Trio of Penalty Kicks Dooms Dukes

Sunday, August 28

Harrisonburg, Va.

4:30 p.m.

James Madison University

0-2-0

N.C. State

1-1-0

N.C. State

James Madison

8/28/2016 8:28:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – Three NC State penalty kicks solidified a 3-2 loss by James Madison men's soccer to the Wolfpack Sunday afternoon at University Park.

Redshirt senior forward Connor Coward put JMU on top in the 10th minute when he rose above the NC State back line and headed a cross from redshirt sophomore midfielder Billy Metzler back across the goal and into the side netting.

Two penalties taken by the Wolfpack's Julius Duchscherer put them up 2-1 at halftime. The first found the net in the 29th minute, but the second was saved by redshirt senior goalkeeper Kyle Morton. Lukas Zarges, however, put away the rebound in the 33rd. Ade Taiwo scored the third and game-winning penalty three minutes into the second half.

Junior forward Drew Mahoney got the Dukes within one goal in the 61st minute by taking a long throw-in from Coward, turning and firing a shot past NC State goalkeeper Alex McCauley.

The game was a physical contest that saw 19 fouls and three yellow cards between the two teams.

PHOTO OF THE GAME
Ben Dao flies through the air during the second half against NC State. See the full gallery here.
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QUOTING COACH FOLEY
"I have to applaud our guys for their effort in the second half. I thought they fought extremely hard. The guys had to show some serious resolve to put themselves back into the match. We're creating a tremendous amout of chances. I think more's to come, I think these guys are good attacking players."

LATE HEARTBREAK
For the second consecutive game, the Dukes hit the woodwork in the closing moments. On Friday against Lehigh, Coward's header was tipped off the crossbar in the 89th minute. In the 87th minute of today's game, sophomore Aaron Ward-Baptiste saw his header hit the inside of the post and roll out.

DUKE DEBUTS
Soheyl Alipour-Rafi, Manuel Ferriol, Ben Dao and Brandon Clegg all made their first appearances for JMU against the Wolfpack. Alipour-Rafi started at center back and Clegg registered a shot in the second half.

UP NEXT
JMU goes from University Park in Harrisonburg to University Park, Pa. to face Penn State on Friday, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. The Nittany Lions are 0-1-1 after drawing with Stanford and losing to California.