The Snow College men's soccer team suffered a 3-2 defeat against Arizona Western College in the District Championship match Saturday in Ephraim.
 
The Badgers entered the match coming off a comeback victory over No. 1 Salt Lake Community College in the Region 18 Championship the week prior.  Snow College needed a win in order to guarantee a bid into the NJCAA National Tournament.
 
It was a neck-and-neck match throughout as AWC struck first in the 12th minute to take a 1-0 lead.  The Badgers fired back immediately and scored less than a minute later to even the match.  It was James Miles who took a quick feed from Oliver Fehintola and beat the keeper.
 
Nearly the same sequence of events repeated itself later in the first half.  The Matadors scored a goal in the 38^th minute to take a 2-1 lead, but the Badgers answered less than 90 seconds later to square up the match once again.  Nathan Banza took the ball on a breakaway down the pitch and eventually scored from about 10 yards out.
 
The Matadors would break the tie for good in the 62^nd minute as they took a 3-2 lead that would hold until the final buzzer sounded.  Snow College outshot the Matadors, 11-8, and also had more shots on goal, 5-4, but were unable to overcome the goal deficit.
 
Snow College will now have to await its fate in regard to the NJCAA National Tournament.  They will need to receive an at-large bid in order to continue its season.  Stay tuned to snowbadgers.com to see if the Badgers will be selected to play in the tournament.