LA VERNE, Calif. – Back on the field only 15 hours after playing a night game at California Lutheran University on Saturday, the road-weary George Fox University Bruins dropped a 4-0 decision to the University of La Verne Leopards in a non-conference men's soccer match Sunday afternoon here at Ortmayer Stadium.

The Leopards scored their first goal in the 15th minute when Saul Uribe collected a loose ball following a cross from the right and sent it just inside the left post from 15 yards out.  Their second score came in the 22nd minute when Bruin goalie Luke Ridder came out high, only to have Nathan Gonzales pass him with a soft roller into the right corner of the net.

La Verne increased its lead early in the second half when Ryan Estrada sent a through ball to Lorenzo Leyva racing down the middle of the field, who scored from 30 yards out on the break past keeper Ricardo Sotelo, who had come out to challenge the drive.  Sotelo got a hand on the shot, but not enough to deflect it out of the net in the 53rd minute.  Ko Yajima scored the Leopards' final goal 20 minutes later on a straight-in shot from 12 yards out after a cross from the right by Abraham Perez.

The Leopards took 21 shots in all, putting 11 on goal, but Ridder had four saves in the first half for the Bruins, including one on a penalty kick, and Sotelo had three in the second half.  La Verne keeper David Lopez had two saves as the Bruins took six shots in all.

One of the stops by Lopez came in the 81st minute on a penalty kick try by Luke Dickens.  Lopez blocked the shot but was unable to control it, and Dickens raced in to put the ball into the net.  However, the goal was disallowed by the center official, who admitted to George Fox coach Luis Del Rio after the game that he had blown the call.

La Verne held a 4-1 advantage in corner kicks and committed 22 fouls to only six by George Fox.

NEXT: George Fox (1-3) plays its fourth straight road game Saturday at the Oregon Institute of Technology at 2:00 p.m. in Klamath Falls … La Verne (2-0) begins Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play at the Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Monday at 4:00 p.m.