Cougar Men Fall 2-0 to Point Loma
9/4/2007

Facing a tough Point Loma Nazarene squad on the road, the Cougar men’s soccer team fell 2-0 on Tuesday.

CSUSM has been unable to build any momentum this season against the difficult schedule, and now sits at 2-4. 

On Tuesday, the team couldn’t generate much of an attack against a stingy Point Loma defense.  The Cougars’ trio of Bradley Seidenglanz, Michael Nuovo, and Curtis Marcikic that were such potent goal scorers last season failed to take a single shot between them, and the team as a whole tallied just 3 shots on goal on the day.

Point Loma took the lead once and for all in the 24^th minute, as Justin Ongaro knocked in a deflection off the cross bar past Cougar keeper Trent Painter.  The Cougars would keep the deficit at one through the half, but in the 59^th minute Point Loma’s Erick Melendez scored an insurance goal to make the score 2-0.

The very hot weather wore on the Cougars, as Point Loma got revenge for an upset loss that CSUSM handed them last season.  They’re now 3-0 on the young season.