GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNC Greensboro men's soccer (1-0) opened its 2019 regular season with a 2-0 victory over George Washington (0-1) Friday night at UNCG Soccer Stadium. Riley Copeland and Casey Penland both scored in the second half to lead the Spartans to the shutout victory.

Check out the highlights from our season-opening 2️⃣-0️⃣ win over George Washington & also hear from @coachchrisrich with his post-game thoughts & analysis #letsgoG pic.twitter.com/3xX8uesykc

— UNCG Men's Soccer (@UNCGMensSoccer) August 31, 2019

Copeland provided the game-winner, which was also his first collegiate goal, in the 62nd minute. He got ahold of a loose ball in the box and buried a shot into the right side of the net from just a few yards out.

Just six minutes later, Penland headed in a ball from the right side of the box off a free kick from the midfield by Ethan Conley.

Three Things To Know
-- Head coach Chris Rich picked up his very first win as a head coach at the collegiate level.

A huge round of 👏 for the man in charge @coachchrisrich for not only getting his 1️⃣st win as the leader of our program, but also his very first one at the collegiate level as a head coach‼ #FirstOfMany #letsgoG pic.twitter.com/VmpISYz1Jr

— UNCG Men's Soccer (@UNCGMensSoccer) August 31, 2019

-- Goalkeeper Ricky Zarri (1-0) made six saves for his second career shutout.

-- Eight newcomers make their debut for the Spartans: Aidan Wixted, Albert Pedra, Angel Bacho, Ethan Conley, Riley Copeland, Bryant Huerta, Mylo Hall and Cameron Fowler. For Bacho, Conley, Copeland, Hall and Fowler, the group of freshmen also made their collegiate debut.

Up Next
The Spartans return to the pitch at Radford on Labor Day at 7 p.m.

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