PENSACOLA, Fla. – A lone goal late in the first half for the University of West Florida was enough as the Argos defeated the Lee University men's soccer team 1-0 on Saturday night in the Gulf South Conference tournament quarterfinals. The Flames battled for the equalizer but could not convert and  Lee's season came to the end in the postseason with a 4-7-6 record. 
 
The first attempt in the game came in the 13^th minute as a Caue Novaes shot for the Argos forced an early save for Jakob Buhrkuhl. Four minutes later UWF thought they had taken the lead off of a corner, but there was an offside call that overturned it. 
 
The first huge opportunity for the Flames came in the 20^th minute. Ryan Chouyouti had a shot on a breakaway that ended up hitting the crossbar.
 
The Argos eventually found the back of the net in the first half. Buhrkuhl had two more saves before in the 40^thminute Keegan Ancelin slipped one in the goal to give UWF the 1-0 lead at the halftime break.  
 
UWF had a couple of early shots to keep Lee on their heels. However, the Flames weathered the storm and started to bring the pressure. Marcos Garcia, Nick Lu and Marc Ehmann each had shots that forced  saves from Nicolas Meckian in goal for the Argos. Lee had one more chance in the 83^rd minute to tie the game, but Shay Gillen's shot was just high.
 
UWF outshot Lee 13-10 in the contest. The Argos had six shots on goal while Lee had two. Buhrkuhl had five saves for the Flames. 
 
Garica had three shots to pace the Flames while Ancelin had five shots for the UWF squad. 

Coach Derek Potteiger's Thoughts:

"This is always the worst moment for a coach, when the season comes to a screeching halt and you have to process the loss itself, the end of a season for the team as a whole, and ultimately the end of some careers.  My response to all those things is to be really proud of the effort tonight, really appreciative of how hard the guys played and performed this season, even when goals and results just wouldn't go our way, and then of course so grateful to the guys who are ending their career and the impact they have had on the program. 

Give credit to West Florida, they are a very good team, and it's always hard to play there in an elimination game; but we certainly had some moments and gave ourselves every chance to come out of there with a result. 
We will close out the season well, but preparations will begin really soon as every returner is hungry to improve and make sure next season moves us forward."