ASHLAND, Ohio - The Saginaw Valley State University men’s soccer team couldn’t overcome losing two of their top players to pull out a victory in the GLIAC Finals against Tiffin University today (Nov. 8). The Cardinals lost the match 4-2.

In SVSU’s win against top-seeded Ashland University on Thursday (Nov. 6), senior Brent Walker (Owosso, Mich./Owosso HS) received his fifth yellow card of the season, and senior Daniel Wragg (Kirton Lindsey, England/Delta College) received two yellow cards, so neither could play in the championship match.

In the first half, the Cardinals went down 2-0 before Brock Humphries (Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica Eisenhower) got the offense going for SVSU at the 28:59 mark. But, the Dragons would answer less than five minutes later to take a 3-1 lead into half time.

As the the second half got underway, Tiffin struck first again to go up 4-1 at the 55 minute mark. Junior Vinny Vasilevski (Shelby, Twp., Mich./Utica Eisenhower) would bring the Cardinals within two but couldn’t capitalize again as Tiffin went on to win the championship 4-2.

The Cardinals round out the season with an 8-10-2 record overall.