PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – William & Mary men's soccer converted a second-half penalty kick to cut the deficit to a goal, but Drexel held on for a 2-1 Colonial Athletic Association victory at Vidas Field on Saturday night.
 
After a scoreless opening 45 minutes, the Dragons broke through with the first goal of the match early in the second half. Yassine Elkahloun broke free along the right side of the box toward the byline. As the Tribe defense converged, he found Amore at the penalty spot and the junior defender scored into the right side of the net.
 
Freshman goalkeeper Kieran Baskett came up big in the 75th minute denying a Drexel penalty kick. His kick save on Kyle Tucker's chance from the spot kept the deficit at one.
 
Just over a minute later, the Dragons doubled its lead off a free kick. Chris Donovan flipped a header over the top of the Tribe defense and into the center of the frame from six yards out off the service of Tucker.
 
W&M answered in the 78th minute thanks to a penalty kick. Sophomore John Eberle earned the opportunity after he was shoved down along the right side of the penalty area. Freshman Alexander Levengood converted the PK for his third goal of the season to cut the margin to 2-1.
 
The Green and Gold narrowly missed the equalizer in the 86th minute. Freshman Nathan Messer found space along the left flank and sent a cross to the middle of the six, but fellow rookie Diba Nwegbo' header went just high of the crossbar.
 
Starters
W&M – #22 Baskett (GK), #3 Bozalongo, #4 Bradley, #5 Golan, #9 Nwegbo, #13 Shane, #15 Levengood, #17 Ascota, #19 Villeda, #21 Trott, #24 Ngoh
 
Drexel – #1 Sanders (GK), #2 Detweiler, #3 Amore, #6 Mariano, #7 Donovan, #10 Rodrigues da Palma, #16 Tucker, #18 Daranijo, #20 Mallas, #26 Burckhardt, #29 Nork
 
Scoring Summary
59' | Drexel – Anthony Amore (Yassine Elkahloun)
76' | Drexel – Chris Donovan (Kyle Tucker)
78' | W&M – Alexander Levengood (penalty kick)
 
Inside the Numbers
- The Tribe outshot Drexel, 11-10, but the Dragons held an 8-5 advantage in the second half.
- Both teams finished with six corner kicks.
- Freshman Diba Nwegbo led the Tribe with three shots, while both freshman Alexander Levengood and senior Julian Ngoh tallied two each.
 
Notes
W&M started five freshmen for the fourth-straight match … Freshman goalkeeper Kieran Baskett stopped his first career penalty kick in the 75th minute … He finished with three saves on the night … Freshman Alexander Levengood converted the Tribe's first penalty kick of the season … It was his third goal of the year …  Drexel snapped the Tribe's five-match unbeaten streak in the series as W&M was 4-0-1 against the Dragons during that stretch.  
 
Up Next
- The Tribe returns home to square off with Loyola (Md.) on Tuesday night.
- Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. from Martin Family Stadium at Albert-Daly Field, and the match will be streamed for free in HD on Tribe Athletics TV.