Soccer falls at Regis
Lucas Grein scored a goal in the 85th minute to send the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs soccer team to its fifth straight loss, a 2-1 setback against the Regis Rangers Sunday in Denver.
The Mountain Lions (5-9-1, 3-6-1 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) are now 1-7-1 in their past nine matches.
The slide has made UCCSâ€TM playoff hopes, once a seeming certainty, sketchy at best. The Mountain Lions have 10 points (three for each conference win and one for each tie) with two matches remaining. Third-place Regis has 14 points and also has two matches left. Thus UCCS must win both of its final two matches and hope that Regis loses both or loses one and ties the other.
But as unlikely as that seems, itâ€TMs entirely possible. Regis has two tough matches remaining, Metro State at home on Friday and at Fort Lewis next Sunday. UCCS, meanwhile, plays struggling Colorado Christian on Friday and Colorado School of Mines next Sunday, both at home.
After a scoreless first half Sunday, Jeff Moore scored his team-best sixth goal in the 62nd minute with Brian Best getting the assist.
Regisâ€TM Cody Berg netted his team-leading seventh goal of the season at 74:37 to tie the match at one.
The Rangers (7-5-3 overall, 4-4-2 RMAC) got the game-winner when Grein scored with just under six minutes remaining. Regis has now won six of its past eight matches and is undefeated in its past six outings.
RU goalkeeper Trevor Steege (now 6-5-2) made four saves in the winning effort while UCCS' Chris Hovasse (two saves) fell to 4-8-0.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Charlene Berg | 1 | OF | So. |
| Charlene Berg | 1 | OF | Jr. |
| Charlene Berg | 1 | OF | Sr. |
 | Brian Best | 2 | Defender | Freshman |
| Brian Best | 2 | Defender | Sophomore |
 | Brian Best | 2 | D | Jr |
 | Brian Best | 2 | D | Sr. |
 | Jeff Moore | 19 | F | Jr. |
| Jeff Moore | 11 | F | Jr. |
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| October 21, 2006 |  | UCCS soccer continues slide | DENVER – The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs soccer team continued its struggles, falling 3-0 to the Metro State Roadrunners Saturday at Auraria Field. |
| October 16, 2006 |  | Sweetser's hat trick sinks UCCS | The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs soccer team, mired in a recent slump, came into Sunday’s match desperately in need of a boost. |
| October 12, 2006 |  | Thunderwolves close Steel and Silver gap with soccer win | The Colorado State-Pueblo Thunderwolves closed the gap in the Steel and Silver Series with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs with a 2-1 victory over the Mountain Lions Wednesday in men’s soccer. |
| November 9, 2005 |  | Four soccer players named All-RMAC | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs soccer players Marcus Reynolds, Art Cutter and Eric Foulk were named second-team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the RMAC announced Wednesday. |
| October 30, 2005 |  | Penalties costly in season finale | The two most severe in-game penalties, not just in soccer but in all of sports, are the penalty kick and the red card. The Colorado School of Mines Orediggers got the full benefit of both in a 4-1 victory over the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Sunday at Sand Creek Stadium. |
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