Corley Game-Winner Pushes Dukes to Fourth Straight Win

Saturday, September 11

Harrisonburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

4-1-0, 1-0-0

College of Charleston

1-1-2, 0-1-0

Col. of Charleston

James Madison

9/11/2021 10:21:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison midfielder Nate Corley picked no better time for his first career goal, scoring 49 seconds into overtime to give JMU a 1-0 win over the College of Charleston Saturday night at Sentara Park.

The win pushes the Dukes' win streak to four and moves them to 4-1, 1-0 Colonial Athletic Association, while the Cougars fall to 1-1-2, 0-1 CAA.

The Dukes shot out the gate aggressively for the game, as they out shot the Cougars 8-1 in the first half. JMU was awarded a corner kick in the fourth minute before Luca Erhardt fired the first shot in the ninth minute. A pair of shots from Ethan Taylor and Axel Ahlander minutes later were both saved as the Dukes continued to get through the opposing back line. The Cougars got their first shot off in the 31^st minute, but the teams would go into half scoreless.

CofC was able to get the first two shots off in the first moments of the second half, but the Dukes continued their offensive approach from the first half. JMU had an opportunity to get on the board between the 59^th and 61^st minutes, but all four shots were either blocked, wide, or saved.

The Dukes had another opportunity in the 86^th minute as Ahlander fired a shot from about 25 yards out that Cameron Smith just barely saved to force a JMU corner kick. Rodrigo Robles would corral the rebounded kick and fired back-to-back headers on target, but both were saved. The two teams would remain knotted at zeros at the end of regulation and head to overtime.

The Dukes had an opportunity 25 seconds into overtime to score, as a beautiful through ball set up Corley mere feet from the goal, but Smith would slide in and save the shot. Corley did not miss on his second opportunity though to end the game. After Erhardt recovered the rebound off his own blocked shot, he quickly passed to Corley who would set himself up with a dribble and fire in the game winner in the upper left corner of the goal to give JMU a 1-0 win.

Game Notes

Nate Corley's goal ended Charleston's 587-minute scoreless streak that extended back to last season.
Luca Erhardt's assist gave him 100 points in his collegiate career
Alex DeSatnick picked up his second career shutout in as many starts.
Corley had a career-high five shots and four shots on goal.
The Dukes out shot Charleston 23-4, including 12 shots in the second half.
JMU had 11 shots on goal, the most they've had since Oct. 23, 2018 against Longwood where they had 11 as well.

Quoting Head Coach Paul Zazenski
"Tonight was a great win against a team that was extremely well organized defensively. Our guys' mentality was superb just to stay the course and believe we would get a result. It was great to open up CAA play with a good result against a team that was very brought in. We will have a short rest before we face an ACC opponent on the road in NC State."

Up Next
The Dukes head onto the road and will travel to Raleigh, N.C. to take on NC State in a Tuesday night matchup on Sept. 14. The match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.