LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 2 West Virginia University men’s soccer team suffered its first loss of the season on Friday, falling to Kentucky, 1-0, at the Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex. The Mountaineers fall to 11-1-4 and 4-1-3 in the Sun Belt while the Wildcats improve to 5-6-4 and 2-3-3 in conference action.

West Virginia outshot the Wildcats, 16-14, including 8-5 in shots on goal while Kentucky had a 9-6 edge in corner kicks.

In the 18^th minute, sophomore Marcus Caldeira put a shot on goal, but it was pushed out for a corner. Senior Yutaro Tsukada followed a few minutes later with a shot of his own, but again, it was saved by the Kentucky keeper.

The Wildcats took the lead in the 32^nd minute on a goal by Alfred Baafi.

The Mountaineers nearly tied things up in the final moments of the half off a corner, but junior Max Trethewey’s shot went just wide.

Senior Luke McCormick had a chance early in the second half but could not get much on his shot as it was saved. West Virginia had another opportunity in the 74^th minute with senior Sergio Ors Navarro flying in for a diving header, but his shot went high.

The last threat for the Mountaineers came in the final seconds on a header from Caldeira that went just over the crossbar.

WVU will be back in action on Tuesday against Old Dominion at 7 p.m. for the regular-season finale. It will be Senior Night for the Mountaineers at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.