GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Blues scored early but gave up a late gamewinner as the Whitman College men's soccer team fell at Southwestern University 2-1 on Friday night at the Southwestern Varsity Fields.
The Blues (0-2-1) struck first with their lone goal in the 11th minute. Pablo Gonzalez, Jr. scored his first collegiate goal to give his team a 1-0 lead.
The equalizer came just under six minutes later. Cooper Pero and Carr Penetta both helped set up Raghav Sharma who netted his shot past Bernie Jones in net for the Blues.
Jones and the Whitman defense kept a clean sheet for much of the remainder of the match until Michael Grimm found Nathaniel Blake who scored in the 88th minute for the eventual game winner.
The Blues close the trip against a strong Trinity (TX) team on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 11:00 a.m.
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