MS: Bulldogs split; Upset NWU

Article Body: The Concordia University, Nebraska men's soccer team split a pair of games this past weekend, upsetting Nebraska Wesleyan 3-2 on Wednesday before falling to Dakota Wesleyan 4-3 on Saturday night.

The Bulldogs (2-8, 2-3 GPAC) handed the Prairie Wolves of Nebraska Wesleyan their first conference loss of the season on Wednesday. Nebraska Wesleyan (7-3-1, 4-1-1 GPAC) currently sits atop the GPAC standings with Hastings College. Concordia is situated in eighth place in the GPAC.

Against Nebraska Wesleyan the Bulldogs got another stellar performance from freshman Arturo Vega. Vega scored a pair of goals, including what proved to the game winner during the 81st minute. Vega's game winner came on an assist from Evan Gahan who scored Concordia's first goal.

The Bulldogs trailed after one half of play, as the Prairie Wolves scored just six minutes into the game. But Gahan pulled the Bulldogs even seven minutes into the second half off an assist from Andrew Nelson.

Mitchel Memming gave Nebraska Wesleyan the lead just 41 seconds after Gahan's goal. For almost 20 minutes neither team was able to score. Vega tied the game on a penalty kick with just less than 15 minutes remaining before scoring the game winner with eight minutes left.

Freshman Anthony Reichwaldt finished the game with seven saves for Concordia.

On Saturday night things didn't go quite as well against the other Wesleyan in the conference, Dakota Wesleyan. The Bulldogs jumped out to 2-0 lead, getting goals from Gahan and Nelson during the 23rd and 24th minutes.

Dakota Wesleyan battled back, scoring a pair of goals to knot the game up at half, 2-2. The Tigers went on to add a pair of goals in the second half to take a 4-2 advantage.

Vega scored his team leading ninth goal of the season with six minutes remaining, but it was too little, too late, for Concordia, as they were unable find the back of the net the rest of the way.

The Tigers were led by Juna Baltazar who finished with a pair of goals on the night.

Concordia is scheduled to take on Hastings College on Tuesday, Oct. 2 in a 7 p.m. contest at Bulldog Stadium.

Posted by Sports Information on 10/1/2007 12:55:00 PM

MS: Bulldogs split; Upset NWU

MS: Bulldogs split; Upset NWU

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