MIAMI, Fla. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's soccer team battled against the No. 13 Florida International University (FIU) Panthers but fell 4-2 on Sunday at FIU Soccer Stadium.
 
The Vaqueros (3-3) fell behind by a couple of goals in the first half as David Garcia gave the Panthers (4-0-1) the 1-0 lead in the 10^th minute before Bernardo Dos Santos scored his second goal of the season in the 25^th minute. 
 
Junior Michael Washington scored his first goal of the season in the 57^th minute to get the Vaqueros on the board cutting the Panthers lead to 2-1. 
 
The Panthers got a goal from Stephen Afrifa in the 71^st minute to extend their lead to 3-1 but graduate student Yusuf Cueceoglu answered back with his third goal of the season to get the Vaqueros within one at 3-2. 
 
The Panthers put the match away as Dos Santos added his second goal in the 85^th minute to put the finishing touches on the scoring. 
 
Junior Trevor Schneider (3-3) and senior Oliver Padilla recorded a pair of saves each while FIU's goalie Grant Makela also made two saves. 
 
FIU outshot UTRGV 23 to 5 and 8 to 4 on goal. 
 
The Vaqueros will be back in action on September 25 when they visit Chicago State for the Western Athletic Conference opener at 12 p.m. 

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