LAKE WALES, Fla. - The Royals returned home on Saturday for the 1st time since their non-conference game against Carolina University on September 12th to host the SCAD Bees for their 2nd SUN Conference match of the season. Despite coming back from down 2 goals in the first half, the Royals could not find the edge over the Bees and fell by a final score of 4-to-2.
The Royals opened up the match with a great attack in the opening minute of play that forced the Bees goalkeeper to make a difficult save preventing Warner from taking the early lead. Despite the early chance, SCAD struck first scoring in the 3rd minute to before doubling their lead in the 12th minute to put the Royals down 2 goals early. Warner came up with an answer of their own in the 20th minute when
Mauricio Delgado scored his 1st Career Collegiate Goal, scoring on a header off a corner kick hit by
Xavier Lozada to cut the Bees lead to 1. The Royals continued to press forward after their opening goal and just over 10 minutes later their efforts would pay off when Lozada hit a tremendous shot into the top right corner of the goal from about 30 yards out. As the teams battled throughout the remainder of the half an unfortunate bounce lead to SCAD taking the lead following a Warner own goal to give SCAD a 3-to-2 lead into the break.
Warner came out of halftime and picked up where they left off fighting to find another equalizer before the final whistle. The Royals were able to create multiple chances throughout the final 45 minutes recording 4 corners and 3 shots, with 1 on goal, but could not break through to find the back of the net. SCAD went on to score an insurance goal in the 83rd minute and secure the 4-to-2 win.Â
Warner's final stat line saw the Royals record 11 shots, 3 on goal, 9 corner kicks, and 4 saves in Saturday's SUN Conference match. The Royals will look to bounce back next week when they host Florida Memorial on Wedensday before traveling to Ave Maria on Saturday as they continue their SUN Conference Campaign.Â
Up Next:
The Royals will host Florida Memorial University on Wednesday, October 7th on the Royals Soccer Field with kickoff scheduled for 7:00pm.Â
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