ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Spalding University men's soccer team lost a wild one at Fontbonne, 2-1, Saturday in St. Louis.
THE BASICSFINAL: Fontbonne def. Spalding, 2-1.
LOCATION: Centene Stadium; St. Louis, Mo.
RECORDS: Spalding (7-8-0, 4-2-0); Fontbonne (5-9-0, 3-3-3)
THE STARTERSSPALDING: 1 –
Logan Spencer, 2 –
Jacob Holehan, 3 –
Dylin Albright, 4 –
Stephen Schmuck, 8 –
Jacob McMurry, 9 –
Abdullahi Abdullahi, 11 –
Sergio Olvera-Vancini, 12 –
Austin Lanham, 16 –
Jacob Kirby, 17 –
Cheikh Gueye, 21 –
Zach FondaHOW IT HAPPENED- In a crazy sequence of events, all three of the games goals were scored in a 54 second span in the first half. Fontbonne's Alex Lamoreaux and Alex Phillips slotted goals at 40:01 and 40:30 to give the Griffins a 2-0 lead. Spalding's
Abdullahi Abdullahi answered for the Eagles at 40:55 to cut the margin to one.
- The Golden Eagles outshot Fontbonne nine to seven in the second half with shots on-goal by Abdullahi (54
th) and
Austin Lanham (87
th), but neither found the back of the net.
UP NEXTThe Golden Eagles will be back in action Wednesday when they host a pivotal SLIAC contest against Webster at 2:00 p.m. EST at Champions Trace.