Box Score Belleville, Ill. - The Cougar men's soccer team suffered a 1-0 shutout loss to Lindenwood University-Belleville on the road tonight. Columbia drops to 4-3-1 and 2-1 in conference play with the defeat, while the Lynx improve to 8-1-0 and 5-0 in AMC play.

The lone goal of the contest came in the 67^th minute on a fast break for the Lynx. Bellville's Leonardo Ferri narrowly missed the goal, hitting the post, but Cesar Acosta was there to rebound, putting it in and giving the Lynx a one goal lead.

The Cougars came close to tying the game twice at the 77^th minute mark but Nicolas Nicolaci came up with two big saves off of a Mark Steiniger shot and a Rasmus Juul Pedersen shot off a corner kick.

One last effort from the Cougars saw Vadim Cojocov's shot run wide, giving the Lynx a 1-0 conference victory.

Daniel Ainsworth takes the loss in goal with eight saves.

Vadim Cojocov, a junior forward, picked up American Midwest Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors after last week's performance. Cojocov notched two goals this week in one contest beating conference member Harris-Stowe State University. The Finglas, Dublin native helped the Cougars to a 5-0 shutout victory over the Hornets when he found the back of the net in the 13^th minute of play. He added his second goal of the contest in the 39^th minute giving the Cougars the win.

Columbia College will return to action Saturday, October 4^h when they host Benedictine University-Springfield. Match time is set for 3:30 p.m. at R. Marvin Owens Soccer Stadium.