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WINTHROP SOCCER
WINTHROP SOCCER
2012 SEASON (NCAA COLLEGE CUP)
The 2012 season was full of exciting games and finishes as Winthrop
made its 5th NCAA College Cup appearance in school history. The
Eagles played in seven overtime games on the year and 12 one-goal
games. Winthrop captured overtime victories over Wofford, East
Tennessee State, Gardner-Webb as well as Liberty and Radford in
the Big South Tournament.
Winthrop’s run in the conference tournament began at Liberty as
the Eagles trailed 1-0 with 16 minutes to play after yielding a goal.
A fortunate bounce set up Marc Segarra as he chipped the keeper to
tie the game at 1-1 with seven and a half minutes to play. About four
and a half minutes into the extra period, Mason Lavalett redirected
a cross off the head of Achille Obougou for the golden goal. In the
conference tourney semi-finals, Alex Isern rescued the Eagles (play-
ing with 10 men) as he ripped home a shot inside the box to put
Winthrop into the championship game for the 8th time. Lavalett
netted a goal in the championship game with 1:10 left as Winthrop
got past Coastal Carolina 3-2 to advance to the NCAA College Cup.