Colorado Springs, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's soccer team drops their second round NCAA Tournament matchup 4-2 against Fort Lewis College on Sunday Evening.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: UCCS 2, FLC 4
Records: UCCS (14-3-4, 6-1-3 RMAC), FLC (13-3-6, 7-2-1 RMAC)
Facility: Mountain Lion Stadium | Colorado Springs, Colo.
All-Time Series: The Mountain Lions move to 15-46-5 all-time against the Skyhawks.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The first half of Sunday evening's match started slow with Fort Lewis controlling possession for the first 30 minutes. The first score of the game came in the 35th minute when Tomas Duenes of the Skyhawks sent a corner kick to the right side of the Mountain Lions' goal where Casey Stracher played the ball to Jacob Ramos who rebounded his own shot and found the back of the nylon on his second attempt to put Fort Lewis up 1-0. The next goal came just one minute later when senior midfielder Dani Barajas' shot was rebounded by Nick Walker on the right side of the net who netted the first goal for UCCS to tie the match 1-1.
- The final minute of the first half did not go the Mountain Lions' way as Jackson Million fouled Skyhawk Gabriel Legendre approximately 25 yards away on the left side of the field which prompted the center referee to stop the clock with three seconds left. Fabrizio Aguilera lined up for the shot and sent it towards the bottom right corner where the ball bounced untouched into the net to put Fort Lewis back up 2-1 going into the second.
- The second half of action featured two more goals for Fort Lewis, both by Anton Hjalmarsson in the 61st and 75th minutes. The first came off of a rebounded shot that was immediately sent back, and the second came in transition as Hjalmarsson beat his only defender, leaving green grass ahead before it was shot past goalkeeper Soren Russell to put the Skyhawks up 4-1.
- Much like the first UCCS goal, their second came as a response just a minute after a Fort Lewis score when a shot by Walker smacked the top goalpost and landed in front of Barajas who did not miss his attempt to push the deficit to two with 14 minutes remaining. The Mountain Lions made a strong push at the end but were unable to come back as the match ended 4-2 in favor of Fort Lewis.
STATS FROM THE GAME
- UCCS outshot FLC 20 to 14 with 11 shots on goal to the Skyhawks' nine. The Mountain Lions also led in corner kicks nine to four.
- The Mountain Lions' Soren Russell recorded five saves on nine attempts during Sunday's match.
- Adin Schwenke, Dalton Uehling, Miles Seminario, Barajas, and Walker were the five UCCS field players to record the full 90 minutes in the match as Russell also logged the entire 90 at goalkeeper.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Sunday's match marked the Mountain Lions' second NCAA Tournament match in program history and was their first appearance in the second round.
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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.
