WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University men's soccer team dropped a 3-1 University Athletic Association decision today to top-ranked University of Chicago on Gordon Field.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis, 6-7-2, 1-5 UAA.
• Chicago, 15-0-1, 5-0-1 UAA.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Chicago scored twice in the first six minutes to get on the front foot early.
• UC's Lyndon Hu converted a PK after a Brandeis hand ball in the fifth minute, and scored in the run of play on a goal by Robbie Pino from Tanner Baldwin just 53 seconds later to make it 2-0.
• The Judges got one back in the 71^st minute on a PK of their own after the Maroons were whistled for hand ball in the box. First-year Rainer Osselmann-Chai (Acton, Mass./Lexington) banged it off the UC keeper's glove and into the right-side netting.
• Chicago netted an insurance goal in the 83^rd minute when Ryan Shea's strike from just inside the 18-yard box deflected past Brandeis senior keeper Aiden Guthro (Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport).

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Chicago had a 22-9 shot advantage, including 13-1 in shots on goal.
• Guthro made 10 saves for his second game of double-digit stops this season and third of his career.
• Brandeis had 3 corner kicks to 2 for Chicago, and the Judges were whistled for 15 fouls to 12.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Osselmann-Chai's goal was his second of the season. Brandeis is 1-2 on PKs this season.
• The goal was only the eighth surrendered by Chicago this season, and just their second in UAA play.

UP NEXT

• Brandeis will celebrate Senior Day next Saturday against NYU at 12 noon.