CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The second-seeded Charleston men’s soccer team rolled to a 7-0 win over tenth-seeded Queens (NY) on Saturday evening at the Welch Athletic Complex in Charleston. UC grabbed a 4-0 lead in the opening half and added three more goals in the second half.
 
With the win, Charleston advances to regional semifinals to face sixth-seeded Gannon (Date TBA). Gannon moved on to the semifinals with a 2-1 win over third-seeded Millersville on Saturday.
 
In the top half of the Super Region 1 bracket, top-seeded Franklin Pierce will meet fourth-seeded Post in the regional semifinals. FPU defeated eight-seeded Bloomsburg, 3-0, on Saturday, while Post advanced past fifth-seeded West Chester in PKs.
 
Jose Suarez put the Golden Eagles on the board in the 14^th minute with an assist from Joao Belmudes. Less than four minutes later, Belmudes recorded his second assist of the game on a goal by Giorgos Diakos – his first of three goals in the game.
 
Diakos scored his second goal in the 26^th minute to give the Golden Eagles a 3-0 lead. Later in the game, Diakos would complete his hat-trick on a PK in the 50^th minute to give UC a 5-0 advantage.
 
Eight minutes earlier, just before halftime, Eduardo Barros scored an unassisted goal to put Charleston’s fourth point on the scoreboard.
 
Stafford Dowling added a UC goal in the 55^th minute, and Barros scored a second goal in the 73^rd minute to wrap up the scoring in the game.
 
Statistically, Charleston held a 36-6 shot advantage in the game, including a 16-2 edge in shots on goal. Charleston also had eight corner kicks in the game.