Virginia Beach, Va. – Marymount University's men's soccer team dropped a hard-fought 2-1 decision to third-ranked Christopher Newport to open the Chick-Fil-A Tournament on Saturday. The Saints even their record to 1-1-1 on the season.

Christopher Newport posted a pair of goals within a two minute span late in the first half to take a 2-0 lead into halftime.

The Saints would respond early in the second half as George Delgado cut the deficit to one at the 48:58 mark to make it a 2-1 contest.

A tightly contested match, both teams combined for 34 total fouls and 12 yellow cards.

In goal, Mike Madigan collected five saves for the Saints in the loss.