COMMERCE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce soccer team fought back against the No. 11 Dallas Baptist University Patriots after falling behind, but it was ultimately too little too late in a 2-1 Lone Star Conference loss on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Lions fall to 6-5-1 overall with the loss and 3-4-0 in the LSC. DBU is now 11-0-1 overall and 8-0-0 in conference action.
 
A&M-Commerce is on the road for its next two matches, playing at Angelo State on Thursday at 7 p.m. and at St. Edward's next Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Austin.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Shots and chance were fairly even in the match, as both sides took 16 shots, with nine on goal for the Lions and eight on goal for the Patriots.
- The Lions had an 8-6 lead in shots on goal. Jen Peters (Allen) made six saves for the Lions.
- Kara Blasingame (Oswego, Ill.) was the Lions' only goal scorer in the game with an unassisted tally.

HEAD COACH NEIL PIPER AFTER THE MATCH

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions had the run of play in their favor early, with Leslie Campuzano taking a pair of early shots in the opening five minutes. DBU did not fire a shot off until the 13^th minute, but that started a salvo of Patriot attacks. The guests rattled the woodwork in the 14^th minute and opened the scoring in the 26^th minute on a Jenna Patterson goal. Patterson scored 35 seconds after entering the match as a substitute.
 
The Lions had three more shots in the half, though two were saved and one was off target. DBU was unable to get a shot off in the final 16 minutes of the half, but led at the intermission, 1-0.
 
A DBU attacking surge six minutes into the second half provided the guests with their second tally. After back-to-back corner kicks, the Patriots made it 2-0 in the 53^rd minute when Kaci Parks scored off of a Patterson assist.
 
The Lions roared back with attacking periods after the DBU marker. Lauren Shaw and Skylar Sorrell fired off shots with just over half an hour to play, and the Lions earned a corner kick in the 62^nd minute. Blasingame whipped the ball into the box and it found its way across the line for the Lions' goal, making it 2-1.
 
Campuzano had two shots saved in quick succession, and Peters turned away three straight DBU offerings to keep the Lions in striking distance. Kacey Sorbers had a shot saved in the 81^st minute and Rylie Robertson had a shot saved in the 86^th minute. The Lions had one last attempt on a corner kick in the 88^th minute but were unable to find the back of the net.