WHEELING, W.Va. (Sept. 29) - The Wheeling University men's soccer team was dealt a 5-1 loss by Urbana Sunday afternoon in a Mountain East Conference (MEC) match.

THE RUNDOWN

• Final Score: Urbana 5, Wheeling 1 (Box Score)
• Records: Wheeling (1-5, 0-4 MEC) | Urbana (3-3-1, 3-2 MEC)
• Location: Bishop Schmitt Field - Wheeling, West Virginia

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After 32 minutes of scoreless play, the Blue Knights scored three times in a five-minute span to race out to a 3-0 lead.
• Urbana added another goal before the end of the first half to take a 4-0 advantage into the break.
• The Blue Knights tacked on a fifth goal in the 56^th-minute, before the Cardinals finally got onto the board.
• Sophomore Javier Mangado (La Rioja, Spain/IES Prazedes Mateo Sagasta) connected through the middle of the field on a pass to classmate Andres Caceres (Bogota, Columbia), who finished to make the score 5-1 in the 77^th-minute.

MATCH NOTES

• Junior goalkeeper Josh Zimmerman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Franklin Regional) recorded eight saves in the loss.
• The Blue Knights finished with a 17-to-10 advantage in shots, and a 7-to-4 edge in corner-kick attempts.

UP NEXT

• Wheeling will look to turn things around on Wednesday, October 2 when they make the short trip up the hill to West Liberty for a match at 5 p.m.
• The match will mark the first meeting between Wheeling 35^th-year Head Coach James Regan and his son, first-year West Liberty Head Coach Sean Regan.
• A live stream of the match will be available online and on The Mountain East Network OTT app (Roku, AppleTV, Android, and Amazon Fire TV).