Bloomsburg Men's Soccer Falls to Kutztown

BLOOMSBURG -- The Bloomsburg University men's soccer team lost to Kutztown University 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at Bloomsburg's new turf field.

The teams played to a scoreless tie in the first half of play. Each team took three shots and Kutztown's Ryan Kratz saved a shot from Trevor Dubensky (Milford/Delaware Valley) to preserve the tie.

In the second period, Bloomsburg's defense kept the game tight until a shot from Matt Kade of Kutztown snuck by Travis Young (Altoona/Altoona Area) to put the Bears up 1-0. Kutztown added an insurance goal by Jason Lear with twenty minutes to play to increase their lead to 2-0 over Bloomsburg.

Playing a man down because of a red card by Dubensky, Bloomsburg mounted an impressive attack in the last 20 minutes of play. Marcus Valeriano (Oley/Oley Valley) scored to bring the Huskies within one, but Kratz saved four Bloomsburg shots to end the game at 2-1.

The win was the first of the season for Kutztown (1-3, 1-3 PSAC). With the loss, the Huskies fall to 0-3, 0-3 PSAC on the season.

Bloomsburg will travel to Dowling College on Tuesday for a 4:00 p.m. start.