Lourdes built a halftime lead but Huntington rallied with two second half goals, including the match-winner with just over eighth minutes to play as the Foresters defeated the Gray Wolves 2-1 on Saturday afternoon at King Stadium in Huntington, Ind.
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"We're in a tough moment right now," head coach
Matt Johnson said afterwards. "I thought we did a good job of carrying out the game plan and our effort was quite good. We're struggling a bit with our confidence in front of goal-both attacking and defending. We have a couple more nonconference games to try and find a result."
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The Gray Wolves took the lead at the 21:51 mark as
Diego Pereira (Asuncion, Paraguay/Cristo Rey) picked up a loose ball at the top of the penalty area and fired the ball into the right upper 90 for his first goal of the season, and sixth of his career.
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The lead remained just 1-0 heading into the locker room, despite Lourdes holding a 10-2 shot advantage, including a 6-0 edge on net over the opening 45 minutes.
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Huntington (3-1) evened the match in the 60
th minute. Paulo Filho feed a pass through the Lourdes defense to Tiago Costa, who scored from the middle of the box, tying the game at one.
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The match remained knotted until there was just 8:09 to play when Higor Barbieri dribbled through the box toward the right and slid the ball into the middle of the net.
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Lourdes was unable to find the equalizer down the stretch, despite finishing the match with a 17-7 shot advantage. Pedro Moreira made eight saves between the posts in the win for the Foresters while
Yianni Kanellopoulos (Northville, Mich./Northville H.S.) made one stop in goal for the Gray Wolves.
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Lourdes (0-4-1) returns home on Wednesday afternoon as the Gray Wolves host Holy Cross (Ind.). Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.
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