<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3p0pVE_0wDuYAOS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3p0pVE_0wDuYAOS00" width="1700" height="957" ><figcaption>Freshman midfielder Isaac Scheer handles the ball against the University of Kentucky at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium on Sept. 27, 2024. Photo Courtesy WVU Athletics Communications</figcaption></figure>Freshman midfielder Isaac Scheer prevented a scoreless draw for WVU Men’s Soccer Saturday, scoring in the 88th minute to help WVU back into the win column against the University of South Carolina Gamecocks.The match saw a physical first half with nine fouls called. WVU had five at halftime, compared to South Carolina’s four.Junior forward Marcus Caldeira took the first shot of the game in the fifth minute, but it was off-target. Scheer had another chance in the seventh minute off a corner kick that was blocked.After five fouls and no shots, South Carolina fired two off-target shots in the 30th and 32nd minutes. Midfielder Ethan Ballek took the first with forward Harrison Myring taking the second.USC played successful defense on fifth-year forward Simon Carlson in the 38th minute, as he fired a shot on goal that was saved by goalkeeper Filip Versterre. Carlson followed it up with a shot that the Gamecocks blocked.The ball traveled out of bounds, leading to a corner kick. Sophomore forward Sam Nyenka took a shot from the kick, but it was blocked as well.Freshman midfielder Braden Stevanovic tallied one more shot for WVU in the 44th minute of the first hald, but it was blocked by the Gamecock defense.WVU’s offense dominated the stat sheet as it out-shot USC 10-0 to start the second half.Stevanovic missed an opportunity to score before senior midfielder Otto Ollikainen and Caldeira had shots blocked in the 55th and 56th minutes. Caldeira also had an off-target shot in the 59th minute.Graduate student forward Sergio Ors Navarro had a shot blocked in the 61st minute, and Dante Huckaby missed a goal in the 63rd minute.WVU fired three off-target shots, taken by Caldeira in the 65th minute, Nyenka in the 66th minute and junior forward Felix Ewald in the 69th minute. Ors Navarro had another off-target shot in the 75th minute.South Carolina had its only shot of the second half in the 78th minute from midfielder Alejandro Velasquez-Lopez, but it was saved by redshirt senior goalkeeper Marc Bonnaire.Ors Navarro and Carlson tallied shots before Scheer landed a shot in the bottom right corner of the goal to bring the match to its final score of 1-0. Ors Navarro and senior defender Frederick Jorgensen tallied assists on the goal.Bonaire made one final save in the 89th minute on a shot to the bottom left of the goal. The score remained the same as WVU survived with a win.WVU Men’s Soccer will continue Sun Belt Conference play against Georgia State University at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.</div></body>

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Freshman midfielder Isaac Scheer prevented a scoreless draw for WVU Men’s Soccer Saturday, scoring in the 88th minute to help WVU back into the win column against the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. The match saw a physical first half with nine fouls called. WVU had five at halftime,...