Men's soccer team falls to Daytona State Sunday night

The Eastern Florida State College men's soccer team lost for the first time this season at Daytona State College on Sunday night.

The second-ranked Titans lost a tightly-contested game with the seventh-ranked Falcons 3-2.

Sophomore Joao Victor Loureiro opened the scoring with nine minutes and 24 seconds left in the first half. Loureiro took a dribble, settled himself and hit a strike into the corner of the net and it was 1-0 Titans. Goalkeeper Will Blease made a great save punching a shot over the bar to keep the lead but with 2:16 remaining a penalty kick was given to Daytona State College.

The Falcons scored on the penalty kick and Josue Youta scored, tying the game 1-1. It would remain tied into halftime.

The rain really began to fall during halftime and the teams played much of the second half in a pretty hard rain.

Four minutes into the second half Daytona State College took a 2-1 lead and then made it 3-1, scoring on a free kick.

With 11:09 left in the game, Henry Crosthwaite hit a strike that made it 3-2.

The Titans had a couple of really good looks late in the game, but Daytona State College was able to hold on for the win.

Eastern Florida State College fell to 6-1 on the season and 1-1 in the Region 8 Conference while the Falcons are now 6-1-1 overall and 1-0 in the conference.

The Titans will head to Texas for a couple of games next weekend while Daytona State College will host Miami Dade College on Saturday for an 11 a.m. game.