The North Carolina men’s soccer team suffered a 1-0 shutout loss to UNC-Wilmington on Friday, in a game where the Tar Heel offense was thwarted and its six-match win streak that dated back to the 2016 postseason was broken.
What happened?
After a 6-1 dominating victory on Sunday night, No. 3 North Carolina (2-1) lost its rhythm offensively and could not overcome the one and only goal of the night by UNCW (3-0).
The game stayed tight until midway through the first half whenever Tar Heel redshirt first-year keeper Drew Romig made his first save of the night that was earned on a shot by UNCW’s David Lozano.
Lozano redeemed himself two minutes later when he earned the assist after delivering a pass to teammate Hjalmar Ekdal, whose goal put the Seahawks up 1-0.
The Tar Heels’ came out stronger in the second period with two quick shots by sophomore Jack Skahan in the first eight minutes.
This trend continued throughout the second half as North Carolina finished with a 12-6 shot advantage over the Seahawks.
But UNCW redshirt keeper Ryan Cretens made sure to maintain the shutout with a duo of second-half saves in the final four minutes of the match to lead his team to victory against North Carolina for the first time since 2014.