The Snow College men's soccer team went on the road this week to play instate foes. The Badgers first traveled to Herriman, Utah, Thursday and lost to Salt Lake Community College, 3-2. Then Saturday, the Badgers went to Price, Utah and tied with Utah State University Eastern 1-1.
The Badgers started off hot against the Bruins scoring the only goal in the first half in the 15th minute off the foot of Michael Martinez. The Bruins edged out the Badgers in shots in the first half 3-2, but the Badgers held the lead 1-0.
After the halftime break, the Bruins took control of the game scoring three unanswered goals in the 48th, 55th and 63rd minutes putting the score 3-1. The Badgers later received a penalty kick in the 83rd minute, scored by Jorge Beltran. The Badgers unfortunately fell short as they tried to mount a comeback losing, 3-2. The Bruins led the game in shots 10-4. They also led with shots on goal 6-2.
After losing a close one, the Badgers came out hot in Price scoring the first goal of the game in the second minute. Martinez found Gabe Newman who foundthe back of the net to put the Badgers up 1-0 to the Eagles.
After the goal, the first half was pretty even with both teams having three shots each. The second half the Eagles played with more momentum trying to find an equalizer. In the 79th minute the Eagles' efforts paid off finding the equalizer, leveling the score 1-1.
Both teams had chances to score the winning goal, but neither team could find the back of the net, finishing the game 1-1. USUE had more shots, 8-5, but the Badgers led with shots on target, 5-4.
After this past weekend the Badgers dropped to fourth in the SWAC standings with one more week left to play. The Badgers will return home to play Truckee Meadows Community College Thursday, at 3:30 p.m. Then Saturday, at 1:30 p.m, the Badgers will play the College of Southern Idaho for a chance to clinch the final conference playoff spot. For video streaming and live stats information, visit snowbadgers.com.
