Belmont men’s soccer lost by one goal in a dramatic bout against Mercer University at the Southern Conference Championship game. Though it seemed the Bruins would hold their early 2-0 lead, the tides shifted in the dying minutes of the first half, leaving them to fight to a bitter 3-4 defeat. The game marks the second season in a row head coach David Costa’s squad has made it to the conference finale and left defeated. Mercer’s Bears struggled getting started in the beginning

Belmont’s men’s soccer program capped off its best conference season to date after the Southern Conference wrapped up regular season play Saturday. Going into the postseason, the Bruins rank third in SoCon with an 11-4-2 record that includes a victory over tournament favorite — University of North Carolina Greensboro. “The biggest highlight that represents all the work that we’ve done was the win against UNCG,” said senior forward Niccolo Dagnoni. “Being able to win and show

Belmont Athletics will see two big shifts after the university switches from the Ohio Valley Conference to the Missouri Valley Conference in 2022. And it’s the men’s soccer and men’s tennis programs that are in the spotlight. Men’s soccer — in previous seasons the odd team out in the Southern Conference — will come home to the MVC to finally play under the same conference umbrella as the majority of Belmont’s sports programs. “I’m really pleased, personally, to be in a confer