MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Faulkner Eagles are the champions of the Southern States Athletic Conference. With a result falling their way this afternoon, the Eagles walked into a Homecoming matchup with Andrew knowing a win would give them the first trophy in program history and walked out with an 11-0 victory to win the SSAC's regular season title.
Faulkner struck first in the 11th minute when
Leo Freire found
Asaph Silveira for what proved to be the winning goal. However, the nation's top offense was not slowing down. In the 20th minute,
Konsti Witte played a great through ball to
Leo Freire who found
Julio Cesar who powered the second goal high and past the keeper.
In the 23rd minute, Faulkner earned a free kick that Witte whipped in the goal to make it 3-0. In the 36th he scored again, this time from Silveira to make it 4-0 at halftime.
The offense was impressive, scoring four more in the second half featuring six different goal scorers and four different assisters to solidify a special night for the Eagles.
Nico Maus scored his first varsity goal while
Gustavo Nau scored his first of the year.
Angel Ugwumba scored two late goals while Pepé Riofrio had a goal and two assists.
Leo Freire led the team with three assists.
Bernardo Juca and Riofrio two on the night.
Gunner Blanchard, Silveira and Witte each had one each as nine different Eagles scored.
In all, the Eagles had 10 assists on 11 goals while putting 25 shots on target. On the other end, the defense was lockdown once again; this time, not allowing a single shot from Andrew making a home weekend in which only one shot was recorded and that a 40 yard desperation heave by Point.
Faulkner outshot Andrew 37-0.
Faulkner claims the SSAC Championship with a 56-8 goal differential in league play.
Faulkner runs its eight match win streak–tied for the longest in program history–to Lebanon, Tenn. for a nonconference matchup against No. 3 Cumberland Tuesday at 2 p.m.
