HUNTSVILLE, Ala. –After a scoreless first half, two second half goals from the University of West Florida led the Argonauts past the Lee University men's soccer team 2-0 in the semifinals of the Gulf South Conference tournament on Friday evening. With the loss, the Flame's season comes to an end with an 8-5-4 record.
 
Neither team could really garner any opportunities in the first half. The Flames had the best opportunity when a long cross in bounced off the crossbar. Ryan Chouyouti headed the rebound toward the goal, but the shot went just wide. 
 
Eamon Mclaughlin and David Koch both had shots as well in the first half as the Flames outshot UWF 3-1.
 
The Argos came out of the halftime break and amped up the pressure. They totals six shots in the second half and only allowed one from Marcos Garcia for Lee. UWF's opening goal came in the 60^th minute from Joshua Fontenot. Ten minutes later, Fontenot doubled the lead with his second goal of the game.
 
UWF outshot Lee 7-4 and doubled the amount of corners the Flames took 7-3.
 
Coach Derek Potteiger's Thoughts:
 
"It was a tale of two halves tonight, the wind did play a factor in the contest. We chose the wind in the first half to try to get up, but it was hard to get out of our own end. UWF is big and athletic and they are a very good college soccer team. They made a great goal to give them the lead and we couldn't get back in it."
 
"But I am proud of how the team competed. UWF has only lost once and that was to us. We will mis our senior class, they were a core group of guys that performed well and led well off the field. They have left their mark on this program."