DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's soccer team suffered their second conference loss of the season, falling at home to St. Thomas, 2-1, at the  Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium on Wednesday night. The Loss drops the Eagles to 1-6, 0-2 TSC while the Bobcats improve to 4-2-1, 3-0 in conference play.

The Bobcats got on the scoreboard first when Shardy Sanon flighted a ball into the box. ERAU defender Alan Vezza rose to head it away, but the ball fell to Olando Lawrence who hit a shot into upper right corner to give the visitors a 1-0 advantage.

With 15:43 left in the half, Petersson collected the ball on the right side and completed a pass to Veit Couturier who dribbled into the box and slipped the ball past St. Thomas goalkeeper Lyle Howe into the lower right corner to make the score 1-1.

It was a physical first half as both teams worked to create scoring threats. The Eagles attempted three shots, two on net, while the Bobcats fired off five shots, four on net. Nils Carlson was outstanding, denying three scoring opportunities.

After a missed opportunity by the Eagles, St. Thomas countered and Manuel Andreani got to a free ball just outside the penalty box that had been knocked loose by Carlson leaving an open net. Andreani got a shot off but it was headed off the line by Luis Velasquez.

In the 87th minute, Lawrence crossed the ball from a few yards outside the penalty box and Jhonathan Rico got his head on the ball, placing it in the lower left corner, just past Carlson for the 2-1 lead.

The Blue and Gold outshot St. Thomas 13-7, including a 10-2 advantage in the second half, however only four of the Eagles shots were on net, while the bobcats managed to get six on goal.

The Eagles will return to the pitch at 7 p.m. on Saturday when they host Florida Memorial at the Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium.