Strong Second Half Lifts Men's Soccer in Home Opener

Monday, September 7

Alumni Field

6:00 PM

Wright State University

3-1

Cincinnati

2-2

Team	1	2	Final F
Cincinnati	0	0	0
Wright State	0	3	3

9/7/2015 4:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: WSU Athletic Media Relations

Scoreless at the half, the offense for the Wright State men's soccer team came alive in the second half with three goals, two by Peguy Ngatcha, to defeat Cincinnati 3-0 in the home opener Monday night at Alumni Field.

The Raiders went in front to stay at the 49:11 mark in the second half as freshman midfielder Jackson Dietrich scored his first collegiate goal on an assist by junior midfielder Sam DeRoy, his second assist of the year.

Ngatcha then recorded his first goal of the night at the 52:02 mark as the junior forward scored off a pass from freshman midfielder Eric Hutton, who was credited with his first collegiate assist.

Ngatcha's fourth goal of the season rounded out the scoring at the 80:51 mark, with the assist going to junior forward Eric Lynch, his first of the year.

"Peguy's hungry to score," said assistant coach Jake Slemker. "We tell him to be ready to score inside the 18 and he's done a good job of being ready and putting the ball into the back of the net."

"We told the players to enjoy the moment and play confident during halftime," added Slemker. "We played with more energy in the second half and it showed right away with a goal."

Junior goalkeeper Tyler Blackmer posted his second shutout of 2015 and ninth of his career, recording five saves in the process.

WSU finished with a 15-13 shot advantage, including 6-5 on shots on goal, while each team had four corner kicks.

Wright State (3-1) travels to Eastern Illinois on Saturday, September 12, for a 2:00 Eastern match.