Charlottesville, VA (September 21, 2004)- The No. 12 ranked University of Virginia men's soccer team defeated the Manhattan Jaspers by the score of 4-1 in a non-conference game played in front of 807 spectators at UVA's Klockner Stadium. The Cavaliers turned a 1-1 tie game at the half into a three-goal victory by scoring three unanswered goals in the second period to pull away from the Jaspers. Virginia's Hunter Freeman netted the game-winning goal, which was the first collegiate goal of his career, in the UVa victory.
After playing nearly 37 minutes of scoreless soccer, Virginia got on the scoreboard first when forward Matt Ayotte to give the Cavaliers a 1-0 lead. Midfielder Chris Tierney played a ball into the box that Ayotte chipped in from five yards outs at 36:58. Manhattan countered with a goal of its own at 41:56 on a free kick after a Virginia foul that resulted in a yellow card. The Jaspers' Justin Schultz booted the free kick into the UVA box where teammate Brian Lundy made a leaping header on the ball, sending it into the Virginia goal. Lundy's goal tied the game at 1-1 as both teams went into halftime tied at one apiece.
In the second period, the Cavaliers turned up their offensive attacked and netted three unanswered goals, beginning with Hunter Freeman's eventual game-winning strike at 51:03. Freeman's goal lifted UVa to a 2-1 lead.
Virginia added a pair of insurance goals at 68:15 and 83:42 to take a commanding 4-1 lead.
UVA goalkeeper Ryan Burke made two saves in the win, while the Jaspers' Collin Leaver made six stops and the Manhattan defense made one team save on a blocked shot in front of the goal, to pile up seven saves in the loss.
With the victory, Virginia's record improves to 5-1-0, while the loss drops Manhattan's record to 1-4-0 on the season.
Manhattan will return to road action on Monday, September 27th with a 7:00 PM contest against St. Francis.
