PORTLAND, Ore. - Despite the Saints taking 10 more shots and five more corner kicks than their opponent, Concordia walked away victorious after three goals in a eight minute span sealed the match in the second half.

The Saints (0-11-1, 0-6-1) put the offensive pressure on the Cavaliers (3-7-2, 2-4-1) from the very beginning with Cayman John taking a shot in the first 74 seconds of the match. Saint Martin's recorded 11 total shots in the first half, with two shots landing on target, but none crossing the goal. Kyle Witzel and Brandon Madsen each fired a shot on goal in the half, both being saved by CU's keeper. The Saints also had chances to score on the three Sebastian Navarro corner kicks. Griffin Small recorded a clean half, facing four shots and making two saves.

Concordia struck first in the second half, scoring a goal in the 48th minute on goal that just floated above the head of Small from 20 yards out. The Cavaliers struck again just 50 seconds, scoring on a header, volleyed in from a cross. Navarro attempted to get the Saints on the board in the 51st minute when his header was stopped by the Cavaliers' keeper. The final blow came in the 54th minute when a cross connected with Santeri Ihamoutila for the third and final goal of the match. The Saints refused to quit, firing off seven shots in the final minutes of the match; however, Concordia's defense held on to the 3-0 victory.

"We played so well and did not convert multiple chances in the first half," said head coach Rob Walker. "We had a short spell in the second half where we lost our focus and give full credit to Concordia who came out and pressed us for three goals. We made some changes today which worked statistically. but still have to deal with direct play and unncessary mistakes in our transitional game."

Navarro led the Saints' attack with five shots, with one falling on goal. Kyle Witzel and Steven Chu each recorded three shots while Madsen, McKray Kohn and John tallied two shots of their own. Edgar Iniguez and Stephen Todd Murray JR came off the bench with one shot a piece.

Griffin Small got the start at goalkeeper for the Saints, playing all 90 minutes, making a total of five saves on nine shots faced while allowing three goals.

The Saints return home for four of their final five matches, starting with Western Washington on October 19 at 1:00 p.m. Live stats and video will be available on smusaints.com.