After dominating in two conference victories last weekend against Vanderbilt and Southern Methodist University, the Eastern men’s soccer team knew it was not going to have it quite as easy this weekend.

Eastern (6-7, 2-2) played to the final whistle against Tulsa Sunday at Lakeside Field, but could not make a comeback as it fell to the Golden Hurricanes (8-5, 1-2) 2-1.

The teams played a scoreless first half with both teams creating few scoring opportunities.

The Colonels broke the tie 10 minutes into the second half on a deflection fooling freshman goalkeeper Ryan Eames.

Sophomore defender Scott Kincaid found the ball at his feet near the penalty spot and deflected it off a defender to get his first career goal for Tulsa.

The Golden Hurricanes then scored again on a counter-attack sophomore forward Kyle Brown put in the back of the net. Brown picked up a rebound and sent the ball past Eames for his fourth goal of the season.

The Panthers did not let up their pressure and finally got on the board with just under eight minutes remaining in the game.

Senior defender Bobby Ewan sent the ball into the box that got deflected back to junior midfielder Chad Demonceaux, who slotted the ball into the corner of the net for his second goal of the season.

Eastern was unable to finish the comeback.

Eames had a solid effort in goal for the Panthers by recording nine saves. Several of his saves were on fast break opportunites which kept Eastern in the game.

“(Eames) played very well for us today,” Eastern head coach Adam Howarth said. “He just did a real good job with everything.”

The Panthers started the weekend with a little less effort than they had Sunday. Eastern was out-played in a 4-0 loss to No. 5 Southern Methodist Friday.

“We challenged hard and worked hard today and we didn’t get that Friday,” Howarth said. “We couldn’t get any breaks.”

Senior midfielder Diego Walsh paced the Mustangs (10-1-1, 3-0) with two goals and an assist while freshman Duke Hashimoto and sophomore Ryan Latham added a goal each.

Walsh got Southern Methodist on the board 14 minutes into the game with a rebound shot that beat Eames into the left corner of the net.

The Mustangs would then score three second-half goals to earn a combined shutout for goalkeepers T.J. Tomasso and Ramez Shamieh. The Panthers were outshot 13-7.

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