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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Celebration CAA Semifinals
Joe Browning/UNCW Athletics
Eliot Goldthorp and Owen Barnett celebrate the go-ahead goal
2
Winner Hofstra HOF (13-3-3, 5-2-2)
1
UNCW UNCW (6-4-7, 5-1-3)
Winner
Hofstra HOF
(13-3-3, 5-2-2)
2
Final
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UNCW UNCW
(6-4-7, 5-1-3)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Hofstra HOF 1 1 2
UNCW UNCW 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Len Skoros

Goldthorp's Second Half Goal Sends Hofstra Back To CAA Finals

Wilmington, NC - Eliot Goldthorp's NCAA-leading 15th goal of the season, late in the second half,  snapped a 1-1 tie and gave third seeded Hofstra a 2-1 victory over second-seeded UNCW in the Colonial Athletic Association Semifinals Sunday at UNCW Soccer Stadium. The Pride advances to the CAA Championship Game at top-seeded Elon next Saturday at 12 p.m. It will be Hofstra's third consecutive CAA title game appearance as the Pride look for back-to-back championships. 

UNCW (6-4-7) opened the scoring at 13:17 as Ethan Newsome sent in a shot from the top of the box into the upper right corner. The goal came off a corner kick where the Seahawks initial shot was blocked and the ball came back out to Newsome for the open shot. 

Hofstra (13-3-3) took advantage of a set piece at the 30:55 mark as Goldthorp sent a long free kick into the box that found the feet of Marcelo Lage and the Pride defender knocked in his third goal of the season to tie the score at one. 

The score remained that way until Goldthorp's goal, which came just over a minute after UNCW's Angelo Madrid was red-carded for a dangerous tackle. The goal was set up by Owen Barnett who executed a give-and-go with Nico Oberrauch and then was credited with a shot that UNCW keeper Gabriel Perrotta saved. The rebound found Goldthorp coming in from the right side and his open shot gave the Pride the decisive goal. 

Perrotta finished with nine saves for the Seahawks, while Wessel Speel had six saves for the Pride. There was a great deal of offense in the game as the teams were credited with 39 combined shots. UNCW had 20 and Hofstra had 19. 

Notes:
-Hofstra is 14-6-4 all-time against UNCW and won both games in 2022 by 2-1 scores. 
-The Pride has won four consecutive games and is on a six-game unbeaten streak. 
-Hofstra has eight one-goal wins in 2022.
-Goldthorp collected his sixth game-winning goal of the season.
-Hofstra is 17-7-6 all-time in CAA Championship play. 
-The 2022 CAA championship game will be a rematch of last season's game. 

 
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