BRIDGEWATER, Va. (BC Athletics) – The Bridgewater College men’s soccer team fell to Washington and Lee 2-0 in their final regular season match Wednesday evening.

Score: Bridgewater 0, Washington and Lee 2
Records: Bridgewater (11-4-2, 6-2-1 ODAC), Washington and Lee (9-3-5, 7-1-1 ODAC)

How it Happened
• Bridgewater took possession early, and got deep into the W&L defensive half, but were called offsides in the second minute. Afterwards, the Generals began to operate in the Eagles’ defensive half.
• In the 11th minute, W&L had a shot close to the goal that was blocked by BC keeper Zane Kowalski. Kowalski was unable to secure the ball, leading to a Generals rebound. After the ball bounced around a crowd of blue and white jerseys, Buster Couhig found the back of the net for Washington and Lee’s first goal of the match.
• After the goal, Washington and Lee had three more shot attempts over a 15 minute span. Aside from those attempts, Bridgewater contained W&L’s forwards and prevented them from ripping other shot attempts. Bridgewater had a couple of opportunities themselves, but were offsides.
• In the waning minutes of the second half, Bridgewater had a couple of opportunities to even the score. Anthony Eugenio sent a shot from range, but it was met by the W&L keeper. Trey Widrick rang a shot a couple of minutes later, but it was off the mark.
• Bridgewater brought pressure to the Generals’ defense to start the second half. Riley Queen put a shot on target in the second minute, but it was stopped by Will Joseph. Erick Lobo and Eugenio also had shot attempts in the opening minutes of the half.
• In the 65th minute, Riley Queen nearly equalized the score when he was one-on-one with the keeper. His first shot was blocked, and his second was too high.
• In the 68th minute, Matthew Jenkins sent a pass to Ricardo Sanchez. Sanchez took a shot, but it was blocked by Kowalski. With the two on the ground, the ball rolled into the goal to give W&L a 2-0 advantage.
• In the waning minutes, Connor Campbell, Caleb Malekzadeh, Widrick, and Queen each had shot attempts, but were unable to find nylon.

Match Notes
• Bridgewater had 12 shot attempts compared to Washington and Lee’s nine. W&L won the shot category in the first half, recording six compared to BC’s two. In the second half, however, Bridgewater had 10 shot attempts, compared to Washington and Lee’s 3.

What’s Next?
The Eagles will host their first round opponent in the ODAC tournament. Tournament play begins on Saturday, Nov. 1.

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