#HLMSOC Took on Ranked Opponents Friday Night

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Friday, September 12, 2014

No. 18 California 6, Cleveland State 1
Green Bay 8, Viterbo 0
No. 22 George Mason 2, Milwaukee 0
Detroit 2, Cal State Fullerton 1
James Madison 2, Belmont 1
NIU 1, No. 23 UIC 0
No. 25 Denver 3, Oakland 2
San Diego State 3, Wright State 2

Matlock Tallies Goal in Setback at #18 California -- Box Score

BERKELEY, Calif. – Mike Matlock scored his first goal of the season, but Cleveland State dropped a 6-1 contest at 18th-ranked California on Friday afternoon.

CSU fell to 2-3 while California improved to a 2-1 record. Read more

Jepson's Five Goals Power the Phoenix to 8-0 Win-- Box Score

GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Thanks to a five-goal performance by Audi Jepson (Green Bay, Wis.), the Green Bay men’s soccer team cruised to an 8-0 victory on Friday night at a cold and rainy Santaga Stadium.

Continuing his strong offensive start to the season, Jepson’s five goals makes him just the second player in the history of the program to accomplish such a feat. The school record for goals in a single game is six, set back in 1969, as Jepson came a goal short of tying that mark. Read more

Quick Start Sends No. 22 George Mason Past Milwaukee -- Box Score

FAIRFAX, Va. - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's soccer team could not overcome a quick start by No. 22 George Mason in falling, 2-0, Friday night in game one of the Capital Cup.

The Panthers (3-2-0) found themselves down a goal just 32 seconds into the contest against the Patriots (4-0-0) and were unable to dig themselves out of the hole in falling on the road. Read more

Detroit Earns 2-1 Win Over Cal State Fullerton in Las Vegas -- Box Score

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (9/12/2014) -- Spiro Pliakos scored his first collegiate goal in the late minutes of the second half Friday to help lead the University of Detroit Mercy men's soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Cal State Fullerton in the opener of the UNLV Nike Invitational at Johann Field.

The Titans improved to 2-2 with the victory under the bright lights of Las Vegas. Pliakos (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester), a freshman making his third career start, scored off a feed from Detroit junior Matt Harkema (Hudsonville, Mich. / Unity Christian) in the 81st minute to break a 1-1 tie. Read more

Record-Breaking Crowd Sees Men's Soccer Snakebitten by James Madison -- Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - Despite having moments of strong play, Belmont University men's soccer dropped a 2-1 decision to James Madison Friday night in the 2014 Belmont Invitational.

The visiting Dukes, fresh off a good result against No. 16 Penn State, were quite formidable. Read more

No. 23 Men's Soccer Suffers First Loss of 2014 at Northern Illinois -- Box Score

DEKALB, Ill. – The UIC men’s soccer team (3-1-1) endured its first loss of the season Friday night as it fell, 1-0, to Northern Illinois (2-2-1) at the NIU Soccer Complex. The Flames held off the Huskies through 74 minutes of the play before NIU scored the lone goal of the game.

UIC created plenty of chances, producing 13 shots, and took eight corner kicks to set up attempts, but Northern Illinois put on the pressure in both zones to come up with the win. Read more

Oakland Comeback Falls Short at No. 25 Denver, 3-2 -- Box Score

DENVER - Raphael Reynolds and Austin Ricci each scored second-half goals to lead Oakland as it fell to No. 25 Denver, 3-2, Friday night in men's soccer action at CIBER Field. The Golden Grizzlies were narrowly outshot by the Pioneers 16-15 in the match.

"I thought for long stretches of the game we played very well and dictated play against a very good, nationally ranked Denver team on the road in a tough environment," said head coach Eric Pogue. "Moving forward, we need to show a greater urgency and commitment to goal scoring in the final third of the field the way that Denver did against us tonight with their chances. We showed a lot of perseverance and resiliency not to let a few tough situations that went against us break our will to compete at a high level and as a coach, you are pleased to see that from your team." Read more

Men's Soccer Drops Heartbreaker at #27 San Diego State -- Box Score

The Wright State men's soccer team battled #27 San Diego State even most of the night before the Aztecs scored a goal with just 4:28 remaining to pull out a 3-2 decision Friday night at the SDSU Sports Deck.

WSU grabbed the early lead at the 12:24 mark of the first half as sophomore Eric Lynch, the reigning Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week, scored his second goal of the season as he connected on a diagonal shot from the left off a cross by freshman defender Austin Polster.  It was Polster's first collegiate assist. Read more