WINTER PARK, Fla. - The Eckerd men's soccer team generated some late chances but was unable to notch an equalizer as the Tritons fell to Rollins on the road, 2-1.

HOW IT ENDED
Final: Rollins 2, Eckerd 1
Records: Eckerd 4-7-1 (2-5 SSC); Rollins 8-5 (2-5 SSC)

KEY MOMENTS

• The Tars got on the board quickly after making several attacks down the left side. It finally paid off when Stefan Avram sent a short pass to Ray Gerke, who one-timed the ball past David Ormiston inside the right post in the 10th minute.
• Rollins doubled its lead in the 38th minute on an Avram goal as he finished a cross from Christian Adams.
• The Tritons got a goal back moments later as Juan David Tejada scored unassisted in the 44th minute after dribbling to the edge of the box and sending a shot across the Rollins goalkeeper into the bottom corner.
• Tejada had an excellent look at an equalizer in the 69th minute on a ball slotted back into the middle, but his hard strike sailed just over the crossbar.

NOTES AND NUMBERS

• Tejada's goal was his seventh of the season.  It gave him 23 for his career, tying him with Andree Bitterer for sixth place on the program's career goals list.
• Rollins held a slight edge in shots (11-7) and shots on goal (5-3).
• The loss drops Eckerd into a three-way tie for seventh place in the conference standings with Tampa and Rollins.

UP NEXT
The Tritons return to Johnson Field on Saturday to host No. 4 Palm Beach Atlantic (12-1, 6-1 SSC) at 7:00 PM.