#11 Men’s Soccer Falls to #24 Kentucky, 2-0, in NCAA Second Round

Sunday, May 2

Greensboro, N.C.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

8-1-1, 5-0-1

Kentucky

12-4-2, 3-3-1

Kentucky

New Hampshire

Linus Fallberg

#11 Men’s Soccer Falls to #24 Kentucky, 2-0, in NCAA Second Round

5/2/2021 3:25:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Wildcats conclude season 8-1-1 and set the school record with an .850 winning percentage.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Bailey Rouse and Jalen Bigby each scored for Kentucky as the No. 11 University of New Hampshire men's soccer team fell to No. 24 Kentucky, 2-0, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday at Bryan Park Soccer Complex. Kentucky advances to the third round on Thursday, May 6 and will take on the winner of tonight's the No. 5 seed Wake Forest and Coastal Carolina game.

UNH concludes the season 8-1-1 and Kentucky improves to 12-4-2. UNH's .850 winning percentage is a school record.

Score: #24 Kentucky 2, #11 UNH 0
Records: UNH (8-1-1), Kentucky (12-4-2)
Location: Greensboro, N.C. (Bryan Park Soccer Complex)
Date: Sunday, May 2, 2021

BOXSCORE | VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

HOW IT HAPPENED:

UNH took the first shot on goal when an attempt by senior Linus Fallberg (Jonkoping, Sweden) was saved by Enrique Facusse in the fifth minute.
Then in the seventh minute, Facusse made three saves from right in front of the net to keep UNH off the scoreboard.
UNH was called for a red card in the 14th minute as the Wildcats would play with 10 players the remainder of the game.
Kentucky took a 1-0 lead in the 35th minute (34:38) when Trey Asensio put the ball into the box as Rouse sent a header from just five yards out to the middle of the net.
UNH took three shots on goal in the first half and Kentucky posted one.
In the 46th minute, Kentucky stole the ball in the UNH box, but graduate student Alejandro Robles (Monterey, Mexico) was able to make a diving save on a shot by Daniel Evans.
Kentucky increased its lead to 2-0 in the 83rd minute (84:38) when Bigby fired a loose ball from six yards out to the upper left corner of the net.
Neither team scored the remainder of the way for the 2-0 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

New Hampshire outshot Kentucky, 8-7, while each team took three shots on goal.
UNH took two corner kicks, while Kentucky took six.
Robles made one save for UNH, while Facusse posted three to earn the win and the shutout.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

This was UNH's fifth ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament and the fourth straight.
Fallberg and senior Jacob Gould (Exeter, N.H.) are the first members of the program to play in four NCAA Tournaments.
The Wildcats set the best winning percentage in school history for the second straight season. UNH posted a previous school-best .825 winning percentage in 2019.
The Wildcats outscored their opposition this season by a 22-8 margin.
This was the first-ever meeting between the two programs.