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BETHLEHEM, PA ­ The University at Buffalo men's soccer team dropped a 5-0 decision to the Lehigh Mountain Hawks on Saturday afternoon in the Lehigh-Army Soccer Classic at Ronald J. Ulrich Field.

Buffalo (0-1) trailed by only one goal at intermission before surrendering four goals in a six-and-a-half minute span early in the second half as Lehigh (1-0) handed Buffalo its first opening day loss in five years.

Lehigh's Kyle Hartman got the Mountain Hawks on the board early, scoring off a rebound on Evan Bruno's shot 16 minutes into the game. The Bulls held Lehigh scoreless for the next 33 minutes before Dan Perciballi scored on a pass from Hartman to give the Mountain Hawks a two-goal advantage. Buffalo couldn't recover and the Mountain Hawks scored on their next three shots to close out the scoring.

Sophomore Chris Vavrina (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland) earned the start in goal for Buffalo and recorded four saves before he sustained an injury on Lehigh's third goal and was replaced by sophomore T.J. Borawski (Cheektowaga,NY/Canisius). Borawski played the final 37:11 and made one save.

The Mountain Hawks outshot the Bulls 16-5. Five yellow cards were also handed out as senior Matt Yeates (Kenmore, NY/St. Joseph's), sophomore Mike Geller (Gardiner, NY/New Paltz) and Wozniak were nailed with the infractions for Buffalo.