KIRKSVILLE, MO - A goal in the 10th minute gave Truman State a lead that the hosts never relinquished as the University of Illinois Springfield men's soccer team fell to Truman State, 2-0, Friday afternoon.

The Basics
Final Score: TSU 2 UIS 0
Records: UIS (4-10-2, 2-9-2 GLVC), TSU (7-9, 6-7 GLVC)
Location: Kirksville, Mo. - Bulldog Soccer Park

UIS Top Performers

• Sophomore Kyle Hamilton (Bethalto, Ill.): stopped three shots in his third start of the season.
• Junior Alejandro Inostroza (Santiago, Chile): took a team-high two shots

How It Happened

• The Prairie Stars created the first action of the game when Dylan Stockman's (Peoria, Ill.) shot was block out of bounds for a corner kick in the 7th minute of play. Just three minutes later the Bulldogs opened the scoring on their first shot of the game when Trevor Kaufmann slipped the ball past Hamilton into the left corner.
• UIS struggled to create goal-scoring opportunities as the half wore on. Kyle Hamilton stopped the only other shot the Bulldogs put on frame in the 20th minute.
• In the second period, both teams took shots but didn't really test the goalkeepers. Hamilton made his second save of the game just five minutes into the half.
• In the 70th minute, Hamilton stopped another shot but the rebound was taken by the Bulldogs, whose shot hit the crossbar.
• Four minutes later the hosts took advantage of a corner kick to double their advantage. UIS took seven corner kicks in the game to Truman's six.
• The Prairie Stars took a couple more shots in the final minutes but failed to put shots on-goal.

Stats of the Game

• UIS took five shots in the game but none were on target.
• The Prairie Stars drew the Bulldogs offsides five times including four times in the second half

Coming Up Next

• The Prairie Stars travel to Quincy on Sunday for a 2:30 p.m. kick off.