MANKATO, Minn. – The Bethany Lutheran men's soccer team (11-6 overall) fell 5-3 to UW-Eau Claire (13-4) Monday night.
 
The Vikings led 3-2 at halftime, but three second half goals from the Blugolds gave them the win.
 
This marks the inaugural season for the UWEC program, and it was regionally ranked in the first edition of those rankings last week.
 
Scoring summary
No. Time         Team   Goal scorer                 Assist                                      Description
1. 4:02              BLCMS Ben Klausen                 Agostino Q. Curzio        lower right side past diving keeper
2. 7:55              UWEC   Johnson, AJ                  Donovan, Nathan & Sampson, Jacob  right side
3. 9:11              UWEC   Donovan, Nathan          Heinen, Will                              header off the corner kick
4. 20:08            BLCMS Max Busch                    Cameron Brookfield & Curzio lower right side, past diving goalie
5. 30:09            BLCMS Tomas Abreu                Max Busch & Edvin Leppaniemi             top right corner
6. 50:12            UWEC   Folden, Matt                 Donovan, Nathan & Sampson, Jacob     in traffic
7. 57:53             UWEC   Donovan, Nathan          Roberts, Cooper & Boich, Hayden         left side
8. 87:36            UWEC   Donovan, Nathan          Penalty kick
 
UW-Eau Claire owned the advantages in shots (19-8), shots on goal (12-6), and corner kicks (5-1).
 
Bethany returns to the field on the road Wednesday against Northwestern at 7:30 p.m.