BURNABY, BC – The Western Washington University men's soccer dropped a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game to No. 1 nationally-ranked Simon Fraser University 3-0 Sunday evening at Terry Fox Field.
 
The Vikings dropped to 6-6-1 overall and 2-4-1 in GNAC play with the loss to the top-ranked Clan. SFU kept its perfect record intact improving to 13-0-0 overall and 7-0-0 in conference play.
 
Simon Fraser controlled the flow of the game from the beginning, and out-shot the Vikings 17-12 in the contest, including a 7-5 advantage in shots on goal.
 
SFU struck first in at the 6:06 mark of the first half, when Connor Glennon collected a rebounded shot by Marcello Polisi and fired past WWU goalkeeper Brandon Wolter (Vancouver, WA/Union) into the top right of the goal.
 
Glennon struck again in the 36^th minute driving home his second goal of the game and 15^th of the season. SFU connected on a few passes inside the 18-yard box after the Vikings failed to clear the ball, and Glennon scored inside the 6-yard box with a hard shot to the left of WWU's diving goalkeeper.
 
GNAC leading scorer Matteo Polisi capped the 3-0 shutout with his 15^th goal of the season in the 71^st minute. Polisi, who also had an assist on the Clan's first goal, now has 41 points on the season (15 goals, 11 assists). His goal at the 70:29 mark came off a blocked shot that he struck from 10-yards out.
 
The Vikings best scoring opportunity of the game came in the 77^th minute when sophomore midfielder Drew Farnsworth (Auckland, New Zealand) fired from outside the box that SFU goalkeeper Luciano Trasolini made a diving stop on, and the rebound shot by senior defender Louis Genty (Toulouse, France) sailed wide right.
 
Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Thomas Ewert (Vancouver, WA/Skyview) took over in goal in the second half and allowed one goal and made one save. Wolter had 3 stops and allowed a pair of goals in the first 45 minutes of the contest.
 
The Vikings (6-6-1, 2-4-1) return home to Harrington Field for four of the remaining five games of the 2018 season, beginning with GNAC contests vs. Saint Martin's (Thursday, 4 pm) and Seattle Pacific (Saturday, 7 pm).
 
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