JMU Rolls Past Gardner-Webb, 4-0, in Season Opener

Friday, August 24

Harrisonburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

1-0

Gardner-Webb

0-1

Gardner-Webb

James Madison

Photo by: Cathy Kushner/JMU Athletics Communications

8/24/2018 11:07:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison men's soccer opened its 2018 season with a win on Friday night, scoring three goals in the second half in a 4-0 win over Gardner-Webb as part of the Fairfield Inn by Marriott JMU Invitational at Sentara Park.

Redshirt sophomore Carson Jeffris and junior Tim Estermann provided the four goals for JMU, scoring two apiece helping Paul Zazenski to his first win as head coach.

HOW THEY SCORED
31' | Jeffris scored his first career goal after a header from junior Max Poelker was saved, landing in front of him to poke into the left side of the net.
57' | Jeffris picked up his second goal of the night with a long pass from junior Fernando Casero, taking the goalkeeper 1-on-1 from six yards out.
83' | Sophomore Tom Judge placed a ball 10 yards out for Estermann to finish straight into the back of the net, scoring his first goal of the season.
84' | 13 seconds later, the Dukes stole the ball off the restart as Jeffris found Estermann with a through ball for an easy finish.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
The Dukes outshot the Bulldogs 18-4, taking 10 shots on goal to their two. JMU had eight corner kicks to Gardner-Webb's three.

QUOTING HEAD COACH PAUL ZAZENSKI
"We started a little slow and it took us some time to get into a rhythm, but I think the reason we won the game was our depth. We have a ton of guys who can come in and contribute at a very high level. I thought our back line played really well tonight, only having four shots with two on frame, so for a 90-minute match we are going to look to them to provide that leadership for our team."

"Overall, I thought it was a good team win and we have to reset very quickly against an NCAA tournament team in Air Force who is coming off a loss so we know it will be a tough test on Sunday."

UP NEXT
The Dukes will face Air Force in the final game of the Fairfield Inn by Marriott JMU Invitational on Sunday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. at Sentara Park.