CASPER, Wyo. – The Trinidad State College men's soccer program dropped two heart-breaking Region 9 contests over the weekend in a 3-0 loss at Gillette on Friday and 3-1 setback to No. 12 Casper on Saturday.

Gillette jumped out to an early 3-0 lead that the Trojans never could get a hold of. The Trojans managed 12 shots in the match while keeper Bryan Amezcua (So., Lakewood, Colo.) tallied 4 saves off 7 shots faced.

The Trojans (0-5, 0-2 Region 9) had a quick turnaround against No. 12 Casper (6-1, 2-0 Region 9) the following day where TSC battled the Thunderbirds til the very end. Ashton De Luna (Fr., Denver, Colo.) found Martin Kantorowicz (Fr., Paris, France) in the 23^rd minute of the match to give the Trojans an early 1-0 lead before the T-birds tied up the match just before halftime.

The teams battled throughout the second half before the T-birds were able to come up with back-to-back goals in the 86^th and 87^th minute to walk away with a 3-1 victory.

Amezcua faced 26 shots (11 on frame) while tallying 8 saves on the match.

The Trojans return home this coming weekend to host Lamar on Friday at 1 pm and Northeastern on Saturday at 11 am at Central Park.

-TROJAN PROUD-