KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The fourth-ranked Western Michigan men's soccer team fell to Akron, 3-1, in the 2017 Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship game on Sunday afternoon at the WMU Soccer Complex.
After going down 1-0 late in the first half, Ben Thornton scored from in front of the net after an Akron player had cleared the ball off the line to tie it up at 1-1 with 11 seconds left in the half.
WMU got seven shots off in the second half but the Zips sips scored two goals to seal the win. Pepe Martinez-Bertrandhad a chance from inside the 18-yard box on a volley with 16:30 left in the game that would have tied it up at 2-2, but Akron keeper Ben Lundt made the save.