Cleveland, GA| Friday night the TMU Bears soccer team faced off against the Brescia University Bearcats from Owensboro, KY. The match proved to be a high scoring affair between the squads with the Bears taking the majority of the shots in the match, but the Bearcats were very opportunistic in their offensive chances in their counter attacks. 

The Bears struck first in the eighteenth minute when Joao Costa converted a PK opportunity after a handball was called against Brescia inside the box. Less than ten minutes later, in the twenty-seventh minute, Costa put the ball in the back of the net off an assist from Darian Bowen. TMU's defense played strong during the first half limiting the Bearcats to just three shot attempts and TMU's Evan Gaffney saving both shots on goal. 

The second half provided most of the fireworks from the match in which five out of the seven goals were scored, nineteen of the thirty shots were taken, and both the yellow cards were given. The Bearcats scored their first goal in the forty-sixth minute, but Costa would complete his hat trick in the fifty-third. Despite the 3-1 lead, the match was far from settled because Brescia would fight back with two goals of their own, and the contest was tied with only thirty minutes remaining. The deciding goal would come off the foot of Frederico Divino after an assist from Giovanni Giraudo in the sixty-third minute. The Bears would cling to their 4-3 lead for the remainder of the match, resulting in their third win in as many games. 

"Good feeling to be 3-0 for the season," said Coach Miller after the game. "We learned about ourselves today and faced a lot of pressure. Tomorrow will be a different test for us and the boys are looking forward to getting back on the field tomorrow!" The Bears' next match is September 2 against CIU at Reinhardt University at 2 pm.