 On homecoming night, the University of Evansville men’s soccer team dropped a 3-0 match to Loyola on Saturday evening at Arad McCutchan Stadium.
“We were a little loose in the second half and gave up those two goals and that kind of killed the game off for us, but it was a competitive match up until that point,” said Aces head coach Marshall Ray. “Our guys still fought and battled, but we have to re-evaluate ourselves and look in the mirror and see what we did well and see what we did wrong and try and get that sorted out.”
Senior midfielder Ian McGrath led the Aces with four shots, two on-goal, in the loss. For the Ramblers, Elliot Collier scored twice and Alec Lasinski added a goal to power Loyola.
The Ramblers opened the scoring with a 26th-minute goal by Collier as he settled the ball and scored from the top of the box to give Loyola a 1-0 lead.
Defensively, the Aces held off the Ramblers for a 36-minute stretch until Loyola scored its second goal of the night as Lasinski received a pass in the box from Collier and finished it into the back of the net in the 62nd minute. Just a minute and a half later, Loyola recorded its third goal as Collier scored his second of the night as the Ramblers would hold that advantage, earning a 3-0 victory.
In the match, Evansville was out-shot by the Ramblers, 10-6, with Loyola also earning a slim advantage in corner kicks, 4-3.
Its back to non-conference play for the Aces as they travel to Nashville, Tennessee to take on Lipscomb at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
