BALTIMORE - UMBC men's soccer dropped a 1-0 contest to UAlbany on Friday evening at Retriever Soccer Park.
UMBC outshot the Great Danes 15-10 and matched them on shots on goal, with five apiece in the loss.
Shawn Tanaka's 20th-minute goal for UAlbany proved to be the difference in the match, as he scored off a feed from Ivar Orri Gissurarson.
Jackson Boonmast made four saves in the contest, while the Great Danes' Alexander Genz saved all five shots on target from UMBC.
All five of Genz's saves came in the second half as the Retrievers pushed to match the UAlbany goal.
Abdul Kamara put the first shot on target in the 47th minute before Genz turned away
Alberto Galicia in the 53rd minute as the graduate student tried to beat him near post.
Langston Fabiyi's strike in the 57th was turned away, followed by a shot on target from
Nico Banks that was saved in the 60th minute. UMBC's last shot on goal came in the 77th minute as
Tancredi Fadda tried to square up the match.
UMBC will close out the regular season on Tuesday night as it plays host to NJIT on Senior Night.
