Colorado Springs, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's soccer team allows a season high in goals in route to a 3-1 defeat to Fort Lewis College, ending their unbeaten streak to begin the season.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: UCCS 1, FLC 3
Records: UCCS (9-1-2, 2-1-1 RMAC), FLC (6-1-5, 2-1-1 RMAC)
Facility: Mountain Lion Stadium | Colorado Springs, Colo.
All-Time Series: The Mountain Lions move to 15-45-5 all-time against the Skyhawks.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Mountain Lions struggled on the offensive side of the ball in the first half of Thursday night's matchup, tallying only five total shots with zero being on goal. Much like UCCS, the Skyhawks could not find the back of the net until the 43^rd minute when FLC's Anton Hjalmarsson beat two UCCS defenders to create an open look in the middle of the field to record the first score of the match into the bottom right of the Mountain Lions' goal.
• Much like the first 45 minutes of action, the offensive woes continued for UCCS while the Skyhawks added two more goals to their total. The first was on a penalty kick from Thomas Kirkham in the 58^th minute into the top right corner of the net after a foul committed by graduate defender Adin Schwenke on FLC's David Citron. The Skyhawks third and final goal of the match came from Tomas Duenes Gonzalez in the 65^th minute as he found the bottom right corner to extend the lead.
• Despite their challenges offensively, the Mountain Lions avoided their second shutout of the season in the 80^th minute thanks to senior midfielder Dani Barajas who recorded his seventh goal of the season into the bottom right corner off the assist of Gael Hernandez which would be the final goal of the match.

STATS FROM THE GAME

• Fort Lewis led UCCS in shots (16 to 15) and shots on goal (8 to 2).
• The Mountain Lions recorded five saves Thursday night as four came from junior goalkeeper Soren Russell and the fifth being a team save.
• Barajas and Hernandez were the only Mountain Lions who tallied a shot on goal.
• All UCCS starters played the full 45 minutes in the first half of the match.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Barajas became the sole RMAC leader in goals with his seventh of the season in the 80^th minute.
• Thursday night was the first time this season UCCS has allowed more than one goal in a game.

UP NEXT

• The Mountain Lions will travel to ASU Soccer/Lacrosse Field in Alamosa, Colo. for their matchup against Adams State University on Sunday Oct. 20 with kickoff scheduled for 2:30 p.m. (MT).

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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics. 
 
 
 
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