College Matchday: Florida Southern at Saint Leo

WHEN: Wednesday, 7 p.m., University Field

NEED TO KNOW: The Lions look to continue their recent run of form as they welcome Florida Southern for their final home contest of the regular season.

Saint Leo (5-6-0, 1-3-0) earned its first Sunshine State Conference win of the season on Saturday as it upset Lynn 2-1 on a late goal by Leonardo Nogueira. The win was the second straight for the Lions, who had defeated Thomas University earlier in the week.

For his efforts over the two contests, Lions goalkeeper Erik Mozzo earned the Sunshine State Conference Defensive Player of the Week award for the second time this season.

Florida Southern (1-8-0, 1-4-0) has had a tough season, losing its last five games including a 4-0 setback against the University of Tampa last time out. The Moccasins only victory this season came in their opening SSC contest against Florida Tech.

Colleges: Lions can't hold on late, lose in OT

The Saint Leo men’s soccer team might be wondering what they have to do to earn a victory right now.

The Lions dropped their fifth straight overall, and fourth straight one-goal game, as Florida Tech scored in the 87th minute to send the game to overtime, and 59 seconds into the extra session to take a 2-1 victory at University Field on Saturday night.

The Lions (3-6-0, 0-3-0 SSC) could have taken the lead in the first half, but were denied by three outstanding saves by Panthers goalkeeper Derrick Hackett. Those saves, and an apparently effective halftime talk, caused the Panthers came out more purposefully in the second half, but it was the Lions who took the lead in the 69th minute though Leonardo Nogueira.

Nogueira finished off Jonathan Glenn’s move after Glenn had beaten his defender and drawn Hackett before flicking the ball to Noqueira on the right side of the penalty area to finish.

Victory was snatched away from the Lions late, though, as Timothy McRae found a seam in the Lions defense to fire home an equalizer.

The Panthers 6-5-0, 1-3-0 SSC) then grabbed victory within a minute of the start of overtime, as the Lions were unable to deal with a long free kick from just inside their half, and Stanley Abada took advantage to shoot home the game-winner.