TAMPA, Fla. – The University of West Alabama men's soccer fell to the University of Tampa 2-0 in the last of a grueling three game road stretch for the Tigers at Pepin Stadium Sunday.
The win propels Tampa to 4-1-1 overall. It's the third straight loss for UWA who drops to 3-3.
Both Spartan goals came within a minute of each other in the first half. Andrew Clare scored his first goal of the season in the 31
st minute and Nikolai netted his second in the 32
nd minute. Craig Laird and Daniel Barboto both tallied assists.
The Tigers were limited to 4-of-9 shots on goal, while UT posted 9-of-18.
Brian Meadows,
Vitor Gazza,
Traye Torrance and
Patrick Carroll all split UWA's four shots on goal.
Tampa goalkeeper Zak Downes (4-1-1) took the win with four saves. Tiger goalie
Brad Louis (0-3) made seven saves in his second start of the season.
"I feel that our extremely difficult schedule has caught up with us," said UWA head coach
Matthew Thorne.
"At first we came out flat and a harsh send off by one of our players made it hard to come back. The lads worked real hard for each other when we went down to 10 men. This schedule will have us prepared to play anyone in the conference."
West Alabama will return home to open Gulf South Conference play against Delta State Friday in Tiger Stadium at 7:30 p.m.
