ST. CHARLES, Mo. - The Lindenwood men's soccer team (0-1-1) dropped their home opener on Sunday by a final score of 3-1 against the Vaqueros of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (1-0-0). LU had nine shots on goal in the loss.

"That was a disappointing result," said head coach Kris Bertsch. "Our players deserved better. That was a competitive match until the end. There were some calls that didn't go our way unfortunately. I feel for my players as I felt they competed well and fairly."

Josh Francombe had the lone goal for Lindenwood during the 82nd minute on a penalty kick. UTRGV's Cesar Baltazar committed a foul in the box off a throw in by the Lions to set up Lindenwood's first goal of the season.

The first half saw a 0-0 result with Lindenwood posting six shots compared to just three by the Vaqueros. UTRGV's goal keeper Fernando Carreon posted four of his eight saves in the first 45 minutes of play.

After two red cards were called on Lindenwood, UTRGV busted into the scoring column with a header by Jason Robles in the 61st minute. Short-handed, Lindenwood surrendered a second goal in the 68th minute to Jaime Carrillo.

Francombe scored his first goal of the season later in the match to cut the deficit to one, but the Vaqueros' Pablo Torre scored the third and final goal to secure the victory. UTRGV scored three goals on only 10 shots.

Lindenwood had 16 shots in the match including nine on goal compared to just four by UTRGV. LU had chances in the oppositions zone with six corners but failed to convert.

The Lions will be back in action on Thursday, Aug. 29th at 4:00 p.m. CT when they travel to Wright State in Dayton, Ohio. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.