WINTER PARK, Fla.- The Palm Beach Atlantic men's soccer team lost to Rollins 1-0 on Saturday in SSC play. The Sailfish outshot Rollins 12-4 and put four attempts on goal, but Rollins finished with four saves.
The Sailfish generated the bulk of the first-half chances, opening with a corner in the second minute and shots from
Robi Lukau,
Luis Edmondson and
Kobi Thomas inside the first 11 minutes. Rollins had a look in the 18th minute, but the Sailfish continued to push, with Lukau forcing a save in the 22nd minute before
Flavio Giannini answered at the other end with a save on Pedro Lameiras in the 27th.
Niklas Mahler put another shot on frame in the 32nd minute, and the Sailfish earned a late corner before
Clement Scaccia sent a shot high in the 40th. The half turned more physical after a Rollins yellow card in the 38th minute, but the Sailfish finished the first half with a 7-2 shot advantage and the first half ended scoreless.
Rollins scored the only goal of the second half at 50:23, when Finlay Prain put the Sailfish behind 1-0 with a tough angle shot inside the box. Earlier, the Sailfish had
Simon Buechte's 46:20 shot saved by Kilian Vallant, while Rollins generated three early corners and had a shot stopped by a team save. The Sailfish pushed for an answer with attempts from
Ugo Drieu,
Ole Lichter, Thomas and
Veit Klement, adding corner kicks in the 71st and 81st minutes but not finding the net. The Sailfish pushed hard for an equalizer but couldn't find the back of the net.
PBA returns to the field on Wednesday evening when they take on Florida Memorial at the Rinker Athletic Campus. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.
