Lindenwood Defeats Eagles 2-0

Kansas City, MO - The Avila University mens soccer team dropped a home matchup tonight 2-0 to the Lindenwood University Lions. The game was evenly matched and for the second straight game, the Eagles had their chances to score but came away scoreless. Roberto Camacho and Paul Hilldbrand led the Eagles with four and two shots respectively. The game was a scoreless tie when Lindenwood Midfielder Hannes Backstrom scored the go ahead goal with just over 12 minutes remaining. The Eagles had a chance to tie the game with 7 minutes remaining but came up empty on a penalty kick. Lindenwood scored the final goal with 20 seconds remaining.

Lindenwood outshot the Eagles 26-9 for the game.

The game left Coach Clements and his kids very frustrated, "We put the effort in tonight to come away with a victory but in the end we didn't make the plays to do so. The boys are playing hard and with lots of effort but we just need to put our chances away. In this conference, chances do not come easy and when we get them, we must take advantage of them. Tonight was a good learning experience and we will continue to keep working hard to fix our mistakes."

Once again, Ray Dlugolecki battled tough in the net recording 5 saves.

The Eagles (3-7-1, 0-2-1) travel to Oskaloosa, IA on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 6th) for a non-conference tilt against William Penn University. The game is Avila's last non-conference game of the season and is set to kick off at 3PM on the campus of William Penn.