BURNBY, British Columbia - Kyle Witzel scored his first goal of the season as the Saints traveled to No. 2 Simon Fraser in a 5-1 loss on Saturday.

Playing under the lights, Simon Fraser (5-0-1, 2-0-1 GNAC) gained the early lead on a pentaly kick goal just 3:28 minutes into the match. The Saints (0-7-0, 0-2-0) defense held strong against 14 shots by SFU in the first half to keep the score at 1-0 going into halftime. 

The Clan extended their lead in the second half on goals in the 56th and 63rd minute to take a commanding 3-0 lead. The Saints responded in the 82nd minute after last-season's leading goal scorer found his first goal of the 2017 season on a ball that came in from the right side, which Witzel put into the back of the net. 

Simon Fraser went on to add two more goals in the final ten minutes to secure the 5-1 victory over Saint Martin's. 

"We had a game plan tonight that we thought would help us but unfortunately, things got a little tough right at the beginning," said head coach Rob Walker. "The really great thing about the game is that we had some good performances from Joey Mack and Christian Caro, who came on and really showed their value with their experience and skill. Also the freshman tandem of Stephen Murray Todd JR and Nick Phillips had very solid games for us. A bright spot for us was the effort of the front line of Kyle Witzel and Brandon Madsen. Kyle's (Witzel) goal was well deserved and Brandon's (Madsen) effort really should've been rewarded with a goal too."

Kyle Witzel and Steven Chu recorded the two shots of the match for SMU. Griffin Small got the start at keeper, going 77:45 minutes, making eight saves before Parker Elliot finished out the final 12:15 minutes with one save. 

The Saints remain on the road in conference action with a match up against Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho on September 28 at 3:00 p.m.