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Wild Valley showdown ends with loss to 17th-ranked Missouri State

EVANSVILLE - A wild night on the road in Valley competition ended in a narrow defeat for the University of Evansville men's soccer team in a 4-3 loss to No. 17 Missouri State on Saturday night in Springfield, Mo.

"We've got to look each other in the eyes and realize we lost an opportunity tonight to get a result on the road," said Aces head men's soccer coach Marshall Ray. "We battled and competed and played and the effort and everything was there. It's just the organization and willingness to defend set pieces and the second phase of those set pieces that made the game difficult.