HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Junior Diba Nwegbo scored the fastest goal in William & Mary and Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer history, converting just 12 seconds into Saturday's match at Hofstra. The Pride (7-1, 2-1 CAA) though scored twice, six minutes apart in the first half, and Ryan Carmichael scored a natural hat trick, including goals just 35 seconds apart in the second half, to lead the home team to a come-from-behind 4-1 win.
 
W&M (2-3, 0-2 CAA) struck off the opening kickoff. The ball was played back to junior Alfredo Bozalongo in the midfield who sent a long ball bounding into the attacking third. Nwegbo got on the end of it, touching around a Hofstra defender and finishing with a long-lining volley into the left side of the goal from 18 yards out.
 
The Pride scored twice, six minutes apart, to take a 2-1 lead to the locker room. Hendrik Hebbeker scored from distance in the 12th minute, before setting Carmichael free on a breakaway. Carmichael cut back along the top of the penalty area and bent a right-footed strike into the right side of the goal in the 18th minute to give Hofstra the lead for good.
 
Carmichael added goals just 35 seconds apart in the 75th and 76th minutes to put the game away. Hebbeker again found Carmichael to increase the Pride lead to 3-1 as Carmichael beat a defender at the penalty spot and snuck a shot by Connor Andrews. As the Tribe pressed to get back in the game, Hofstra caught W&M on the counter. Carmichael beat a Tribe defender to the endline, cut back and then scored just inside the near post to complete the natural hat trick.
 
W&M Starters - #26 Andrews, #3 Donynath, #6 Bozlaongo, #7 Levengood, #8 Villeda, #9 Nwegbo, #11 Messer, #17 Salom, #18 Thorsheim, #19 Hosseinian, #23 Core
 
Hofstra Starters – #1 Speel (GK), #4 O'Malley, #7 Strongin, #8 Mason, #10 Charles, #11 Hebbeker, #16 Tatafu, #18 Carmichael, #20 Infuso, #21 Vowinkel, #22 Perinelli,
 
Scoring Summary
1' | W&M – Diba Nwegbo (Alfredo Bozalongo)  
12' | Hosftra – Hendrik Hebbeker (Storm Strongin)
18' | Hofstra – Ryan Carmichael (Hendrik Hebbeker)
75' | Hofstra – Ryan Carmichael (Hendrik Hebbeker)
76' | Hofstra – Ryan Carmichael (unassisted)
 
Inside the Numbers
- Hofstra outshot W&M on the afternoon, 15-6, including a 10-3 advantage on goal.
- The Pride had nine corner kicks compared to three for the Tribe.
- Junior goalkeeper Connor Andrews, who made his second-straight start, tallied six saves, while Hofsta's Wessel Speel had two … W&M played without the services of starting sophomore center back Cole Knapp, who picked up a red card late in the second half vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech.
 
Notes
The goal was Dibe Nwegbo's third of the season and fifth of his career … His goal to start the game was the fastest in W&M and CAA history and the 19th-fastest in NCAA Division I history (quickest since 2016) … Nwegbo leads the Tribe with eight points, three goals and two assists … The assist was Alfredo Bozalongo's second of the season and eight of his Tribe career.  
 
Up Next
The Tribe continues its road swing at Loyola (Maryland) on Wednesday, Sept. 29. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. from Baltimore and the contest will be streamed on ESPN+.