THE RUNDOWN
A late goal was too little too late for the DBU Men's Soccer team (7-9-1, 4-8-1 Heartland Conference) in a 2-1 loss at Texas A&M International (9-4-2, 8-4-1) Thursday.

Aaron Zuniga opened the scoring in the 58th minute for the Dustdevils with a shot that deflected off a defender and into the back of the net. His brother Rodrigo added a second goal in the 73rd minute to extend the lead to 2-0.

Ethan Martinez scored on a free kick in the 85th minute to cut the lead in half. Riley Unger put a potentially game-tying shot on target in the 87th minute, but was turned away by Carlos Herrera.

Tyler Hofmann made three saves on five chances.


THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
  - Ryan Anderson extended his streak of games started to 74. He has started every game of his DBU career.

 - The Patriots have scored as many goals in their last three games as they did in their previous seven.

 - DBU was denied a bid at its first winning season since men's soccer returned to campus in 2012.


COACH CHIP DUTCHIK ON A FEW TOUGH BREAKS
"This was a tough loss on the road. I thought our guys played well, but the ball didn't go our way with the own goal. I'm proud of how our guys competed for 90 minutes."



INSIDE THE NUMBERS
16 - Martinez extended his team lead with his 15th and 16th points of the year.

4 - The Patriots have given up multiple goals in four straight games, their longest such streak this year.

5 - The loss was DBU's fifth loss by one goal.


UP NEXT
The Patriots continue their road swing at St. Mary's at 1:00 p.m. Thursday in Austin.