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Rams Huddle before A10 Quarterfinal at Dayton
2
VCU VCU (6-6-5, 3-2-3)
4
Winner Dayton DAY (7-2-7, 4-1-3)
VCU VCU
(6-6-5, 3-2-3)
2
Final
4
Dayton DAY
(7-2-7, 4-1-3)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
VCU VCU 1 1 2
Dayton DAY 1 3 4

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

RAMS DROP ATLANTIC 10 QUARTERFINAL IN DAYTON

Score: No. 3 Dayton 4, No. 6 VCU 2
Location: Dayton, Ohio / Baujan Field
Records: VCU (6-6-5, 3-2-3), Dayton (7-2-7, 4-1-3)
 
THE SHORT STORY
Sixth-seeded VCU fell to the back-to-back defending Atlantic 10 Champions in the A-10 Quarterfinal match on Friday night at Baujan Field, 4-2. Both of VCU's captains, Theo Drennan and Moussa Ndiaye, found the back of the net, but it wasn't enough to hold the Rams' lead against a late third-seeded Dayton rally.
 
PITCH SIDE
  • Theo Drennan scored his first career goal
  • With his second header in as many games, Moussa Ndiaye scored his second goal of the year
  • Senior midfielder Andres Rodriguez notched a career-high two assists in the contest, tying for the team lead with four
  • Mohammed Ibrahim led VCU with four shots, two of them on target
  • Dayton outshot VCU 18-14, but the Rams held the 10-7 advantage in shots on goal
  • VCU earned four corner kicks while conceding three
  • Lucas White was assessed a red card at 90:00 on the clock, his second of the season
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Dayton got on the board early, scoring the first goal of the Atlantic 10 tournament in the second minute
  • The Rams battled back to even it 1-1 in the first half, as Theo Drennan tapped in a free-kick set piece from Rodriguez and the team conceded just one more shot on goal in the opening period
  • Off a corner in the 52nd minute, Rodriguez launched the service to the back post and Ndiaye finished with a header to give the Rams a 2-1 lead
  • In the 62nd minute, the Flyers evened the match once more and tallied two more in the 71st and 84th minutes to seal the quarterfinal match for the home team
  • VCU fell 4-2 at Baujan Field
 
QUOTABLE
"Dayton is a really tough place to play. The team is good and they don't lose at home very often. Obviously, we are disappointed with the result, but in games like tonight's, you have to take chances when they come. We had chances to get the third, fourth and even fifth but we didn't take them. Credit to Dayton they created chances and forced us into mistakes that gave them chances and they took them very well," Head Coach Dave Giffard said on the game.
 
On the next stage for the Rams, Giffard said this of the NCAA Selection Show: "Unfortunately, now we leave things in the hands of the committee and will have to keep an eye on all the results while we prepare and try to improve over the next week and a half hoping to hear our name called [in the NCAA Selection Show]. We've had a strong body of work and I feel as though this is an NCAA tournament team, but it's out of our hands now. All we can do is focus on continuing to improve and wait to see if we get an opportunity to continue playing."
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