UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University men’s soccer team lost to Urbana University, 3-2 today (Oct. 16).

The Cardinals took an early lead at the five minute mark when junior Anthony Palazzolo (Warren, Mich. / Western Mich. / Hope) scored on assists from Zachary Myers (Grand Rapids, Mich. / Forrest Hills Eastern HS) and Kevin Fox (Flushing, Mich.). Just minutes later freshman Robert Short (Goodrich, Mich.) scored his second goal of the season to give Saginaw Valley a 2-0 lead. Urbana would score a goal to make the score 2-1 going into the half. The Cardinals would remain scoreless in the second half, while Urbana would add two more goals to make the score 3-2.

With the loss Saginaw Valley fall to 4-9-2 overall on the season, while Urbana improves to 3-9-1 overall on the season. The Cardinals will return to action on Sunday (Oct. 18) when they will travel to Ashland University at 2:30pm.