On Saturday, the West Virginia men’s soccer team played South Carolina to a 0-0 draw.
It was a cold, rainy afternoon at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, but that didn’t stop the Mountaineers from getting offensive chances.
The story again for the Mountaineers was not being able to capitalize on chances and put the ball in the back of the net. West Virginia registered 11 shots compared to South Carolina’s three, and despite putting three of those shots on net, nothing could get through.
In the first half of play, the two teams only combined for five total shots, with only one of them being on net. The Gamecocks got the lone shot on net but it was an easy save for WVU keeper Jackson Lee.
After one half, the game was tied 0-0.
Early in the second half, the Mountaineers started to bring the pressure to the Gamecocks by putting up four shots in the span of five minutes.
In the 56th minute, WVU’s Dyon Dromers got free and put a good shot on net for the Mountaineers, but South Carolina keeper Ben Alexander made the diving save.
Out of the five shots between the 55th and 60th minute, Dromers’s strike was the only one to reach the net, but WVU started to take control of the pace of the game.
The Mountaineers kept the pressure on when, in the 78th minute, Noah Gold put a shot on net, but again Alexander made the save.
After a brief injury, South Carolina had to bring in backup keeper Tristan Himes. Himes stepped up in his short stint, as he made a save on a shot by Dromers in the 79th minute.
After the Dromers shot, WVU registered two more shots before the match concluded, but neither one made it on goal.
Despite controlling much of the second half and dictating the pace of the game, West Virginia could not get that elusive goal, as the game ended in a scoreless draw.
The Mountaineers will be back in action next Satrday, October 8th, when they travel to Norfolk, Virginia to take on Sun Belt Conference opponent Old Dominion. The Mountaineers and Monarchs will kick off at 7 p.m.
