FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Evan O’Kelly Director of Communications O: (406) 657-2130 E: evan.okelly@msubillings.edu Thursday, October 29, 2015 MSUB men slip on the road at Saint Martin’s 2-0 on Thursday
Conceding a goal late in the first half and another in the second, MSUB falls to Saint Martin’s 2-0 on the road Thursday in a GNAC match. LACEY, Wash. – For just the third time this season, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s top offense was held without a goal as the Montana State University Billings men’s soccer team was shut out by host Saint Martin’s University 2-0 on Thursday at the SMU Soccer Field. In a complete turn of events from the first meeting between the teams – a 5-1 win in which MSUB scored four times in the first half – Mamadou Leigh and Kyle Witzel each found the net for the Saints who recorded their first shutout of the season. The Yellowjackets fell to 8-5-3 on the year and dropped to 6-4-2 in conference play, with their hopes of a conference title fading in the loss to the GNAC’s last-place team. “Today was a letdown, and we lacked passion and quality on the ball,” commented MSUB head coach Alex Balog. “Our decision making in the final 20 yards was not what we are used to. We have to give credit to SMU as well. We have to move on and find the pride to finish the season to the best of our ability.”