Spokane, WA - The Northwest University men's soccer team made its season debut tonight against Gonzaga University, losing in a hard fought 90 minutes, 1-4.

The Eagle's division I opponent broke the ice with a goal 14 minutes into play. The rest of the half went scoreless, the Bulldog's leading in shots, 8-3. Two of the Eagle shots were fired by Elliot Misic.

Gonzaga quickly took a 2-0 lead just 34 seconds into the second half. The third Bulldog goal came shortly after in the 51st minute.

Brayden Corwin scored the Eagles first goal of the 2024 season in the 65th minute as he whirled one in close to the left post off of a pass from Misic.

Any hope for NU was dismissed by a successful Bulldog penalty kick in the 76th minute.

"I'm pleased with how we played today," says Head Coach Gary McIntosh. "Gonzaga is a very good division I opponent. We had a game plan that we had worked on all week and we executed it really well and got a fair result. Our team fought very hard for each other which is something we've been talking about for the last couple weeks. The goal by Brayden was absolutely stunning, it was the best goal of the game by far. Overall, tonight was a good step forward for us and something we can build on moving forward."

As part of moving forward, the Eagles will host their first home match of the season this Saturday, August 24th, at 4PM against Pacific University.