EVANSVILLE - Getting a lead early, the University of Evansville men's soccer team was unable to hold off 23rd-ranked Lipscomb in a 4-1 defeat on Monday evening at Arad McCutchan Stadium in Evansville.

"We have to give credit to Lipscomb. They're a very good team, there's a reason they're ranked 23rd in the country and had a very good win over UCLA on the road," said Aces head men's soccer coach Marshall Ray. "We did a great job and came out and executed our game plan and were able to create a couple opportunities and were fortunate to get a PK we converted. We couldn't make it to half. #20 (for Lipscomb) came on and was a handful and was able to equalize. I felt like we were a little slow coming out of halftime and saying that, we were able to get a goal back to tie it 2-2 that was pulled out of the net. We didn't respond well after that point. It's a tough thing to take, but we've got to do a better job of just getting on with the game. We're going to try and recover and get ready for our trip out to Denver and look forward to playing Denver and Air Force."

Four Aces led the way with two shots each with Pablo Guillen, Jakub Hall, Jose Vivas, and Caleb Knight all recording two shots. In goal, Matt Bryant tallied six saves in the match, making it back-t0-back matches with six saves for the fifth-year senior.

As has been the theme all season, it was Evansville who jumped out to the early lead. Just 16 minutes into the match, Hall put a shot on goal that was blocked and popped high into the air. As Hall and a Bisons defender battled for the rebound, the ball caught the arm of the defender, earning a penalty kick for Evansville. On the ensuing PK, sophomore Pablo Guillen calmly placed the ball to the left of the keeper, handing the Aces the 1-0 advantage.

Later in the half, Lipscomb equalized, scoring in the 41st minute with the first of the night from Tyrese Spicer, knotting the match at the break.

Soon after the intermission, the Bisons went in front, scoring their second of the evening also off the foot of Spicer with Bakary Bagayako and Killian Byrne lending assists. The Aces looked to have tied the match again in the 53rd minute as a header from Ethan Garvey was saved by the Bisons, but popped free from the keeper. Hall sprinted towards the ball, with the ball ending up in the back of the net, but Hall was ruled offside to nullify the Aces equalizer.

In the 64th minute, Lipscomb found a third goal with Luca Naumann scoring off a free kick at the top of the 18 that curled into the side, increasing the Bisons lead to 3-1. Tyrese Spicer would complete his hat-trick in the 72nd minute, as Spicer received a pass from Seth Highfield and made a run down the left side, slipping it into the back of the net as Lipscomb grabbed the 4-1 win.

Evansville heads west for a road trip in the state of Colorado, beginning with a match at Denver at 8 PM (CT) on Friday night in Denver, Colo.
 

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