Box Score DES MOINES, Iowa - After falling behind early, the University of Evansville men's soccer team battled back, but fell on the road to Drake, 2-1, in Missouri Valley Conference action at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

"Every game in The Valley is a battle, especially those on the road," said Aces head men's soccer coach Marshall Ray. "We did ourselves no favors today by turning-off on the set piece and conceding an early goal. I do have to give the guys credit for continually fighting and battling and getting ourselves back in the game, but we've got to do a better job and be more intelligent and more switched-on for 90 minutes."

The Bulldogs got on the board early, scoring a goal inside the game's first 10 minutes. Coming off a corner, the ball was flicked-on and tapped home by Drake's TC Anderson in the sixth minute. Evansville generated a great chance in the 13th minute as redshirt junior Nicolas Likulia found himself on the end of a ball over the top. Likulia sprinted forward and was one-on-one with the keeper, but the Bulldogs' Jared Brown sprawled out to make the save and keep the match level. The Aces put another shot on frame in the 20th minute as freshman Pablo Guillen fired a shot into the bottom right corner that Brown saved.

Drake doubled its advantage in the second half, scoring a goal in the 64th minute off the foot of LeRoy Enzugusi. Evansville was not deterred following the Bulldogs goal, battling to pull one back. The Aces did just that in the 82nd minute as Guillen scored his third of the season and his second penalty kick to halve the Drake lead. Evansville pushed to equalize in the final eight minutes, but could not find the second goal in a 2-1 Drake win.

Redshirt junior Matt Bryant led the way for Evansville in goal, making eight saves. Guillen finished with a team-high four shots in the game, increasing his season total to 18.

Evansville comes back home for a matchup with ranked Missouri State on Tuesday at Arad McCutchan Stadium in Evansville.
 

• INFO: For all of the latest information on University of Evansville athletics, visit GoPurpleAces.com or follow the program on Twitter via @UEAthletics.

 

• FUTURE UNAFRAID: To make a gift to the Future Unafraid initiative and contribute to the Purple Aces' response to COVID-19, please visit UEAlumniOnline.com/FutureUnafraid  

                                   

• SUPPORT: For information on giving to UE Athletics or its individual athletics programs, visit the SUPPORT tab on the top of GoPurpleAces.com