JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – Jacksonville Men's Soccer got back in the win column on Tuesday night, cruising to a 3-0 victory over Georgia Southern.
The match was highlighted by goal scorers
Carson Wood and
Taurayi Tugwete who both grabbed their first ever goal as a 'Phin, while team Captain
Joshua Araujo-Wilson notched the second goal of his career.
Moussa Sabaly assisted the first two goals to move his season, and now conference leading assists total to six, and
Christian Sekanina was also tremendous in net, making four saves in route to his first ever win and clean sheet in the green and white.
The Dolphins showed a dominant performance, and it started right off the bat when
Carson Wood steered a shot into the top left corner, making the score 1-0 'Phins just four minutes in.
The rest of the first half played out fairly evenly as Georgia Southern notched six shots to JU's five, but no goals would be scored, and the two teams would enter halftime with one goal separating them.
In the 64
th minute of half two, the Dolphins received a free kick just on the edge of the box. That is when
Moussa Sabaly chipped the ball perfectly over the defense for Captain
Joshua Araujo-Wilson to head home on the back post, making the score 2-0.
The Eagles would then receive a red card moments later dropping them to ten men, which they would never recover from.
Taurayi Tugwete then put the game on ice finishing off a great through-ball from
Carson Wood in the 83
rd minute, making the final 3-0 in favor of the 'Phins.
The win marks JU's third of the season and moves their overall record to 3-2-2. They will now prepare for the latter half of a four-game homestand when they play Bellarmine this Saturday, September 24, at 7 pm and then Presbyterian at 6 pm on Tuesday, September 27.