Entering their final two games of the season, SF State's men's soccer team looked to play for pride. They had neither a winning record nor a shot of clinching their division title -- just pride.

But the search for the final "W" of the season failed, as the Gators lost and tied a game a piece in their final weekend of play at home. The Gators ended their season on Oct. 30, first losing 4-1 to the Chico State Wildcats and then ending tied with Cal State Stanislaus 1-1 on Nov. 1.

"Two evenly matched teams fighting for pride and that's what you get, a tie," Wes Whitt, senior, said about the second match.

In hosting Chico in their first game, neither team scored in the first half. The Wildcats, howeve,r broke the tie in the 56th minute, when Zach Bradford connected on goal off a pass from Ryan Nevarez. Chico doubled their lead just minutes later, when Evan Armstrong scored off a pass from Kyle Crain.

Mounting some momentum, the Gators struck back a minute later, when Dylan Glass found Josh Kuluris for the header.

But the Wildcats squashed any comeback attempt when Chris Akwaja slipped past the defense and kicked in their third goal. Armstrong headed in his second score of the game for the fourth and final goal, giving the Wildcats the 4-1 victory.

The Gators played most of the game with a 10-9 player disadvantage due to penalty calls. The first call against the Gators came first half, when Edgar Villagrana jumped up to try and gain control possession for SF State. Villagrana knocked over Chico State's Luis Martinez, and was promptly given a red card.

The second call came in 66th minute when Jonathan Sanz picked up his second yellow card, when he apparently tripped over the goalkeeper and both players were given yellow cards.

"We got screwed," Head Coach Joe Hunter said after the game.

In their final game against Cal State Stanislaus, the Gators scored first when, in the 29th minute, Charles Conway found senior Robert Maeda for his first goal of the season from three yards away.

But just seven minutes later, CSUS tied the game at one when Victor Regaldo knocked in a rebound in front of the goal past goalkeeper Mike McNeil.

The game remained tied and the Gators headed for their eighth overtime game of the season.

In the overtime period, the Gators had a chance for the winning goal when Spencer Schwandt tried to cross a ball in front of the Warriors' goal. The pass hit a defender and ricocheted towards the goal but hit the post, ending the game in a draw.

"We had the chance to win at the end," Hunter said. "We would have liked to have won but it didn't happen."

"I thought we could have pulled out the win," McNeil said. "But a draw is better than a loss."

The Gators finish the season with a record of 3-9-4 in CCAA play, and 6-10-4 overall.

Senior Day:

The Gators had six seniors who played their emotional last game on Nov. 1 against Cal State Stanislaus.

Wes Whitt, Gabriel Chavez, Silvestre Arias, Dylan Glass, Robert Maeda and Spencer Schwandt are the six Gators whom the younger players had to say goodbye to. Many embraced and exchanged handshakes after the game.

"These guys started this thing four years ago, and got this program back to respectability," said Head Coach Joe Hunter. "We're going to miss them."

"It hasn't really hit me yet, next week I'll be wondering why I am not practicing," Whitt said. "This has been the best four years of my life, and it has helped me mature as a person."