UPIKE Athletics

 
CLEVELAND, Ga. – The University of Pikeville men's soccer team saw its season come to an end on Saturday with a 4-0 loss to No. 1 seed Truett McConnell University.
 
The Bears, the fifth seed in the AAC field, finished the season 7-8-4, having reached the semifinals of the conference tournament for the first time.
 
Truett got on the scoreboard first, when sophomore Nick Jeising found senior Roman Reynolds for a goal in the 10^th minute.
 
In the 30^th minute, UPike evened the score when junior forward Jakob Rus scored for the fourth time this season. Junior midfielder Martin Larraguibel recorded his first assist of the season.
 
The teams went to the half tied at 1-1.
 
The second half was all Truett McConnell, as the home team posted three goals to pull away for the win.
 
Senior Jovica Lazarevic found the net without an assist in the 62^nd minute with what would prove to be the game-winner. In the 79^th minute, sophomore Guillermo Peino also scored an unassisted goal to make it 3-1.
 
The final goal of the day came in the 89^th minute and saw sophomore Thomas Hill score on Jeising's second assist of the day.
 
UPike had four shots on goal in the game. Rus had two, including the day's only goal, while senior forward Dylan Roberts had two as well.
 
Sophomore goalkeeper Alejandro Iglesias recorded three saves for UPike.
 
Truett sophomore Jakob Hendrickson also had three saves.