Norfolk, NE – No. 18 Indian Hills Men's Soccer suffered a 4-2 loss to the Northeast Community College Hawks on Saturday afternoon. The loss drops the Warriors to 5-3-0 on the year.

Winners of their last four contests, the Warriors fell behind early as the Hawks built a 2-0 lead. Indian Hills got on the board late in the first half on a goal from Daniele Verdirosi (Rome, Italy/Araniti) to cut the deficit in half. The Hawks responded with a third goal to open the second half before Verdirosi tacked on his second score of the afternoon. Indian Hills was unable to capitalize on the momentum as Northeast tacked on an insurance goal in the closing minutes to carry out the win.

Veridoris, a freshman, is now tied for the team lead with seven goals on the season. The forward has scored a goal in each of his last five matches for a total of six. The freshman's first goal came off a rebound of his own shot to put the Warriors on the board. Fellow freshan Ron Becker (Tubingen, Germany/Evangelisches Firstwald Gymnasium) was credited with the assist on the second goal after slipping a through ball past the defense where Verdirosi in turn buried a shot in the lower right corner of the net.

Becker now leads the Warriors with seven assists on the year, tied for the second most in the nation. Verdirosi, along with teammate Kento Tani (Tokyo, Japan/Nihon University Sano) are tied for third nationally with their seven goals this season.

Despite the loss, the Warriors extended its streak with at least two goals in every match this year.

Next up for Indian Hills is a trip to North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, IA on September 14.

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