MINNEAPOLIS -- Nick Zuchowski (JR, Wales, Wis./Kettle Moraine HS) scored for Augsburg University in the 84th minute, but the Auggies couldn't get the tying goal in the closing minutes, falling 2-1 to Bethel University in a men's soccer game on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Bethel 2, Augsburg 1
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 0-3-0 overall, Bethel 1-3-0 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg cut the Bethel lead to 2-1 at the 83:17 mark, when Drew Collins (SO, Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS) fed a sprinting Zuchowski on the right wing from midfield. Zuchowski then fired a low crossing shot from right to left for his first goal of the season.
• The Auggies surrendered two goals off of set pieces in the first half, despite controlling possession by a 62-to-38-percent margin in the stanza. Augsburg outshot Bethel by a 14-4 margin in the second half, en route to a 21-11 advantage in the game. The Auggies held the ball for 58 percent of the game, compared to 42 percent for Bethel.
• Tomas Piza-Gonzalez (FY, Minneapolis, Minn./Hiawatha Collegiate HS) had six shots in the game for the Auggies, including two shots on-target. Zuchowski had four shots, and Jorge Radilla Elizalde (SO, Roseville, Minn./Roseville HS), Helio De La Torre (SO, Oakdale, Minn./Mahtomedi HS) and Peter Munkittrick (FY, Westfield, N.J./St. Peter's Prep HS) had two shots each.
• Oscar Herrera (FY, Madison, Wis./Madison West HS) had five saves in goal for Augsburg.

FOR THE FOES
• Isaac Howell scored off a corner by Ben Richburg in the 11th minute, and Josiah Colman scored off a throw-in by Zach Caouette in the 18th minute.
• Juan Valdiva Cortes had seven saves in goal for Bethel.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg closes its truncated 2020-21 spring season on Saturday (4/24) at 1 p.m., hosting Wisconsin-Superior at Edor Nelson Field.
• Bethel travels to face Gustavus on Sunday (4/25) at 3 p.m.