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The University of Charleston men’s soccer program lost 3-2 in their second match of the season against California University of Pennsylvania last night at Triana Field.

The Golden Eagles (1-1-0) got on the board early as sophomore forward Darko Karamatic found Dion Peters with a negative ball across the 18 yard box. In 2 matches, Peters has found the back of the net 5 times to lead the team in scoring. Soon after, CAL PA answered with a ball played over the top to Mike Lueke to put the game at 1-1. As the first half went on, CAL PA capitalized off of a corner kick opportunity in which Nick Helbig put away a poorly cleared ball. The Eagles then answered back with a hardworking individual effort by Darko Karamatic who touched it by the keeper to pass the ball into an open net. The teams went into halftime tied at 2-2.

As the second half began, the two teams continued to battle until Cal PA’s Justin Taucher ran onto a ball near the edge of the 18 yard box. As Golden Eagle keeper Sean Teepen came out, Taucher was able to collect it and put it into the back of the net to make it 3-2. UC made a late run with several opportunities in the last five minutes of the match, but couldn’t find the goal to tie it up. “We competed at a high level today. Cal PA has a great program that went to the NCAA National Tournament last year. I am very pleased with how we played and our key is to look back at the film to see what we can correct to make us stronger going into conference play,” Coach Duernberger stated. The Golden Eagles jump into WVIAC action tomorrow at Alderson Broaddus (5:00 pm).
Dion Peters