Mountaineers Take Down Coastal Carolina in Overtime to Advance to Sun Belt Final

Wednesday, November 11

Morgantown, W.Va.

7 p.m.

West Virginia University

12-2-4, 6-1-2

Coastal Carolina

7-7-4, 4-3-2

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Coastal Carolina	0	0	0	0
West Virginia	0	0	1	1

WVU Men's Soccer celebrates after defeating Coastal Carolina in overtime

November 12, 2026 12:16 AM | Men's Soccer

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By: Adam Grossman

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 7 and top-seeded West Virginia University men's soccer team defeated No. 5-seed Coastal Carolina, 1-0, in overtime, Wednesday evening at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. The Mountaineers improve to 12-2-4 overall and advance to Sunday's Sun Belt Championship Final against No. 6-seed South Carolina.

Junior Civan de Jesus Ferreira scored the game-winner in the 96^th minute, his third goal of the season. Graduate student Aurélien Cormier had the assist, his third of the year. The two defenders also played a big role in securing the eighth consecutive shutout for the Mountaineers, a new program record. It is the longest streak in the NCAA since 2018 and just three away from the NCAA record.

The Mountaineers dominated the contest, outshooting the Chanticleers, 34-1, and had a 9-1 advantage in shots on goal. Half of WVU's shots came after Coastal Carolina was shown a red card in the 57^th minute, forcing them to play a man down for the rest of the night. The 34 shots matched a program record for WVU, first set in a scoreless draw against Canisius in 1995. West Virginia also had 14 corner kicks compared to just two for Coastal Carolina.

The Chanticleers had the first shot on target in the game in the 15^th minute, but redshirt sophomore Toby Mawer was there to make the save. He has now gone 655 minutes without giving up a goal.

The best chance for the Mountaineers in the first half came in the 18^th minute when junior Isaac Scheer had a pair of shots kicked away by Chanticleer goalkeeper Nash Skoglund. Junior Kanta Ishii had another chance as he took a rip in the 25^thminute, but it was pushed away by Skoglund.

The Mountaineers kept pushing in the second half and it looked like they had the go-ahead goal in the 86^thminute as sophomore Juan Alvarez took a shot that was deflected before hitting off the right post. The ball slowly rolled along the goal line where senior Pablo Pozos tapped it in. However, after review, Pozos was ruled to be in an offside position on the initial shot and the goal was disallowed.

In overtime, West Virginia earned a corner in the 96^th minute and after the initial ball into the box was sent back out, de Jesus Ferreira stayed forward and was there to head home the game-winning goal off the cross from Cormier.

The Mountaineers will now look for their second Sun Belt Tournament title on Sunday, Nov. 15. Kickoff against the Gamecocks from Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium is set for 1 p.m.

Priority Sun Belt Conference Championship Final tickets vs. South Carolina will go on sale for Mountaineer Athletic Club (MAC) members beginning at 10 a.m., tomorrow, Nov. 12 and will run through 1 p.m. MAC members can purchase tickets during the priority window by logging into their WVUGame account. Public on sale will begin tomorrow, Nov. 12 at 1 p.m. General admission tickets will be $12 plus fees. Student tickets will become available on Friday, Nov. 13 at 10 a.m. The first 500 students to claim a ticket will be free.