A Kieran Richards brace leads the Bucs to back-to-back SoCon wins  

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Oct. 8, 2022) – On Saturday night the ETSU men’s soccer team started their first of three straight on the road, defeating Wofford 3-0 behind a brace by Kieran Richards (Hamilton, New Zealand). Winning in Spartanburg, S.C. the Bucs improve to 2-0 in conference play and 6-4-1 overall.

SCORING

• 27’ – Kieran Richards scored from the penalty spot for his 7^th goal of the season.
• 35’ – Tarik Pannholzer (Flensburg, Germany) found the back of the net for the third time this season.
• 68’ – Richards completed his third brace of the season, assisted by Cameron Carroll (Clarksville, Tenn.)

MATCH SUMMARY

• In the opening 25 minutes of the contest, the Bucs recorded three shots which were all off target.
• In the 26^th minute off the first half, David Kovacic (Krsko, Slovenia) was taken down in the 18-yard box to give the Bucs their first penalty shot opportunity of the season.
• Stepping up to take the penalty, Richards found the back of the net for the seventh time this season to give the Bucs the 1-0 lead.
• Less than 10 minutes later Pannholzer found some space to record a shot which bounced off the cross bar which he followed up to score his third goal of the season.
• The Bucs recorded nine first-half shots and only allowed two by Wofford with none landing on target.
• In the 60^th minute, Pannholzer had the first true opportunity of the second half for ETSU but his shot was saved by the Wofford goalkeeper Cameron Victor.
• Eight minutes later, Carroll played a ball to Richards who not only gave the Bucs the 3-0 lead but also completed his third brace of the season.
• Cole Hunter (Mount Juliet, Tenn.) recorded his first save of the game in the 78^th minute and his second and final save in the 90^th minute to record his sixth shutout of the season to put him tied seventh all-time in school history.

QUICK KICKS

• The Bucs outshot Wofford 15-6 overall and 6-2 with shots on target.
• Richards becomes only the second player in program history to record three braces in a season, Pannholzer completed three a season ago.
• Richards moves into sixth all-time in goals scored for ETSU with 15 and Pannholzer sits at the fifth spot with 16.
• In all six wins this season, The Bucs have scored at least three goals.
• With the loss, Wofford dips to 0-1-1 in the SoCon and 3-6-2 overall.

UP NEXT 

• The Bucs will travel to Greensboro, N.C. next Saturday to battle for the first-place position in the SoCon against UNC-Greensboro at 7 p.m.