MANKATO, Minn.—The Bethany Lutheran men's soccer team (1-1 overall) fell 2-1 to nonconference opponent, Bethel University (2-0) Wednesday evening.

The game was scoreless until the Royals connected on a cross from the far side to take the 1-0 lead at 33:16.

This remained the score through halftime. Freshman Joao Bastos (Piracicaba, Brazil) evened the game with his goal on a ball to the right side of the net from classmate Luuk Oosterbosch (Veldhoven, The Netherlands).

Bethel would net the eventual game-winner with 10 minutes left on a pass that was tapped in for the score.

The Royals owned the advantages in shots (16-10), but the corner kicks were even at six each.

Goal summary
GOAL   Time Team     Goal Scorer              Assists                                  Description
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 1.   33:16 BU       B. Martinez-Luhman       Connor Nelson                            Cross from far side to near side kicked in.
 2.   63:50 BLCMS    Joao Bastos              Luuk Oosterbosch         Cross from far side to far side post kicked  in on a jumping shot
 3.   80:45 BU       Connor Nelson            Keegan Mellema                           Thru ball to right side of net for tap in
                                                                                      
 BLC returns to action Saturday on the road against St. Olaf at 1 p.m.