Raiders Fall to Central Arkansas

Friday, August 30

Conway, AR

9:00 PM

Wright State University

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Central Arkansas

1-0-0, 0-0-0

Wright St.

Central Ark.

Photo by: Erin Pence

8/31/2019 3:04:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: Communications

CONWAY, ARK. - The Wright State men's soccer team dropped their opener on Friday night to Central Arkansas 4-1.

Both teams created scoring opportunities in the opening minutes. UCA's Moaid Ankir nearly gave the Bears a 1-0 advantage less than two minutes into the match after his strike from just inside the penalty area forced a save from Raider goalkeeper Joel Sundell. Five minutes later Jackson Dietrich's strike rattled the right crossbar before going on its way out of play.

The deadlock would be broken in the 20th minute courtesy of Niklas Brodacki. Matthias Bendiksen slid Brodacki through, who was just onside and took care of the rest, finishing into the bottom right corner from six yards out.

Scoring picked up in the second half. A foul on Jeremie Charron led to a penalty kick score by Soren Jensen in the 51st minute.

Wright State would get on the board in the 62nd minute, as Deri Corfe scored on a free kick from 25 yards out.

The Raiders could get in no closer from there. UCA added two down the stretch for the final margin.

BY THE NUMBERS

While UCA edged Wright State on shots (17-14), they had a major edge in shots on goal, 11-3.
Sundell recorded seven saves
Five newcomers saw their first action with the Raiders, including freshman Ids Hannema

HEAD COACH JAKE SLEMKER
"We started off very well and had multiple chances to go up one-nil. We gave up a bad goal on the break, then things didn't go our way. We've got to regain our focus and get a better result at Memphis on Sunday."

UP NEXT
The Raiders travel two hours east to face the University of Memphis on Sunday night at 7:00 p.m. (8:00 eastern). The Tigers dominated Campbell in their home opener on Friday night, winning 4-0.