TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman men's soccer team hosted St. Mary-of-the-Woods College on Tuesday night. The Fightin' Engineers fell short to the Pomeroys with a final score of 2-1. This drops Rose-Hulman to 3-4-3 overall this season.
The game proved to be a chippy contest with both teams playing aggressively. The Pomeroys were able to strike first, just seven minutes into the game, with a goal to take the early lead.
Rose-Hulman answered quickly in the ninth minute.
Eli Miller attacked the goal with a shot that was saved and bounced back to
Benjamin Murphy. Murphy sailed a shot over the goalie's head into the back of the net for the equalizer.
St. Mary-of-the-Woods was able to get behind the Rose-Hulman defense later in the half to retake the lead in the 30th minute to make the score 2-1 at the halftime break.
The Fightin' Engineers had two corner kicks and four shots in the second half, but were unable to even the score, ultimately suffering the loss to the Pomeroys.
Rose-Hulman finished the game out-shooting SMWC 9-8 and had three corner kicks compared to the Pomeroys zero.
Alex Kerestan made his first start in goal for the Fightin' Engineers, playing all 90 minutes with one save.
Rose-Hulman men's soccer will return to action on Saturday, October 3, hosting Hanover in HCAC play on Homecoming Weekend at 3:30 PM.
