JACKSON, Miss - Belhaven men's soccer team played host to Louisiana College Saturday afternoon to begin American Southwest Conference play.

Lalesh Hadji helped put the Blazers on the board with a quick 7th-minute goal, giving the green and gold a 1-0 lead.

Midway through the first period of play, Louisiana College got a goal from Gabriel Lopes to tie the match up 1-1. 

Eight minutes later, Jay Pinto of LC put the Wildcats on top 2-1 with a 32nd-minute goal.

With time winding down in regulation, Alejandro Forero found the back of the net to tie the game up at 2-2 with just eleven minutes remaining in the contest.

It took two overtime periods to settle the match, however the Blazers fell to the Wildcats 3-2 after LC's Evan Norwood scored the game winning goal in the 110th minute to give LC the victory.

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INSIDE THE MATCHUP 

Final: Louisiana College 3 | Belhaven 2 

Records: Louisiana College (2-4) (1-0 ASC) | Belhaven (1-3-2) (0-1 ASC)

Location: Jackson, Miss.

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INDIVIDUAL STATS | TEAMS STATS

Goals: Alejandro Forero (1) Lalesh Hadji (1)

Shots: Alex Hale (6) Lalesh Hadji (4) Alex Strong (2) Alejandro Forero (1) Dodger Rhone (1)

Team Shots: (14) 

S.O.G: Alex Hale (2) Lalesh Hadji (1) Alejandro Forero (1) 

Team S.O.G: (4) 

Saves: Thomas Blake (9) 

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UP NEXT

The Blazers will return home on September 20th to take on Howard Payne University in an American Southwest Conference matchup in the Belhaven Bowl Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

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