DES MOINES, Iowa – Despite out shooting Eastern Illinois 14-7, the Drake University soccer team fell to the Panthers 4-2 in the Bulldogs final exhibition game on Wednesday afternoon at Cownie Soccer Complex.
"Exhibitions are good opportunities to experiment with how we set up with certain players in certain positions. Today we had some individual errors that we need to clean up on the practice field. That's part of the process and common with exhibition matches and in the early part of the season," said Drake head coach Gareth Smith.
The Bulldogs had possession for most of the first half and had a solid opportunity to get an early lead.