The Sacramento State men?s soccer team had another disappointing week with two losses and one tie. The week that was dropped their overall record to 1-5-2.

Sunday?s 3-2 loss against University of California, Irvine marked the fifth loss for the Hornets, and only the second time this season that the Sac State defense has let more than one goal be scored by the opposition.

“We played poorly in the first half,” head coach Michael Linenberger said. “Being on the road started to catch up with us.”

The Anteaters were able to take 13 shots in the first half compared the Hornets? one.

Sac State junior Nick Whittaker scored his first collegiate goal on an assist by senior Andy Hashimoto at the 26-minute mark, giving the Hornets the 1-0 lead.

The Anteaters came back in the 33rd minute to tie up the game with a goal by freshman Dardo Acuna. UC Irvine senior Jon Spencer gave the Anteaters a 2-1 lead going into the second half with his unassisted goal in the 41st minute of play.

The Hornets came out fighting in the second half, but Anteater Joel Spencer increased Irvine?s lead to 3-1 only 12 minutes into the second half.

Although Sac State took nine shots in the second half, five more than the Anteaters, they were only able to narrow the gap with a free kick by junior Hjalti Kristjansson in the 75th minute, his second goal of the season.

“We feel that (Kristjansson) is one of our best players,” Linenberger said. “We usually have him take the free kicks.”

Sac State had another disheartening loss on Friday as they were defeated by Loyola Marymount University, 1-0.

“(Loyola Marymount) was our first bad game of the year,” Linenberger said. “We were outplayed.”

This game marked Loyola Maramount?s seventh-consecutive win and the first time in five games that the Hornets did not go into and overtime period.

The Lions simply outshot Sac State throughout the 90 minutes, 6-2 in the first half and 10-3 in the second half. With 26 minutes left to play in the first half, the Lions appeared to have scored a goal, but it was called back on an offsides call.

The Hornets also received three yellow cards within the first half.

The second half wasn?t any better for Sac State as the Lions? Arturo Torres scored in the 77th minute against Hornet senior goalkeeper Leo Marin. Marin had a game-high five saves, but it wasn?t enough to stop Loyola Maramont goalkeeper Dan Sheridan from continuing his five-game shutout streak.

Sac State freshman Patrick Nelle also received a red card, which made him ineligible for the UC Irvine match up.

Tuesday?s 1-1 tie against the University of San Francisco was the fifth game to go into overtime out of the six that have been played so far in the season.

The Hornets are rapidly approaching the school record of overtime periods. The overtime record is six, which was set in 1992.

“It?s unbelievable,” said Linenberger. “We felt we should have won. We should have won in regulation.”

During the first half, the Dons had twice as many shots as Sac State and Dons senior Gerard Hylkema was able to place one in the back of the net off of a corner kick in the 34th minute of play. The Hornets answered back in the second half, reversing the stats by doubling San Francisco?s shot total, 6-3.

Kristjansson made Sac State?s 18-yard free kick count, tying the score in the 64th minute at 1-1. Senior Sean Luigs led the team with four shots during the game.

“We?re glad we are dangerous from set places, but we want more to come from the run of play,” Linenberger said.

The 1-1 tie remained throughout regulation play and two overtimes, giving the Hornets their second tie of the season.

Sac State next looks toward United States Air Force Academy on Friday, and University of Denver on Sunday.

Both contests will take place at the Hornet soccer field.