WICHITA – Kansas Wesleyan Men's Soccer dropped a 2-0 decision to the Ottawa Braves on Friday afternoon inside the indoor facility at Scheels-Stryker Sports Complex.
 
The match was moved inside due to inclement weather outside.
 
The first goal of the match came in the 21st minute when Cale Scott took an initial shot at goal that was saved by KWU keeper Santiago Pagnutti, but Slobodan Novicevic was there to collect the rebound off the save and score it for the Braves.
 
The Coyotes had a chance in the 37th minute, but Mika Wernicke's shot hit the crossbar.
 
Wesleyan kept getting chances at a goal in the second half, but were denied. Ottawa keeper Marko de Sa Faria made countless outstanding saves on shots by Kamille Kum in the 50th and Seth Flores in the 55th. The Ottawa defense also kept a shot by Mateo Hoyos from scoring in the 59th minute.
 
Ottawa got its second goal in the 62nd minute by Alonso Basauri, on a play where it appeared a Brave player was offside but the flag did not go up and the goal stood.
 
Gerardo Garcia had a shot hit the crossbar in the 84th minute on a direct and Wernicke's follow also missed for the Coyotes.
 
The shots were even 10-10 for each team. Wernicke, Garcia and Hoyos had two shots each for the Coyotes. Pagnutti had four saves in goal.
 
KWU now awaits the result of Wednesday's final between Oklahoma Wesleyan and Ottawa to see if the Coyotes will receive the second automatic bid to the NAIA National Championships, which is awarded to the KCAC Tournament Champion, unless the regular season champion wins the tournament, then the No. 2 seed in the tournament receives the bid regardless of finish in the tournament.