Greenville, S.C. -- Furman's Fabien Vorbe headed in the lone goal of the match in the 85th minute to lift the Paladins past East Tennessee State in the men's soccer opener for both schools on Wednesday evening at Stone Soccer Stadium.

With under six minutes to play, Dane Roberts curled a 35-yard shot towards the far right-hand post that forced Buccaneer goalkeeper James Holt to make a leaping save to punch the ball straight up, but Vorbe headed in the loose ball on the rebound at 84:03 to give Furman the 1-0 victory.

"It's great to start with a win, especially at home," said Furman head coach Doug Allison.  "We played hard and got a shutout against a very good ETSU team tonight."

The Buccaneers (0-1) had the best opportunity to go in front early in the first half as Aaron Schoenfeld collected the ball down the right side of the box, but had his shot turned away by a charging Alec Kann.  In the second half, ETSU mounted another strike with a cross to the top of the six-yard box that Itode Fubara sent over the bar with a sliding effort.

Kann recorded two saves to pick up the shutout for Furman while Holt stopped two shots in a losing effort for the Bucs. 

The match featured just five shots on goal with ETSU holding a 9-7 edge in total shot attempts.  The Bucs had six corner kicks to Furman's four.  A total of 31 fouls were committed and three cautions handed out.

East Tennessee State returns to action Monday when it travels to Clemson.  Furman (1-0) travels to Clinton, S.C., to face Presbyterian College on Saturday at 7 p.m.