After playing their last two games on the road the Columbia International men's soccer team returned home for senior night. The Rams honored their seniors, Luke Brooks, Jacob Rechenbach, Abe Vazquez, Agustin Arce-Ruiz, Guillermo Arce-Ruiz, Alex Hackett, and Damion Patterson before the game. The Rams put up a fight against the Hawks and battled back numerous times, but unfortunately fell 5-4. The Rams fall to 5-12 on the season, while the Hawks move to 7-4-2.

The first seventeen minutes of the game featured a lot of shots and corner kicks for each teams as the Rams had two shots and three corners, while the Hawks had four shots and three corners. The Hawks were the first to capitalize on their chances as they were able to chip one into the goal. Just under six minutes later the Rams were able to counter-attack as Doran Battermann was able to take a pass from Graham Jermstad and chip it past the keeper to tie the game at one. In the 39th minute the Hawks would score their second goal and lead 2-1. The score would remain the same as the teams went into the half.

The second half featured many fireworks as the teams combined for six goals. It all started in the 67th minute as the Hawks were awarded a penalty kick and made the most of their opportunity to take a 3-1 lead. However, the Rams would not give up though and were awarded a penalty kick at 74:59. Jermstad stepped to the dot to take the penalty kick for the Rams. As the goalie dove to his right the shot from Jermstad went to the left of the keeper and narrowed the deficit to one. Unfortunately, the Hawks would strike for their fourth goal just over thirty seconds later and regain their two goal lead. The Rams had a lot of fight left in them though, as Maksym Yakovenko would score in the 79th minute and Battermann would score his second goal of the game in the 82nd minute to tie the game at four. Each team would continue to push, but the Hawks were the last team to score and win by a final score of 5-4.

The Rams had 11 shots, with 6 being on goal...Battermann led the Rams with two goals...Jermstad and Yakovenko had the other goals...Jermstad, Blanchat, and Brooks all had assists for the Rams...Brooks had two saves, while Jacob Rechenbach had one.

Coach James Whitaker had this to say on the game, "We showed a lot of fight tonight and I'm really proud of the way the guys came back multiple times tonight. We came so close to walking away with a win tonight, but a couple miscues hurt us in the back. I feel like we are putting things together at the right time and I'm excited for the potential to finish strong."

The Rams will be back in action on Thursday as they host Bob Jones University at 7 p.m.