WELLSBURG – What could have been for the Buckhannon-Upshur soccer Bucs Saturday afternoon in a non-conference game with the Brooke Bruins.

The Bucs lost a 4-0 decision to the Bruins but had two shots hit the post, which could have changed the outcome of the game with a little luck.

“We had two shots hit the post and if those find a way in this may have been a completely different game,” stated Buckhannon-Upshur head coach Mike Donato. “Outside of scoring goals our possession and buildup in the midfield was pretty solid. We saw some creativity on our runs and a good mix of passes into our attacking third. I felt we had them adjusting to what we wanted to do which is what we wanted, but we just couldn’t capitalize.”

Brooke took a 2-0 lead at the half as Chase Hile scored a goal just two minutes in and Christian Packer added a goal in the 27^th minute.

The game stayed 2-0 until the 63^rd minute when Brooke tallied two goals in a two-minute span.

Hile scored in that 63^rd minute and Packer followed with his second goal in the 65^th minute.

“Simple things in our control are what hurt us,” noted Donato. “Communication, figuring out who is supposed to step to defend, things like that that we practice regularly we did a poor job executing. They were able to make the most of their opportunities on the mistakes we made.”

Buckhannon-Upshur trailed in shots-on-goal by a 14-4 margin and in corner kicks by a 6-5 tally.

B-U was guilty of four fouls while Brooke was called for five.

Brooke improved to 7-2 on the year.

The loss left the Bucs winless in their last four games as they saw their record drop to 4-7-1.

The Bucs will be back in action Tuesday at East Fairmont for an 8 p.m. start.