Story by Marcus Tolero/Photo by Eric Sun

The City College of San Francisco men's soccer team (6-2-3 Coast-North/11-2-4 overall) lost to visiting Hartnell College (9-1-2 Coast-North/14-2-3 overall) yesterday 2-1.

The game was scoreless up until the 19^th minute when Hartnell's Adrian Serrato scored off an assist by Santiago Morales to put the Panthers up 1-0.

The Rams had an opportunity to tie the game at the 34^th minute when CCSF had a free kick just outside of Hartnell's goal area. Unfortunately, freshman midfielder Taiki Kajitani's free kick was blocked by Hartnell's wall of defenders.

The score remained at 1-0 up until the 44^th minute when Hartnell's Jorge Cerna scored off an assist by Luis Mendoza to push their lead to 2-0 at the end of the half.

Down 2-0, CCSF switched tactics come the second half, opting for an aggressive offensive attack against Hartnell's defenders. The Rams finally broke through at the 83^rd minute when freshman forward Alejandro Perez scored an unassisted goal to cut Hartnell's lead to 2-1.

Although the Rams continued put pressure on Hartnell's defense, time was not on their side.

The Rams are now in third place in the competitive Coast-North. Their final game will be this Friday against division foe Las Positas (8-0-4 Coast-North/12-3-6 overall). Kickoff is at 1pm at CCSF.