CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - The UPEI Panthers’ string of clean sheets ended Sunday in a 3-0 defeat to the Cape Breton Capers in Atlantic University Sport (AUS) men’s soccer action in Charlottetown.
CBU striker Marcum Campanile headed the opening score just two minutes into the game and set things going. But it was late second-half goals by Daniel Williams (74th minute) and Campanile that did the Panthers in.
For Panthers head coach Lewis Page the loss was a numbers game.
“Any time you play a team with that quality, and they are defending national champions for a reason, you know you’re under the gun for the whole game and you can’t let one goal become two,” Page said. “So our inexperience showed a little bit in the second half when they scored the second one and then the third one right after. Overall we were good in possession and our defending was good for 95 per cent of the game, but against a side of that quality that five per cent kills you.
Panther keeper Brett Strba took the loss.
UPEI dropped to 1-1-2 while Cape Breton upped it mark to 3-0-1.
Cape Breton outshot UPEI 12-3
On Friday, UPEI shutout Mount Allison on goals by Nacho Sanchez, Lucas Ross, Mohammad Jaber and Duncan Murray. UPEI outshot Mount Allison 15-3.
Nathan Ford recorded the shutout.
The women’s Panthers suffered the same fate Sunday, dropping a 3-0 decision to the Capers.
UPEI fell to 1-2-1 as Amelia Carlini scored twice and Ciera Disipio added a single. The Capers went to 4-0.
Ali Muise suffered the loss, while Rachel Yerxa earned the clean sheet.
On Friday, Lauren Clark and Jennifer Balderston’s goals led UPEI to a 2-1 win over Mount Allison.
Muise tallied the win
Katherine Ollerhead tallied the Mount Allison marker.
Next up, Panthers women’s and men’s teams travel to Nova Scotia and face the Capers in Sydney on Saturday, 3 p.m. for the women, 5:15 p.m. for the men, then tangle with St. FX on Sunday in Antigonish. Game times are 1 p.m. and 3:15 p.m., respectively.
