ROMEOVILLE, Ill.  – The Lewis men's soccer team lost to Missouri-St. Louis, 1-0, in their Great Lakes Valley Conference opener at Lewis Stadium Sunday (Sept. 11), 

TEAM RECORDS
UMSL 2-2-1, 1-0 | Lewis 2-2. 0-1

LEWIS LEADERS
Shots: Zahkar Shkidchenko (Kiev, Ukraine) (4)
Shots on Goal: Matthew Beaulieu (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) (3)
Saves: Sebastian Doppelhofer (Liebmannweg, Austria/Kapfenburg) (4)

HALF BREAKDOWN
FIRST HALF: Lewis 0, UMSL 0

• Neither was able to score a goal, but Lewis attempted two shots in the first half while UMSL attempted four shots.
• Doppelhofer had three of four saves in the first half.
• Missouri-St. Louis went on the attack in the sixth minute but Doppelhofer was there for the save. 
• The Tritons had another scoring chance in the 14th minute but that one was also saved.
• Lewis looked to strike first in the 30th minute as Beaulieu went on the attack but his shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
• UMSL had the last shot on goal attempt in the 38th minute but Doppelhofer snagged it. 

SECOND HALF: UMSL 1, Lewis 0

• Arman Kovac looked to put UMSL on the scoreboard but his shot was saved but he collected his own rebound.
• Kovac scored the lone goal of the game off the rebound for Missouri-St. Louis at the 51st minute.
• Beaulieu looked to knot the game up at 1-1 in the 64th minute but his shot was saved.
• Moments later in the 68th minute Beaulieu had a penalty kick which was also scooped up by the Tritons' goalkeeper. 
• Shkidchenko looked to tie the match in the 74th minute but it was saved. 
• Late in the match, Arturs Gorodnickis (Riga, Latvia/Riga) recorded two shot on goal attempts in the 88th and 89th minutes however they were picked up by UMSL's goalkeeper. 
• Lewis attempted 10 shots in the second period but to no avail as UMSL's goal keeper Austin Reis recorded six saves.

FINAL SCORE: UMSL 1, Lewis 0

UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action on Friday, September 16 as the Flyers travel to Lebanon, Ill. to face McKendree at 7:30 p.m. CT.