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Firehawks Blank Barons, Honor Nine on Senior Day

Firehawks Blank Barons, Honor Nine on Senior Day

PULASKI, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Southern men's soccer squad scored three of goals in each half to blank Brewton-Parker 6-nil on Saturday.   

UT Southern (8-4-1, 3-3-1) would get on the board first in the 12th minute. Manuel Flores blasted home the Konstantinos Theodorakis pass to elevate the Firehawks to a 1-nil lead. Flores would complete a brace scoring in the 23rd minute from the helper by Kenshin Yasujima. George Grice would close out a penalty to bring the score to 3-nil at the break. UT Southern would lead in shots 14-2.

In the final half, the Firehawks would add three more scores in the match. Mak Binder would score two consecutive goals in the 47th minute and the 54th minute. Both of Binder's strikes were assisted by Grice. Later in the match, Flores would tack on a third goal from the Manuel Silva pass. UT Southern would outshoot the Barons 31-2 and hold the shots on goal advantage 18-0.

Ajay Murray (7-3-1) would share a clean sheet with Yan Rosado. The duo would not face a shot.

SENIOR DAY

Nine Firehawks were honored during senior day festivities.

  • Daniel Acosta 
  • Major: Managements Information Systems 
  • One special memory: Being a part of Firehawk Family 
  • One thing you will miss: all the close friends I have made                   

 

  • Cedrick Feddck 
  • Major: Sports Management 
  • One special memory: Winning The Mid-South regular season Conference 
  • One thing you will miss: being able to do what I love every single day. Play football              

 

  • Gai Fujii 
  • Major: Business Management 
  • One special memory: Karaoke Party with the whole team 
  • One thing you will miss: Miss the whole city of Pulaski 

 

  • Kobe Klinck  
  • Major: English 
  • One special memory: Scoring from half field  
  • One thing you will miss: Hanging out and playing with my teammates on a daily basis 

 

  • Achiles Kyakutala  
  • Major: Acconting 
  • One special memory: Penalty against Oakwood University 
  • One thing you will miss: Playing soccer every day 

 

  • Dalton Littrell  
  • Major: Sports Management and Business Management 
  • One special memory: Scoring first collegiate goal 
  • One thing you will miss: Playing and hanging out with teammates 

 

  • Konstantinos Theodorakis  
  • Major: Business Management 
  • One special memory: Winning the conference last year 
  • One thing you will miss: All the friends I have made

 

  • Kota Tsuchisawa 
  • Major: Interdisciplinary Studies 
  • One special memory: Winning conference on the last regular season game of the year 
  • One thing you will miss: All my Teammates 

 

  • Daniel Villanueva 
  • Major: Biology 
  • One special memory: Achile's penalties masterclass 
  • One thing you will miss: All the friends I have made over the years 

 

NEXT UP

The Firehawks will travel to Montgomery, Ala. To face off with Faulkner on Thursday, October 19th. The SSAC match will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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