Three-game winning streak closes with Tigers loss
The Dalhousie men’s soccer team fought valiantly on Saturday against the highest scoring team in the AUS, the Cape Breton Capers, but eventually lost 3 – 1 on Wickwire Field.
The Tigers dropped from a three-way tie for the league lead before the lost to fourth place in the circuit as of Saturday’s play.
Jordan Mannix had the Tigers up 1 – 0 early on, but the Capers tied it with only nine minutes left in the first half.
Cape Breton scored the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick in the 54th minute, awarded because of a handball by Tigers defender Nick Persichino. The Tigers played the remainder of the game down a man, making a comeback too tall an order.
For an extended recap of the game, read the Sept. 30 edition of the Dalhousie Gazette.
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