Garrett Heller

Coastal Carolina men’s soccer punched their ticket to the Sun Belt Conference tournament after a crucial 1-1 tie against James Madison University Tuesday night. “We’re very excited – most people counted us out. We didn’t finish at the top but at least we made it,” midfielder Jaland Larmond, who scored the lone goal for the Chants, said.

In a game that remained competitive until the final whistle, Coastal Carolina men’s soccer fell 2-1 to No. 4 West Virginia University (WVU). The Chants came out strong, and in the first five minutes, midfielder Loed Klaasen found the back of the net to put the Chants ahead 1-0. “It felt good to score the first goal and have our team come off strong and play well against the No.4 team,” Klaasen said.

The Coastal Carolina men’s soccer teams fell short 2-0 against the No. 18, University of Kentucky, Sept. 28. The match was neck and neck outside of a 2-minute period dominated by Kentucky. Scoring a goal at both minute 30 and 32. The Chanticleer defense was on point besides a few missteps that allowed Kentucky to score. CCU started the game fast, taking four shots before the 13th minute and maintaining possession to build an offensive momentum. “I don’t think we deserve the loss.