DAYTON, Ohio – Lindenwood men's soccer (0-2-1, 0-0-0 OVC) dropped their first away game of the season to Horizon League opponent Wright State (1-1-0, 0-0-0 HL) by a final score of 4-1. The Lions surrendered four unanswered goals in the match.

"I'll take responsibility for our performance today," said head coach Kris Bertsch. "We under-performed in almost every category and lacked who we are as a program. As the coach, it falls on me to bring that out each game and today we did not do that. We will need to re-access and find it within ourselves to deliver what represents Lindenwood soccer."
 
Lindenwood's offense delivered nine shots on Thursday including five on goal resulting in the lone goal. Wright State had only two more shots than LU (11) but 10 of those landed on goal resulting in four goals.
 
The Lions' offense started the night attacking including a shot on goal by Cameron Caldwell in the 13^th minute. Lindenwood struck first in the 20^th minute with freshman Anel Kafedzic's first goal of his career. He was assisted by Ethan Blake to put LU up 1-0.

Wright State's offense battled back scoring quickly to tie the game at 1-1 during the 29th minute. Jonah Williams for Wright State scored the second goal at the 37th minute to give WSU the 2-1 leading heading into the half.

Lindenwood's offense was held in check during the second half being limited to seven shots with three on goal. Wright State's goal keeper Joel Shaw had three of his four saves come in the second half. Enzo Gil had six saves on the evening in the loss. WSU scored their final two goals during the 73rd and 81st minutes.

The Lions will come back to Hunter Stadium in just over a week when they host Evansville on Friday, Sept. 6th at 7:00 p.m. CT. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.