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Men's Soccer Devon Johnson, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Marauders' Miscues Costly in Loss to Vikings

Two of the three goals U-Mary surrendered came off free kicks

Adam Potter fights for ball against Western Washington
Box Score Bellingham, WA—In search of their first conference win of the season the University of Mary men's soccer team (0-5, 0-3 GNAC) fell Thursday night to GNAC foe Western Washington University (4-2-1, 2-0-1). Trailing nearly the entire game, U-Mary scored late, but it was too little too late as it fell 3-1.

Alex Boyes scored U-Mary's lone goal, his first of the season, in the 76th minute. Ramiro Rivera assisted Boyes on the goal, his first assist of the season.

The Marauders and Vikings actually tied with in shots with 12 and shots on goal with five. U-Mary held a 3-1 advantage in corner kicks.

WWU got on the board early taking advantage of a UM foul in the 22nd minute that lead to a free kick. From 20 yards out Tye Hastings drilled the back of the net giving the Vikings a lead they would not relinquish.

An extremely physical match throughout, the game saw a total of 31 fouls and four yellow cards.

Trailing 1-0 at intermission U-Mary was in the contest until the 60th minute. Again a foul lead to a Western Washington Goal, this time the free kick was headed into the net by Troy McCarty.  Less than a minute later Andrew Weishaar collected his own rebound to put the Vikings ahead 3-0.

Fifteen minutes later Boyes connected from 25 yards out on a pass from Rivera, but that was all the Marauders' offense was able to manufacture as they fell by a final of 3-1.

U-Mary will be back in action on Saturday as they take on #1 Simon Fraser University.

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