EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer fell in a physical match with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Thursday, 3-0. The Screaming Eagles fall to 0-3 on the year while the Phoenix go to 2-0-1.

USI played an incredible first half, staying with Green Bay the entire way. Both teams finished the half with four shots while goalkeeper Alec Meissner (St. Charles, Missouri) made two saves in the first 45 minutes. Both teams were physical in the half as there were 12 combined fouls by both teams.

While both teams played pretty even at the start of the second half Green Bay was able to capitalize with a goal from Chris Album at the 62:04 mark. The Phoenix continued to add on to their lead, scoring at 66:47 and 79:34 from Luca Contestabile and Andrew Paolucci. Assists for Green Bay came from Josh Johansen, Michael McDougall, and Kajus Kontautus.

The Eagles tried to spark a rally in the last ten minutes after Brian Winkler (Philpot, Kentucky) won a penalty in the 89th minute. The penalty was saved by Tobias Jahn, but Winkler was able to tap the rebound into the bottom right corner to save USI from being shut out. Winkler led the way for the Eagles with three shot attempts and two shots on goal. Zach Barton (St. Louis, Missouri), Colten Walsh (St. Louis, Missouri), and Luke Lindsay (Plymouth, Minnesota) were the other Eagles with shots while Barton had two and the others had one each. Walsh was the other Eagle with a shot on goal.

UP NEXT FOR USI:

The Eagles head back on the road for a three-game stretch starting with a trip to Edwardsville, Illinois to take on Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Monday, September 5th with a 7 pm kickoff time.