MORROW, Ga. – The Clayton State University men's soccer team played Flagler College in the 2024 Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship game at Laker Field on Sunday afternoon.  The Saints used two second half goals to down Clayton State, 2-1. 
 
The first half proved to be dominated by the defense as they only allowed a combined eight shots.  The Lakers possessed the ball 64% of the half but the Flagler defense, for most of the half, stood tall.  The Lakers scored the match's first goal.  In the 40^th minute, Alexis Iturria went top-shelf and fired a shot past the Saint keeper making the score, 1-0. 
 
Alexis led the Lakers with four shots and his team led, 1-0, going into the halftime break. 
 
Halftime: #1 Clayton State 1, #3 Flagler 0
 
The Second saw a lot of what the first half had to offer in terms of defense as there was only one shot taken in the first five minutes of the half.  Neither team put any pressure on the keeper until the 80^th minute when Flagler knotted up the match at one. 
 
The Saints scored the go-ahead goal in the 86^th minute and defeated the Lakers, 2-1. 
 
QUICK HITS

• Flagler snapped the Lakers 22 game home result streak. 
• Iturria scored his fifth goal of the season and led the team with four shots on the match.
• Uribe made one save in net. 
• The two teams combined for 14 shots and 34 fouls.
• Iturria, Aaron Diaz, and Uribe were selected to the All-Tournament Team for the Lakers.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Lakers (12-3-3) await their fate in the 2024 NCAA Tournament as the Selection Show will air on ncaa.com on Monday, November 18^th at 6:30 p.m. ET. 
 
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