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College Update: Georgia Gwinnett College

Senior Alex Joseph’s goal in the 81st minute lifted the Georgia Gwinnett men’s soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Montreat College on Saturday in Black Mountain, N.C., on the Tourbeau Sports Group National Men’s Soccer Game of the Week presented by NSCAA-TV and Admiral Soccer.

#The Grizzlies mounted 19 shots on the day, including 10 on net, but not until Joseph’s header in the final minutes was GGC able to tally the deciding goal.

#The score sent the Grizzlies (11-4) to a season-high fourth-straight win — all on the road — and dropped Montreat to 6-7-1.

#Lucas Carvalho made eight saves in goal to keep GGC off the board through much of the game, with German Rodriguez firing a game-high four shots on target.

#Lewis Sharpe made two saves for the Grizzlies, who posted their fifth shutout of the season.

#“We weren’t as good as we have been at points this season but it was a great result today,” GGC head coach Steve DeCou said. “We weathered a couple of their attacks and we created more opportunities and had more good chances.”

#Georgia Gwinnett outshot Montreat by 13, but the teams went scoreless for the first 80-plus minutes of the contest.

#Just under the 10-minute mark, the Grizzlies earned a corner kick that would produce the game-winner. After the Montreat defense headed the ball momentarily away from danger, a GGC feed back into the six-yard box bounced once in traffic and found Joseph on the doorstep for the-game winning header.

#The score was the defender’s first of his GGC career.

#“There’s no better time than the present and Alex played a good game for us, that was great to get the game-winner on the road,” added DeCou.

#The Grizzlies then turned away a late scare with under 90 seconds as the Cavaliers got loose deep inside the GGC box, but Montreat could not produce the equalizer.

#The Grizzlies improved to 7-1 away from home with the win.

#Georgia Gwinnett has two games remaining in the regular season and returns to action Tuesday at Cumberland (Tenn.) in a 4 p.m. contest.

#GGC women 2,

#Truett-McConnell 0

#Amanda Dale and Sarah Murphy each tallied scores for the Georgia Gwinnett women’s soccer team as the Grizzlies notched their 12th win of the year in a 2-0 victory at Truett-McConnell College on Saturday in Cleveland, Ga.

#The Grizzlies (12-3-1) racked up their seventh shutout of the win by holding the Bears (9-6-1) to only two shots on goal.

#Georgia Gwinnett finished its road schedule at 6-1-1 for the season with Saturday’s win, tying a program-best four-game winning streak.

#“We had to play with a different game plan today and I think the reason we won is because we executed that plan well,” GGC head coach Domenic Martelli said. “Give credit to Truett-McConnell, they really battled us all game long.”

#The Grizzlies built scoring chances early and often, missing out a few times on the opening score before connecting in the 24th minute. Mary Vernetti fed a ball from the edge of the box across the goal mouth to Dale, who buried it for her team-leading ninth score of the season.

#The teams went into halftime with GGC on top, 1-0.

#The Grizzlies fought off an early surge from the Bears to maintain their lead to begin the second half. At the 74-minute mark, Jocelyn Baker connected with Murphy on a GGC attack and the Grizzly junior sailed in her first score of the season into the corner of the net.

#Mo Gutierrez and Alex Hays split time once more in goal to keep the Bears off the board and preserve the shutout.

#Georgia Gwinnett plays its third game in five days when it returns home on Monday to begin the final week of the season. The Grizzlies host West Georgia in a 7 p.m. kickoff before wrapping up the regular season Nov. 4 against Emmanuel.