Winthrop men to face Elon in College Cup
Winthrop men’s soccer will meet Elon in the first round of the NCAA College Cup.
The Eagles (11-6-2) edged High Point in penalty kicks on Sunday to win the Big South Conference championship and clinch a sixth trip to the College Cup, the NCAA men’s soccer tournament. They play at Elon 7 p.m. Thursday.
Coach Rich Posipanko’s team enters the College Cup on a high note, without a loss in the last five matches. Winthrop - averaging 2.16 goals per match - is the 11th highest scoring team in Division I. German striker Max Hasenstab’s 13 goals place him seventh nationally in scoring.
Elon finished the regular season 13-5-1, and 6-2 in the tough Colonial Athletic Association. The Phoenix beat nationally-ranked UNCW and Wake Forest, and Davidson, and lost narrowly to nationally-ranked Hofstra and Duke. Elon enters the tournament with a 1-3-1 mark in its last five games, and is hosting its second all-time NCAA College Cup match.
The winner of the Winthrop-Elon match will play Clemson in the second round. The Tigers earned the tournament’s No. 2 overall seed.
This story was originally published November 16, 2015 at 2:00 PM with the headline "Winthrop men to face Elon in College Cup."