Two second half goals propelled visiting UW-Whitewater to a 2-1 win over the University of Wisconsin-Platteville men's soccer team on Wednesday night at Pioneer Stadium.

The Pioneers (8-9-1, 2-4 WIAC) outshot the league leaders by a 9 to 7 margin in the loss. UW-Platteville jumped out to a 1-0 advantage in the ninth minute when Brandon Chmiel scored. The goal from Chmiel came when Ryan McElmeel sent a crossing pass to Mike Presser, who headed it on to Chmiel for the goal on the first shot of the contest.

UW-Whitewater (10-6, 6-0) was held to just two shots in the first 45 minutes. In the second half, the Warhawks got on the board in the 57th minute when Kevin Kron tied the game with his eighth goal of the season.

The game remained tied until Sam Kuchenreuther of UW-Whitewater scored on an unassisted goal which proved to be the winning goal.

The Pioneers failed to concede as they continued to pressure the Warhawk defense for the remainder of the contest. They fired three shots at UW-Whitewater goalkeeper Matt Mikesell, who made three saves to preserve the victory for the regionally-ranked Warhawks.

They will next travel to UW-Superior on Saturday, Oct. 22 and Finlandia on Sunday, Oct. 23 to close out the regular season.