very strong, disciplined,” said head coach Jon Atkinson. “Unfortunately they’re getting a lot of pressure right now because offense is not able to translate their chances into goals.”
At the 20th minute mark, Longwood’s Eoin O’Donovan, a senior midfielder, passed the ball into the box to sophomore forward, Max Poelker, seemingly scoring a point that was then ruled offsides.
“Best defense is to attack,” said Marten Pajunurm, a senior defender. “We have a lot of final third action but we don’t translate that into shots so sometimes it seems like we were overplayed by the opponant, but actually we had the ball most of the time.”
“We play ball pocession type style and today it was just sporadic,” said Atkinson. “We weren’t able to connect in the final third well enough to translate that to good opportunities.”
Longwood’s next two games will be against Wake Forest on Oct. 10 and then again on Oct. 14 against Campbell.
