Lions squander early lead against Tritons, lose 2-1

Near the end of the first half on Tuesday night, the St Leo men broke their 226 minute goal drought when Leonardo Nogueira made his fifth assist of the season and Daniel Asher put the Lions up 1-0. The goal came in the thirty-sixth minute of play and was Asher's first goal of his senior season. St Leo (3-5-0) out shot Eckerd (5-3-0) 7-4 in the first half and forced the Tritons' goalkeeper, Domenic Spedaliere, to make four saves before halftime.

After the intermission, the Lions let the game slip away, giving up ten second half shots and failing to get one of their own six shots on target. The Tritons' leading scorer, Luke Sheekey [above], scored his sixth goal of the season in the fifty-second minute on an assist by Anthony Arico to even the score. Ten minutes later, the current Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week Sheekey, played hero again by assisting on the game winning goal by Arico.

The loss was the fourth straight for the Lions and roots them solidly to the bottom of the conference table with a 0-2 record in the SSC. The win takes Eckerd, still undefeated in conference play, to the top of the SSC table, ahead of Lynn University.

St Leo will now set their sights on Saturday's clash with fellow SSC bottom dweller, Florida Tech, game time is 7:30pm. The Tritons hit the road on Saturday to take on Rollins College.