PENSACOLA, Fla. — West Florida (5-7-1, 5-3-0) defeated Central Ark. (7-6-2, 4-2-1) 1-0 on Wednesday.
Caleb Moss scored the match's only goal at 77:49 off an assist from
Pedro Henrique Cidade Santos.
First half
- Central Ark. created the early pressure with six shots and two corner kicks from 2:42 to 13:54, but
Tomas Valles Gilbert made a save on Maxim Sheenkov to keep the match scoreless.
- The middle of the half tightened with multiple fouls and yellow cards issued to Rico Duggan and
Jonas Grauer, while
Chase Haskins recorded West Florida's first shot at 24:32.
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Adrian Rodriguez gave West Florida late looks with shots at 35:44, 38:24 and 44:49, the last saved by Merrick Cook.
- Valles Gilbert made two saves in the final three minutes, stopping Michael Walenchok and Mateusz Wojtalik before the half ended 0-0.
Second half
- Valles Gilbert saved a Central Ark. shot at 49:06 before West Florida generated five shots and a corner from 51:33 to 65:05, including two saved attempts by
Andrey Gentil.
- Central Ark. followed with three shots from 66:28 to 68:19, with Valles Gilbert making another save, before a foul-heavy stretch led into West Florida's goal at 77:49 from Moss off an assist by Henrique Cidade Santos for a 1-0 lead.
- After both teams were shown yellow cards in the minutes after the goal, West Florida added two more shots on frame while Central Ark. had two corners and two shots from 83:53 to 88:21, and West Florida carried the 1-0 score to the end of regulation.
"We are very determined, we haven't lost on our home field this season," said Coach
Bill Elliott. "To be competitive in the ASUN was going to be by winning games on our field."
Moss scored the game-winning goal on his only shot. Valles Gilbert recorded seven saves over 90 minutes and finished with a shutout. Gentil led West Florida with five shots, putting four on goal. Henrique Cidade Santos added an assist.
West Florida is 5-7-1 overall and 5-3-0 in conference play. Central Ark. is 7-6-2 overall and 4-2-1 in conference play.
Up next, West Florida soccer team hosts Spring Hill on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 5 p.m. at the UWF Soccer Complex in Pensacola, Fla.
