The Falcons soccer team will feel like they let one slip away after allowing Detroit University to come from two goals down to beat the falcons 3-2 in overtime yesterday.

The Falcons were clearly the better team in the first half, and the score line proved it, as goals by seniors Cameron Hepple and Jacob Lawrence made the score 2-0 within 28 minutes.

The Falcon goals were just over a minute apart, as Hepple beat two defenders before taking the keeper one-on-one to open the games scoring. Fellow striker Jacob Lawrence continued his impressive goal scoring in just seconds later beating the keeper to double the Falcon lead.

For how dominant the Falcons played early on, there were warning signs of a Detroit comeback as Bowling Green began to attack less in hopes of keeping Detroit at bay.

‘Today we had some of our best stuff going forward in attack this season,’ Coach Eric Nichols said. ‘We did well creating chances on offense.’

The second half began much like the first, with the Falcons looking the superior team, but without a third goal to put the game away, the Titans found their breakthrough goal off a set piece situation.

‘Where we made our letdown was not getting that third goal,’ Nichols said. ‘We let them in it for way to long and gave up two very soft goals.’

And as the Falcons have done so many times before, the team conceded almost directly after the restart, as Nick Dershaj sent home the game tying goal off a cross from the right flank.

The Falcons did make a run at scoring the game winner, as they forced the Titan keeper into three saves in the final two minutes, as well as being denied by the crossbar twice in the dying seconds.

And with seven minutes left in the first overtime, the Titans ended it with a game winning goal off a corner kick. Set piece defense had been the Falcon Achilles’ heel all season, and today was no different, as the visitors scored two goals from dead ball situations.

‘I’m disappointed in giving up two set piece goals,’ Nichols said. ‘We work exceptionally hard on defending set pieces so it was disappointing to give those up.’

The Falcons finished the game with a dominate defensive stat line, out hooting the Titans 17-26, while forcing the Detroit keeper into making nine saves.

The loss moves Bowling Green to 2-12-3, while the Titans improve their record to 3-11-1.

The Falcons will have a chance to redeem themselves this Saturday as they host Florida Atlantic University, in the last game of the season.

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