HANCOCK — The Finlandia University women’s soccer team never stopped fighting in a 5-0 loss to Adrian on Friday night at McAfee Field.

“I’m proud of the girls,” said head coach Grace Sokolow. “We knew Adrian held a regional ranking going into the game. Our goals were to play a better second half than the first and to limit our mistakes as the 90 minutes unfolded. FinnU women’s soccer is on a thousand step journey and today’s game was just the first few of those steps. Our morale is high and we’re looking forward to bouncing back tomorrow on the road.”

Adrian (1-0) wasted no time in getting on the board scoring off a corner kick 1:51 into the game. Three minutes later, sophomore Daisia Knowles broke away and her shot was just wide left.

Freshman Samantha Linteo made numerous spectacular saves to keep the game close. The Bulldogs would score three goals in the second half to pull away.

Linteo finished with 14 saves.

Finlandia (0-1) hits the road, visiting Northland at 4 p.m. EDT Saturday.

Northland edges FU men, 3-2

It was a tough finish as the Finlandia University men’s soccer team lost 3-2 to Northland College on Friday afternoon at Ponzio Stadium.

“This was a tough one tonight,” said head coach Scott Chrysafidis. “I was pleased to see our offense clicking. We made some sloppy mistakes which cost us some goals. We have a ton of potential and now it’s just putting it all together.”

Finlandia (0-1) got on the board early as freshman Brendan Christian scored on a laser shot at the 6:34 mark. Northland tied the game with 27 minutes left in the half.

With just under 18 minutes left, Christian broke through the defense and found the twine to make it 2-1 for the Lions.

The Lumberjacks scored about six minutes into the second half to knot the game at 2-2. Freshman Akwasi Kwarteng and senior Javier Martinez had goals denied by the NC goalie.

Northland (1-0) scored the go-ahead goal with 4:25 to go. With just under a minute, freshman Bryson Beck had a strong shot that was knocked away at the last minute.

Finlandia had six shots including three on goal, nine corner kicks and seven fouls.

Northland College had 14 shots with seven on goal, two corner kicks and 11 fouls. Sophomore Noah Raisanen had nine saves.

Finlandia plays Lakeland at 6 p.m. EDT Saturday in Ashland, Wis.