McPherson, Kan. - The Tiger Men's Soccer team took on the Nelson University Lions at home this past Saturday in the first conference match of the season.

The Tigers wanted to make a statement to begin conference play and were playing hard and fast right out of the gate. The result was a goal from Liam Harris in the 21st minute to give the Tigers an early 1-0 lead. This goal would stand as the lone goal of the 1st half.

The Tigers looked to build off of their lead and continue the momentum after halftime, in the 51st minute the Tigers found the back of the net again as Alejandro Veintimilla floated a beautiful shot into the top left corner from outside the box to add to the Tiger lead. The rest of the half would feature back and forth action and Nelson was able to notch their first goal of the game in the 74th minute to cut the Tiger lead in half. Nelson put pressure on in the final minutes of the game looking for the tie, but the Tigers were able to hang on defensively and earned their first win of the season by a score of 2-1.

The Tigers are now 1-5-2 (1-0-0) on the season and will look to carry the momentum of the win with them to an away match against John Brown University in Arkansas tomorrow evening. The game will kickoff at 5:30 and be streamed on the SAC Sports Network and Urban Edge Network.