Tuesday, November 6
RADFORD
6:00 PM
Radford University
vs
Gardner-Webb
MEN'S SOCCER HOSTS GARDNER-WEBB IN BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT MATCH TUESDAY
11/5/2012 10:20:00 AM | Men's Soccer
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Tournament info - BigSouthSports.com
TICKETS: $5 for adults / $3 for children (11 and under) / $1 for Gardner-Webb students (with ID) / FREE for RU students (with ID)
*All ticket sales to be conducted at Cupp Stadium gate*
Second-seeded Radford begins play in the 2012 Big South Men's Soccer Championships at Cupp Stadium on Tuesday night, hosting Gardner-Webb in quarterfinal action at 6 p.m.
The winner of Tuesday's match advances to play among the league's final four at Bryan Park in Greensboro, N.C. – semifinal play is set for Friday at 7 p.m. for the Radford-Gardner-Webb winner against either Liberty or Winthrop, with the championship scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m.
Radford (9-5-4, 7-2-1 Big South), which closed out the regular season on Saturday night with a 2-0 win over Winthrop, earned 22 points in the standings to claim the No. 2 spot. Helping Radford to the second-place finish was a 6-0-1 Big South start, the first time in program history that the Highlanders were unbeaten seven games into the league schedule.
HIGHLANDER NOTES
THE MATCHUP
TOURNAMENT NOTES
Tournament info - BigSouthSports.com
TICKETS: $5 for adults / $3 for children (11 and under) / $1 for Gardner-Webb students (with ID) / FREE for RU students (with ID)
*All ticket sales to be conducted at Cupp Stadium gate*
Second-seeded Radford begins play in the 2012 Big South Men's Soccer Championships at Cupp Stadium on Tuesday night, hosting Gardner-Webb in quarterfinal action at 6 p.m.
The winner of Tuesday's match advances to play among the league's final four at Bryan Park in Greensboro, N.C. – semifinal play is set for Friday at 7 p.m. for the Radford-Gardner-Webb winner against either Liberty or Winthrop, with the championship scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m.
Radford (9-5-4, 7-2-1 Big South), which closed out the regular season on Saturday night with a 2-0 win over Winthrop, earned 22 points in the standings to claim the No. 2 spot. Helping Radford to the second-place finish was a 6-0-1 Big South start, the first time in program history that the Highlanders were unbeaten seven games into the league schedule.
HIGHLANDER NOTES
- Saturday's win was the first for the Highlanders in three matches and came at an important time with a potential home tournament match on the line
- Stephen Hudgens, who scored the game-winner (36') on Saturday against Winthrop, notched his first collegiate goal in the victory
- Hudgens, playing up from his usual defensive position, had two more good scoring chances before halftime on a close-in shot that was blocked, and another that was saved
- Lucas Diniz is the leading freshman scorer for the Highlanders (3G, 1A) – he added his third goal of the year in the 61st minute on Saturday
- Radford outshot Winthrop 21-4 – the 17-shot differential is the most for the Highlanders this season
- The Highlanders have outshot opponents 13 times this season
- Through their 18 regular season matches, the Highlanders rank fourth in the Big South in scoring (31 goals), while their goals against (19) rank third
THE MATCHUP
- Radford beat Gardner-Webb 6-1 on Sept. 29 in a match highlighted by a five-goal second half, including two-goal efforts from Joe Mayer and Ramzi Dridi
- The win was Radford's first against Gardner-Webb since the Runnin' Bulldogs joined the league in 2008
- All-time, Gardner-Webb is 5-3-1 against the Highlanders
- The two sides have never met in the Big South Tournament
- Gardner-Webb advanced to the league championship match a season ago, before falling to Liberty
TOURNAMENT NOTES
- Radford is 19-23-3 all-time in the Big South Tournament, with titles in 1999 and 2000
- Marc Reeves is 1-1-1 as head coach of the Highlanders in the tournament
- Radford has advanced to the semifinals in two of the last three seasons – the Highlanders were eliminated on penalty kicks by Liberty in last year's quarterfinals
- The Highlanders last played in the championship match in 2007
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