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Widener once again put up a game effort against Messiah, but could not prevail in a 1-0 Commonwealth Conference loss to the second-ranked home squad in Grantham, PA.

Junior Hamed Correa (Cali, Colombia) did his best to keep the Pride (3-5-3, 0-1 CC) in the match, making 12 saves that included six in each half.

But the Falcons (9-0-1, 1-0) came through in the 67th minute when Geoff Pezon banged a shot in off the post for his 13th goal of the season.

Trevor Lee had six shots with Josh Sanders and Matt Dorsey posting five each for Messiah.

Widener is home Wednesday against Neumann, beginning at 7:00 pm at Leslie C. Quick Jr. Stadium.