POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's soccer team suffered a 2-1 loss to the Siena Saints at Tenney Stadium in their 2017 season finale on Wednesday night.

With the loss, Marist ends the season at 7-10-1 (3-6-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference).

SUMMARY:

Siena opened the scoring in the 20^th minute when a Saints player carried the ball down the right side of the box to the end line and sent a pass that was redirected into the back of the net for the 1-0 lead on their first shot of the game.

After a slow start in the opening half, the Red Foxes came out for the final 45 minutes energized. Just over eight minutes in the second frame, a Siena foul gave Marist a free kick just outside the box. Junior Juan Parada took the kick and sent a gorgeous ball through the defensive line and just inside the left post to even the score at 1-1. Roughly 20 minutes later, the Saints regained the lead on a counterattack that found an open player on a breakaway who slotted it home for the 2-1 advantage. The Red Foxes answered with several chances to tie it up inside the final 12 minutes. Senior Drew Sullivan collected the ball inside the box and sent a shot toward the left post that was tipped wide, sophomore Ernie Mitchell got free inside the box and flicked a shot on goal but it was saved and with seconds remaining freshman Allen Gavilanes got free on the left side of the box and sent a ball across the goal mouth that just skipped past a streaking junior co-captain Simon Lund Jorgensen and out of bounds as time expired.

KEY STATS:

• Marist outshot Siena 17-11 in shots and 6-4 in shots on goal
• The Red Foxes had a 4-0 advantage in shots and a 4-0 lead in corner kicks to open the game before the Saints recorded their first shot
• Marist had 12 corner kicks to Siena's 2

GAME NOTES:

• Parada's goal was the first of his career
• With his second save of the game in the 67^th minute, senior Mark Rajovic made his 300^th career save to increase his hold on third place all-time in program history

FAREWELL SENIORS:

With the conclusion of the season, the Red Foxes said goodbye to seniors Rajovic, Sullivan, Kevin Kappock, Brendan Gallivan, Axel Ender, Maximilian Euler and Tyler Utheim who completed their careers on Wednesday night.

QUOTE:

"It was like going to the same movie over and over again. I thought for large swaths of the game we were the better team but I thought we lacked a little bit of urgency tonight. Being a young team I think they lacked a little fire knowing they didn't have much to play for, which I don't' agree with but I think in the first half we lacked urgency. We had 12 corner kicks in the game and didn't score on any of them. It's the little things that separate winning and losing at this level and tonight Siena did those things and we didn't. The future is bright, we took a little step back this year coming off back-to-back top four finishes the two years prior. We started eight underclassman every game and took some key injuries but we fought most of the year and are clearly a talented group. Now we have to fine tune some of the little things and hopefully we can come back and compete for a MAAC Championship next season."