QUINCY, Ill. – The Quincy University men's soccer team dropped its regular season opener to Northeastern State 3-1.
 
Play by Play
The first twenty minutes of action went by with just four shots and only two on goal. Forward Kingsford Adjei registered two early shots as one missed high and one was saved.
 
Around the 30^th minute, the Hawks applied the offensive pressure. Hawk strikers put four shots toward the net in a five minute span. In the 32^nd minute, sophomore midfielder Simon Chretien delivered a header on goal, but the shot was saved by Northeastern State's goalkeeper, Thomas Salenbien.
 
Just before the half, Quincy had another scoring chance on a shot from Eduardo Vivanco, but the shot was hauled in by Salenbien. In the 42^nd minute, defender Ben Mero received the first yellow card of the season on a hard foul. Northeastern did not take advantage and the score was knotted 0-0 at the half.
 
Quincy outshot the RiverHawks 7-3 after the first half, but Northeastern came out in the second half with a more offensive mindset. Northeastern put up three shots in the first fifteen minutes before finally breaking through in the 63^rd minute. The RiverHawks scored on a shot from 10 yards out that snuck in the lower right corner.
 
The Hawks tried to answer quickly as three shots were put on goal in a two minute span. Aubrey Reis and Kingsford Adjei each had shots saved a minute apart of each other in the 75^th minute of the game. Reis would challenge again on a header off a corner kick in the 76^th minute, but it was saved.
 
Northeastern pulled away as they scored two goals in both the 77^th minute and 80^th minute to expand the lead to 3-0. The Hawks were out-shot 9-6 in the second half.
 
Aubrey Reis would score the lone goal for the Hawks with two minutes to play. Reis headed in a cross from freshman Hayden Tucker to get Quincy on the board in the 88^th minute. Despite the late goal, the Hawks fell 3-1.
 
Stat Leaders
Aubrey Reis: 3 Shots on goal, one goal
Hayden Tucker: Assist
 
QU's Record
0-1