DAYTON - The University of Dayton men's soccer team suffered its first loss of the season in a 3-1 defeat to Saint Louis University Saturday night.
The Flyers (9-1-4, 3-1-3 A-10) drop their first Atlantic 10 contest while the Billikens (9-4-1, 5-1-1 A-10) picked up their ninth win of the campaign.
Dayton had a senior day ceremony prior to the game recognizing the 11 departing seniors.
KEY MOMENT
1
st minute of second half – Dayton trailed just 1-0 at the halftime break, but Saint Louis doubled its lead in the 46
th minute and that proved to be the decisive goal.
SCORING BREAKDOWN
- 38:32 – Saint Louis scores to take a 1-0 lead.
- 45:46 – The Billikens doubled its lead in the first minute of the second half.
- 52:26 – The Billikens made it 3-0 in their favor.
- 76:19 – Senior Ousseynou Cisse opened the scoring for the Flyers off the assist from fellow senior Xavier Zengue.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Dayton did not get its first shot on goal until the 57th minute.
- This was the first time the Flyers trailed all season.
- The Flyers out-shot the Billikens 16-12, but only put four on target.
- Freshman Basit Umar had a team-high three shots while four other had two attempts.
- There were five cautions in the contest.
- Possession was 60-40 in Dayton's favor.
UP NEXT
- The Flyers will finish up the regular season on the road at UMass next Saturday, Oct. 29.