2012 Carson-Newman Men's Soccer News

May 6, 2013
C-N soccer to utilize GPSports vests
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman’s soccer teams will be one of the first three American institutions to partner with GPSports – a biometrics and GPS-based technology that will enable Carson-Newman soccer’s coaching staff to better train its athletes.

April 23, 2013
Moodie announces summer soccer clinic and camp dates
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman will play host to two camps for high school aged boys and girls in June and July, as well as a clinic for children ages 4-12 in June, C-N director of soccer Richard Moodie announced Tuesday.

February 11, 2013
Moodie Announces 2013 Men's Soccer Signing Class
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman men’s soccer program has signed six players for its 2013 signing class, announced by head coach Richard Moodie on Monday. Three of the six signees are from the state of Tennessee, and Moodie believes this signing class will add talent to the 2013 Eagles roster.

December 6, 2012
Dafydd named to All-Southeast Region Third Team
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman men’s soccer junior defender Trystan Dafydd (Y Felinheli, Gwyned Wales) was named to the 2012 NSCAA Division II Men All-Southeast Region Third Team, announced by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America earlier this week. Dafydd, in his first season in a Carson-Newman uniform, started all 17 matches at defender picking up one assist and anchoring the Eagles’ back line of defense.

November 2, 2012
Eagles fall to LMU 1-0 in overtime in SAC Semifinals
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The second-seeded Carson-Newman Eagles men’s soccer team fell to the third-seeded Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters in overtime 1-0 in the semifinals of the 2012 Food Lion SAC Soccer Championship at Mancester Meadows on Friday night. The match was scoreless through regulation, forcing overtime where LMU would pick up a golden goal in the 99th minute from Diego Deschmap on an assist by Mario Pinto to end Carson-Newman’s conference tournament run.

October 31, 2012
Eagles advance to SAC semifinals with 4-0 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The second-seeded Carson-Newman Eagles men’s soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 Food Lion SAC Soccer Championship with a 4-0 victory over the seventh-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne Bears in the quarterfinal match of the tournament at McCown Field on Wednesday evening. The Eagles will next head to Rock Hill, S.C., for the 2012 Food Lion SAC Soccer Championship Semifinals, which will be played on Friday Nov. 1 at Manchester Meadows.

October 31, 2012
Eagles pick up All-SAC honors
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Five Carson-Newman Eagles earned All-South Atlantic Conference men’s soccer honors, announced by league officials on Wednesday morning. Goalkeeper Rumwald Le Guevel (Vannes, France) and defender Trystan Dafydd (Felinheli, Gwyned Wales) earned first-team All-SAC honors, while forward Taylor Jolley (Morristown, Tenn.), midfielder Sindre Welo (Trondheim, Norway), and defender Evan Preston Kelly (Galway, Ireland) picked up second-team All-SAC honors.

October 29, 2012
SAC Tournament Quarterfinal Pushed Back to Wednesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The South Atlantic Conference announced that the 2012 SAC Soccer Championship quarterfinals will be moved from Tuesday to Wednesday Oct. 31 due to pending inclement weather, meaning that Carson-Newman’s game against Lenoir-Rhyne will now be played at McCown Field at 4 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.

October 28, 2012
Eagles rally late for 2-2 draw with Mars Hill
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman men’s soccer team (7-5-3, 5-1-3 South Atlantic Conference) rallied for a pair of goals late in the second period en route to a 2-2 two-overtime draw against the Mars Hill Lions (13-2-2, 8-1-1 South Atlantic Conference) at McCown Field on Saturday night. While Mars Hill wins the regular season SAC title, the Eagles with the draw finished alone in second place in the conference standings despite being picked to finish sixth in the preseason SAC poll.

October 24, 2012
Eagles Fall at Bryan 2-1 in Overtime
DAYTON, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman men’s soccer team (7-5-2, 5-1-2 South Atlantic Conference) fell to the Bryan Lions (11-3-1) by a 2-1 score in the second overtime at the Bryan Soccer Stadium on Wednesday night. The match was deadlocked at 1-1 until the second overtime, when Bryan’s Alan Da Costa scored the game-winning goal to end the match in a 2-1 victory for Bryan.

October 20, 2012
Eagles Top Trojans 4-1
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman men’s soccer team (7-4-2, 5-1-2 South Atlantic Conference) topped the Anderson Trojans (3-9-1, 3-4-1 South Atlantic Conference) by a 4-1 score at McCown Field on Saturday night. Four players scored in the Carson-Newman victory, as the Eagles posted their top goal-scoring match of the season.

October 19, 2012
Carson-Newman Soccer Hosts Anderson Saturday
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman men’s and women’s soccer programs will host the Anderson Trojans for a soccer doubleheader on Saturday afternoon and evening at McCown Field on the Carson-Newman campus. The women’s match between Carson-Newman and Anderson will begin at 4:30 p.m. while the men’s match between the Eagles and Trojans will follow at 7 p.m.

October 13, 2012
Eagles fight to 1-1 draw at Lenoir-Rhyne
HICKORY, N.C. – The Carson-Newman men’s soccer team (6-4-2, 4-1-2 South Atlantic Conference) fought to a double-overtime 1-1 draw against the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears (5-5-3, 2-3-2 South Atlantic Conference) at Irwin Bell Track on Saturday night. The Eagles trailed 1-0 with just under six minutes left in the second period before forward Sindre Welo (Trondheim, Norway) scored to even the match at one. The goal is the fifth of the season for Welo in his first year playing for Carson-Newman.

October 10, 2012
Carson-Newman Hosts Alumni Soccer Games for Homecoming
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. The Carson-Newman men’s and women’s soccer program will host a pair of alumni soccer scrimmages as part of Saturday Oct. 13th’s homecoming festivities at Carson-Newman College. Former Eagles are encouraged to take part in the men’s and women’s alumni games, which will begin at 10 a.m. on McCown Field.

October 10, 2012
Siqueira the difference in 1-0 victory at Brevard
BREVARD, N.C. – The Carson-Newman men’s soccer team (6-4-1, 4-1-1 South Atlantic Conference) defeated the Brevard Tornados (1-9-2, 1-5-0 South Atlantic Conference) by a 1-0 score on Wednesday evening. Junior midfielder Lucas Siqueira provived the lone goal in the victory, scoring on an unassisted shot in the 68th minute of the match as he collected a rebound of a free kick off a wall of defenders and then shot past the Brevard goalkeeper Jack Shaw to the right in what would be the game-winning goal of the match.

October 6, 2012
Welo Goal Sends Eagles Past Indians 1-0
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman men’s soccer team (5-4-1, 3-1-1 South Atlantic Conference) got back on the winning track with a 1-0 victory over the Catawba Indians (6-3-3, 1-1-3 South Atlantic Conference) on Saturday night at McCown Field. Junior forward Sindre Welo (Trondheim, Norway) scored the match’s lone goal, as he took a cross from senior forward Taylor Jolley (Morristown, Tenn.) in the 30th minute mark of the first period to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead, which would be the final score.

October 5, 2012
Eagles host Catawba in Saturday Soccer Doubleheader
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman men’s and women’s soccer programs will host the Catawba Indians men’s and women’s soccer programs for a soccer doubleheader on Saturday evening at McCown Field. Both Eagle teams are looking to get back on the winning track, with the women’s team looking to snap a six-match losing streak, while the men’s team hasn’t won since Sept. 19.

October 2, 2012
Carson-Newman's Tuesday Match with Milligan Postponed
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Tuesday night’s men’s soccer match between the Carson-Newman Eagles (4-4-1, 2-1-1 South Atlantic Conference) and the Milligan College Buffaloes (8-2, 5-0 Appalachian Athletic Conference) has been postponed due to unplayable field conditions at Anglin Field in Milligan College, Tenn. A makeup date for the match has not been announced.

October 1, 2012
Eagles Travel to Milligan Tuesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles (4-4-1, 2-1-1 South Atlantic Conference) men’s soccer team will face the Milligan College Buffaloes (8-2, 5-0 Appalachian Athletic Conference) on Tuesday night at Anglin Field in Milligan College, Tenn., at 7 p.m. The Eagles are coming off of a 3-2 loss to the 10th ranked Young Harris Mountain Lions on Saturday at McCown Field. Carson-Newman trailed 2-0 before rallying with a pair of goals in the final 20 minutes to even the score.

September 29, 2012
Eagles Fall to Tenth Ranked Young Harris 3-2
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles (4-4-1, 2-1-1 South Atlantic Conference) men’s soccer team fell to the 10th ranked Young Harris Mountain Lions (8-2) by a 3-2 score on Saturday afternoon at McCown Field. After trailing 2-0, Carson-Newman rallied for a pair of late goals in the final 20 minutes to tie the score at two. However in the 87th minute mark, Young Harris scored the game-winning goal on a shot by Niall McCabe to escape Mossy Creek with a victory.

September 28, 2012
Eagles Host Tenth-Ranked Young Harris Saturday
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles (4-3-1, 2-1-1 South Atlantic Conference) men’s soccer team will host the 10th-ranked Young Harris Mountain Lions (7-1, 2-1 Peach Belt Conference) at McCown Field on Saturday Sept. 29 at 3 p.m. Carson-Newman is coming off of a 1-1 draw against rival Tusculum on Wednesday at McCown Field. Young Harris is ranked 10th in the NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division II National Top 25 poll, and held the no. 6 ranking two weeks ago.

September 26, 2012
Eagles Earn 1-1 Draw with Tusculum
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles (4-3-1, 2-1-1 SAC) men’s soccer team fought to a 1-1 draw with the Tusculum Pioneers (4-3-2, 1-2-1 SAC) in front of a capacity crowd at McCown Field on Wednesday night. Both goals in the match came in the second period, with freshman forward Ryan Odum (Hendersonville, Tenn.) scoring Carson-Newman’s lone goal in the 52nd minute mark.

September 25, 2012
Eagles Host Rival Tusculum Wednesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles (4-3, 2-1 SAC) men’s soccer team will welcome the Tusculum Pioneers (4-3-1) to McCown Field on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. The Eagles have won four of their last five matches, and are coming off a 2-1 loss against Wingate last Saturday. In Carson-Newman’s last home match, the Eagles defeat LMU last Wednesday night at McCown Field.

September 23, 2012
Dowsley scores for Eagles in 2-1 loss to Wingate
WINGATE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman Eagles (4-3, 2-1 SAC) men’s soccer team fell to the Wingate Bulldogs (5-1, 2-0 SAC) at the WU Soccer Complex on Saturday night. Sophomore midfielder Joao Pedro Dowsley (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) collected Carson-Newman’s lone goal in the match, and he has scored in back-to-back matches for the Eagles.

September 21, 2012
Watch Episode One of The Richard Moodie Show
Get up to date with Carson-Newman men's and women's soccer with The Richard Moodie Show. In this week's episode, Coach Moodie breaks down the LMU matches from last Wednesday at McCown Field, as well as previews Saturday's matches against Wingate.

September 19, 2012
Eagles Begin Home Play with 2-1 Win Over LMU
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles (4-2) men’s soccer team opened their home schedule with a 2-1 win over the Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters (3-2) at McCown Field on Wednesday night. The win extends Carson-Newman’s winning streak to four, as the Eagles withstood a 21-shot effort by the Railsplitters.

September 18, 2012
Eagles Host LMU In Soccer Doubleheader Wednesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles soccer program will host a doubleheader against the LMU Railsplitters at McCown Field on Wednesday night at 5 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. The women’s team (2-4) lost their first match in South Atlantic Conference play on Saturday to Newberry 5-1, while the men’s team (3-2) collected a 1-0 victory over Newberry.

September 15, 2012
Welo Goal Sends Eagles Past Wolves 1-0
NEWBERRY, S.C. – The Carson-Newman Eagles (3-2) began South Atlantic Conference play with a 1-0 victory over the Newberry Wolves (2-3) at NC Soccer Field on Saturday evening. Junior midfielder Sindre Welo (Trondheim, Norway) scored the lone goal for the Eagles in the 35th minute mark of the first period, a goal that would prove the difference as goalkeeper Rumwald Le Guevel (Vannes, France) picked up his second straight shutout victory.

September 9, 2012
Welo and Pereira Named to Stanno All-Tournament Team
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – Carson-Newman’s Sindre Welo and Rurik Pereira were named to the 2012 Stanno All-Tournament Team at Tusculum College on Sunday evening. Both Welo and Pereira played key roles in both Carson-Newman wins in the Stanno Tournament, as the Eagles beat Shorter 2-1 Friday and Sunday’s 2-0 victory over Lees-McRae.

September 9, 2012
Eagles Top Bobcats 2-0
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles (2-2) finished their stay at the Stanno Tournament with a 2-0 victory over the Lees-McRae Bobcats (1-3) at Tusculum College’s Upper Field on Sunday afternoon. The win completed a 2-0 weekend for the Eagles at the Stanno Tournament, after beating Shorter 2-1 on Friday.

September 7, 2012
Late Dowsley Goal Gives Eagles 2-1 Win Over Shorter
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles earned their first victory of the season with a 2-1 triumph over the Shorter Hawks (1-1-1) on Friday night in the Stanno Tournament, hosted by Tusculum College. With just under six minutes to play in the second period with the game tied at one, Joao Pedro Dowsley found the back of the net as he put in a shot on a header that gave the Eagles a 2-1 lead, which would be the final score.

September 1, 2012
Carson-Newman falls to Tampa 2-1 Friday
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Carson-Newman Eagles fell in their season opener against the Univeristy of Tampa Spartans 2-1 on Friday night. Sindre Welo scored Carson-Newman’s lone goal to tie the match at one at the 20-minute mark in the first period.

September 1, 2012
Carson-Newman falls to Nova Southeastern 1-0
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Carson-Newman Eagles (0-2) fell to the Nova Southeastern University Sharks (2-0) by a 1-0 score on Saturday night at the NSU Soccer Complex. A Carson-Newman “own goal” was the deciding score in the match. Goalkeeper Rumwald Le Guevel attempted to send the ball upfield in the thirteenth minute, but the ball hit a defender and bounced into the back of the net to put Nova Southeastern up 1-0, which would be the final score.

August 27, 2012
Carson-Newman defeats Cumberlands 1-0 in Exhibition Saturday
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – The Carson-Newman Eagles defeated the University of the Cumberlands Patriots 1-0 in an exhibition match on Saturday. Trystan Dafydd scored Carson-Newman’s lone goal on a header with just over eight minutes left to play in the second period. “University of the Cumberlands is a hard team to handle,” said Carson-Newman head coach Richard Moodie. “They are ranked in the top 25 nationally in NAIA, so we knew coming into this game they would be a very good outfit.

August 18, 2012
Carson Newman Men's Soccer Beats Tennessee Wesleyan 3-0 in Exhibition
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles beat Tennessee Wesleyan 3-0 in an exhibition soccer match at McCown Field on Saturday afternoon. The match was Carson-Newman’s first preseason exhibition of the season under second-year head coach and C-N Director of Soccer Richard Moodie.

August 14, 2012
Carson-Newman Men's Soccer Picked Sixth in Preseason SAC Poll
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman men’s soccer team has been tabbed for a sixth place finish by the South Atlantic League’s coaches in the annual preseason poll. The Eagles received 40 votes while Tusculum received 69 votes for first place, just one vote better than Mars Hill, who garnered the most number of first place votes despite being picked second.

July 25, 2012
Carson-Newman Men’s Soccer to face three NCAA tournament participants in 2012
Jefferson City, Tenn. – A third of Carson-Newman’s men’s soccer team’s home contests will be against NCAA tournament competition in 2012.

July 17, 2012
Carter and Moodie Promoted within Carson-Newman’s Athletics Program
Carson-Newman Athletics Director Allen Morgan announced two personnel changes today. He has asked longtime NCAA compliance officer Eddie Carter to serve as Assistant Athletics Director for Internal Operations and named Richard Moodie as Director of Soccer. The announcements were made during a luncheon to introduce area sports reporters to Adam Cavalier, the program’s new SID.