CONWAY, S.C.— The William & Mary (1-1-0) men's soccer team was unable to overcome a two-goal first half deficit on Monday, as they fell to Coastal Carolina (1-1-0) in their first road match of the year 2-1. 
 
Lucas Caldas provided the lone score for the Tribe in the 53^rd minute.
 
The hosts wasted no time getting on the board with a goal nine minutes into the first half, but the Tribe did their best to respond for a good part of the frame. 
 
Just moments after surrendering the goal, the Green and Gold had a great opportunity when Alfredo Bozalongo attempted a free kick from 25 yards out in the 12^th minute. The shot attempt was on-frame, but was just gotten to by the Chanticleer keeper in the bottom right portion of the goal. 
 
Evan Rabush tried his luck in the 34^th minute with a quality strike that seemed to have a chance of sneaking in the top left portion of the goal before being saved.
 
W&M's momentum was halted minutes later when a penalty kick was awarded to the Chants and subsequently converted on, giving the hosts a 2-0 lead after the opening 45 minutes.
 
Having come back from a deficit to win the season opener, it seemed as though the Tribe were poised for another comeback when Cole McNally made a sprawling save to set the tone for the second half just two minutes in. 
 
After the McNally stop the Green and Gold attempted the game's next five shots which included the Caldas goal in the 53^rd minute.
 
Merlin Luke-Miny started the tic-tac-toe play in the midfield with a pass to Aidan Morrison who played a well-placed through ball to Caldas. The sophomore was able to dance past a Chanticleer before charging on goal and burying his second career tally in the top right corner from 17 yards out. 
 
The assist for Morrison served as his first career collegiate point in his second career game.
 
Trailing by just a goal for the first time since the opening half, the Tribe kept attacking but were unable to break through down the stretch.
 
Evan Rabush and Caldas highlighted W&M chances as the game wound down but had their shot attempts go wide and saved respectively to leave the final score at 2-1.
 
The final shot totals favored the Tribe by a tally of 14-11. Seven of William & Mary's shots were on goal, while six found the target for Coastal Carolina.
 
McNally made his second start in as many games for the Tribe and recorded three of his four saves in the second half to keep the squad within striking distance.
 
Scoring
 
9' | CCU- Christian Cook (Noe Santos)
36' | CCU- Deryn Armstrong (penalty kick)
53' | W&M- Lucas Caldas (Aidan Morrison, Merlin Luke-Miny)
 
Starters
 
W&M- #1 McNally (GK), #6 Bozalongo, #8 Branco, #11 Morrison, #12 Luke-Miny, #13 Crocco, #14 Knapp, #15 Krajna, #17 Salom, #21 Cooper, #23 Core
CCU- #31 Vallant (GK), #3 Roditti, #5 Mikula, #8 Melville, #11 Santos, #12 Hainer, #14 Wittman, #15 Gordon, #21 Cook, #22 Valdimarsson, #33 Bock
 
Up Next
 
The Tribe return to Martin Family Stadium at Albert-Daly field when they host New Hampshire for non-conference action at 1 p.m on Thursday. The match is the first of two Tribe home soccer games on Thursday as the women's team plays George Mason at home with a 7 p.m. kickoff. Both matches will be broadcast on FloFC.