LOUISVILLE, KY. - The Spalding men's soccer team conceded Saturday afternoon against Principia losing, 3-1, at home in their final home game of the season.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Principia 3 - Spalding 1
LOCATION: Spalding Athletics Complex | Louisville, Ky.
RECORDS: Spalding: 10-4-3, 4-2-1 SLIAC | Principia: 9-5-0, 6-1-0 SLIAC

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Spalding's offense, led by Mirza Ugarak and Alioune Cisse, came out firing on all cylinders. The Golden Eagles fired five shots in the first fifteen minutes, landing four on frame. Nearing the end of the 16^th minute of play, Principia committed a foul, giving Spalding a free kick. Ugarak lined up to take the kick and played a short ball back to Cisse who sent a rocket into the back of the net to give the Golden Eagles the 1-0 lead. This goal propelled the teams to halftime with the game becoming back and forth following the goal.

- Unlike the first half of play, the second half started off rather slow for each team. Goalkeeper Trevor Massa and the rest of the Spalding defense conceded only four shots in the first fifteen minutes of the second half, with Massa saving two and the defense causing two shots to go awry. However, Principia managed to slot one home to even the match at 1-1 in the 64^th minute off of a corner kick. Neither Spalding's offense nor their defense could get things back how they were to start the game, giving up two more goals, the first on a penalty kick in the 84^th, and the second on an upper 90 shot in the 86^th minute, both coming from the foot Kaden Keller. Principia ended the game, defeating the Golden Eagles 3-1.

UP NEXT
- The Golden Eagles hit the road to finish out their regular season schedule. The first of the final two games will be in Eureka, Illinois at Eureka College on Thursday, October 31^st at 4:00 PM. Two days later, on Saturday, November 2^nd in Carlinville, Illinois, the Golden Eagles will take on the Blackburn Beavers in their final regular season match. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 PM.