ROME, Ga. – The Lee men's soccer team ended the regular season with a 2-1 loss at Shorter University on Friday evening. The loss dropped the Flames to 4-3-2 in the Gulf South Conference standings and 9-6-2 overall. They settled for fifth place in the conference standings and will travel to West Alabama to open GSC tournament play on Tuesday at 8 p.m. (EST). Shorter (6-1-2, 7-5-2) nailed down second place in the final regular-season standings with the victory.
 
The Hawks took a 1-0 lead in the 28^th minute when Darwin Lom scored his 10^th goal of the year off an assist from Federico Cordiano. The first half ended with the Flames trailing 1-0 but Shorter scored what turned out to be the winning goal in the 60^th minute off the foot of Antonio Santarsiero. Maurico Rancel registered the assist.
 
The Flames waited until the 89^th minute to cut the margin to 2-1. David Perez's 10^th goal of the year was unassisted. The shots for both sides were even. Shorter attempted 13 shots and placed five on goal. Lee also had 13 shots and six were on target. Hawk keeper Austen Trevers recorded five saves in picking up the win, while Daniel Hrenko had three saves in the loss.
 
"It was a tough way to end the regular season," said coach Paul Furey. "We didn't play well in an important game and it is a tough pill to swallow. Arturo (Rocha) came in off the bench and played well for us. We turned it up in the second period but it was too little too late."