Turn out the lights, literally. The season is over.

San Diego State’s Kevin Sapanli scored two goals in atheatrics-filled game, as the Sacramento State men’s soccerteam lost 3-1 in the first round of the Mountain Pacific SportsFederation tournament.

The Hornets, seeded No.5 in the tournament, finished theirseason with a 5-11-2 overall record on Thursday night under thelights.

Sapanli got the scoring going early in the match with a goal inthe fourth minute, celebrating and getting 608 fans riled up.

The Hornets countered quickly in the 19th minute as Pat Powersfloated a 20-yard pass over the defense to Sam Sneed, who headedthe service down, past goalkeeper Colin Hanke, tying the match at1-1.

The Aztecs took the lead for good in the 36th minute as EricWohl crossed the ball from the right side of the field to RaulBaptiste, who one-timed it off a bounce, past Hornet goalkeeperMatt McDougall for a 2-1 lead.

McDougall, coming off a broken finger, made his first appearancein goal since Oct. 5.

Sapanli put the final nail in the coffin in the 53rd as he wentfrom midfield and knifed through the Hornets defense to make thescore a 3-1 final.

“A couple of guys made good runs which opened the spacefor me,” Sapanli said. “That helped isolate me to goone-on-one with their last defender and score against theirkeeper.”

After his second goal, Sapanli again celebrated by running downthe sideline and blowing kisses to the crowd. His celebration,however, ended as he approached a fan who, unknown to Sapanli atthe time, was the wife of head coach Michael Linenberger. Sapanlisaid that the incident was unfortunate and he doesn’t want togive his university a bad reputation.

“It’s a college game. We don’t get paid forthis. All we do is try to go out there and play our best,”Sapanli said. “I got caught up in the moment. I apologized. Idon’t want to represent our school in that way.”

The fireworks did not end there.

After opportunities to get back in the game went for naught, theHornets gave up a corner kick with 10.2 seconds left. The clock wasmistakenly stopped and Aztec head coach Lev Kirshner becamefurious. Even more furious was coach Linenberger, who felt Kirshnerwas out of line because the Aztecs were obviously going to win.

After the game, heated words were exchanged between head coachesand players, but nothing physical came of it. Linenberger says thathe was trying to protect the Hornet Athletic staff.

“(The staff) has done an absolutely tremendous job puttingin a lot of time and effort in putting this on,” Linenbergersaid. “They did a terrific job and were extremelyprofessional.”

In attendance during the game and the ruckus was athleticdirector, Terry Wanless.

“Emotions sometimes get a little over the top,”Wanless said. “Certainly, it’s something that we wishwouldn’t have happened. We don’t condone it.Fortunately, things didn’t get out of control and we’lldeal with it when the time comes.”

As for what happened during the game, Linenberger feels that thegame was there for the taking.

“We didn’t execute in the final third (of the field)today,” Linenberger said. “We got in behind themnumerous times and had good chances. I thought we made poordecisions to shoot when we should have cut the ball back. Butoverall I was pleased with our performance.”

Even though the Hornets didn’t win the game or tournament,Wanless feels that having the tournament at Sac State for the firsttime was a positive experience.

“I think that this was a great opportunity for us toshowcase our soccer program and to showcase to the community theexcitement of soccer,” he said. “There was a sense ofexcitement just having the tournament here, having the first nightevent here and having the crowds respond. The tournament itself wasa huge success.”

The fourth-seeded Aztecs lost to the No.1 seed San Jose Spartans2-1 Friday in the semifinals.

Linenberger said that the season was an inconsistent oneoverall. A promising start was marred by a six-game losing streakin the middle of the year in which the Hornets were outplayed inmost phases of the game. They struggled to score goals during thatstretch as well, scoring only one goal in seven games.

“In the bulk of conference play, I thought we picked (upour play) again,” Linenberger said. “We showed arevived spirit and work and I thought that it carried through thelast six games or so.”

San Jose State won the MPSF tournament and a berth into the NCAAtournament with a 3-2 win over New Mexico on Sunday.