UCF Forward Drew Hansen Discusses His Brace in Knights’ Big Win Over No. 18 South Carolina

Those two goals. Great. I mean, just really good win. It was a total fight from both teams. They didn't give up. You know, I think we sort of fell asleep a little bit. And then the boys responded really well after they got one back. And then it's just one of those games, like in this conference, anybody can beat anybody. And definitely had to scrap it out. But it was a fun game. We're blessed to be out here. And we really enjoyed it. How does the win feel, especially that loss in Morgantown Virginia uh coming coming here and finally getting the win in front of the home crowd yeah um like i said in this conference it's like anybody can beat anybody and West Virginia was ranked South Carolina I think is still ranked and like they have a very good RPI so um we've been very good at home this season and so to to bounce back and then have another home game coming up on Thursday I think that it's a good opportunity for us to continue and like build up a little bit more momentum take me through that second goal there South Carolina you know it just gotten on the on the board to make it a one goal game again so take me through that play and what it meant to you to be able to get back up to two goals again yeah I think our press was excellent I started with the staff they talked about like tactically how we were going to press this morning and I think all night it was super successful we got our first goal off the press and then Ethan was really good to win it off the defender and then he was able to play right to me and then from there it's kind of just it happened so fast but I mean like to do like that high intensity of a press over and over and everyone from back to front was just it was really really good so I think that gave us a lot of success throughout the night not just on goal. How do you feel like this team plays differently now than it did in the beginning of the season? I think first you know in college soccer there's such a high turnover rate typically so we just have more chemistry in general but i think that the more you play together you start to learn each other and then you also um as you're like building team camaraderie just you sort of learn how to fight like as a unit and i think that i said that already but that game was really a fight and i think that we just work like we know how each other plays and what each other's going to do and then if someone is tired or out of position like when you work together so hard for so long it's like okay like i want to run for that guy because i know that he would do the same for me so i think it like lots of elements of a family that are really important And what does it mean for you to get you to have a game like this with a couple of goals given, you know, how the offense was at the beginning of the season? Yeah, you know, I think most years, you know, the same as last year, it takes time to sort of find form, but it's always exciting. Like as a forward, I want to score goals. And so to do so in a big game is important, but mostly like most importantly is the team. And I'm just like I said, I'm so proud of the boys. like that game was such a fight and I'm gonna, you know, like beat a dead horse with that. But it was really a fight and like proud of the boys, you know, like it wasn't an easy game. There were like a couple of forks in the road with them getting two goals back. They didn't give up, but those are the types of games that you have to win to do something and like win a trophy at the end. What does this team need to do? You got two matches left before the Sun Belt tournament. What do you guys need to do between now and then to be ready for that tournament? You know, I think that I was talking with you, Peace, and it's really a game-by-game thing. So I think that a lot of it comes down to who you play next. And I think that, like I said, our staff had done an excellent job with the scout for this game. And I think as a team, we were really well prepared to counter how they play. And they've had a lot of success. And even we could have been better. Both of their goals, I think, came off of crosses. And we knew that they were a very successful crossing team. So I think that probably some fine details and refining those. And when we do our scout for Georgia State, I think that's what we play Thursday. Make sure that those little details that when we do have a lead, like I said, we refine that and we don't slip up because while we did get the win today, those type of mistakes can be costly. Thanks, Drew. Thanks, Drew.