ROCK HILL, S.C. – No. 4 seed Anderson University fell to No. 3 seed Tusculum University, 2-1, in the SAC Championship Finals on Sunday afternoon in Rock Hill at Manchester Meadow.
The Trojans drop to 10-5-3 overall while Tusculum improves to 12-6-1 advancing to the NCAA as an automatic qualifier.
KEY STATS
- Tusculum outshot the Trojans outshot 19-10
- The Pioneers claimed the corner kick advantage with four kicks to two
- The Pioneers edged the Black and Gold 10 -4 with shots on goal
- AU's Gal Elyashiv recorded eight saves on the afternoon
- Tusculum's Alejandro Quirit keeper was credited with three saves
NOTES
- The Anderson – Tusculum series now sits at 6-6-1 all-time
- AU's Harry Ward's scored his third goal of the season
- The Pioneers halted Anderson's seven match win streak
- The Black and Gold played a total of 41 minutes with a man down
- The Trojans placed three players on the SAC All-Tournament Team. Senior Birkir Petursson, junior Colin Burris and sophomore Harry Ward
UP NEXT
- Anderson now waits to see if it will be a selection into the NCAA Tournament
SAC All-Tournament Team
Ignacio de Goya, Lenoir-Rhyne
Goncarlo Garcia, Lenoir-Rhyne
Samuel Jenkins, Carson-Newman
Tobias Solem Karlsen, Carson-Newman
Harry Ward, Anderson
Colin Burris, Anderson
Birkir Petursson, Anderson
Mathias Grimstad, Tusculum
Fabian Proesch, Tusculum
Edgar Cervantes, Tusculum
Jonny Winter, Tusculum (MVP)
