Box Score Vienna, W.Va. - The Trevecca Nazarene University men's soccer team (1-2-1, 0-1-1 G-MAC) came up short in their comeback attempt at in a road Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) at Ohio Valley University (2-2-0, 2-0-0 G-MAC), 3-2 at the OVU Soccer Field.
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It is the third win in a row in the series for OVU over TNU. Trevecca is now 4-3-1 all-time versus the Scots.
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Trevecca returns home for a match against Lee University (1-3) on Tuesday at 7 PM. Lee leads the all-time series 4-0-2. The only meeting since 2004, when the teams were members of the TranSouth Athletic Conference, took place last year in Cleveland, Tenn. The Flames won the match 4-0.
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Malone University (1-2-1, 0-1-1 G-MAC) visits Thursday at 7:30 PM. The meeting will be the first for the Trojans against the Cavaliers. Malone is in their first year of membership in the G-MAC.
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The Fighting Scots three goals on the Trojans in the first 45:33, but the Trojans closed the gap to just one goal with a pair of second half goals at 50:40 and 66:45 and had plenty of time to try and connect on the equalizer, but came up short in the end.
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OVU scored the first of three unanswered in the 22nd minute when Diego Thielen scored on a deflection off Trojan keeper Tyler Delgado. Just more than a minute and a half later Camilo Sarmiento scored a goal on a header from a corner kick.
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Trevecca only produced three shots towards Scott deeper Carlos Rubio in the first half. Just one was ruled to be on goal.
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Then with 33 seconds gone in the second half the Scots scored again with
Nicolas Rodriguez scoring for a 3-0 Scot advantage.
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At 50:40 Nicholas Reinhard scored unassisted and Baylor McKay made it a one score game with a goal at 66:45. Reinhard assisted on the McKay goal.
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Trevecca only had three shots on goal in each period and aside from the two goals only gave Scott keeper on other save opportunity.Â