After St. Bonaventure stormed back from behind to tie the match, 2-2, the Saint's Sindre Ek's goal in the final 24 seconds proved to be the game-winner in the heartbreaking 3-2 loss on a rainy Friday night at Siena.

To make the loss worse St. Bonaventure's go-ahead goal in the 85th minute was called back because of an offside position prior to the kick, halting the offensive momentum.

"We were in complete control of the game when [the goal was called back]," said head coach Mel Mahler. "Then we broke down defensively and let in a goal that we could have avoided."

The defeat drops the Bonnies to 1-3 in the early season, while the Saints improve to 3-1.

The opening of the game went in favor of the Saints when in the sixth minute a slippery free kick bounced off a defender past David Flynn to put Siena up 1-0.

"We have to give credit to Siena. We started the match with an unfortunate goal playing in slippery conditions," said head coach Mahler. "It just got past us. After the goals our kids played hard and we did what we needed to do."

The Brown and White matched Siena with two goals in the second half. Sam Maheu used a saved shot from Chris Leko to put the Bonnies on the board to come within one of the Saints. The goal is Maheu's second for the season

Less than 10 minutes later, St. Bonaventure jumped on the board again as Siena's Ek deflected a cross from Brett Allen to tie the game, 2-2.

Siena's Daniel Alderstad gave Siena the two-goal lead in the 63rd minute following a flurry in the box.

The tightly matched contest saw the teams with almost even offensive stats with the Saints holding a slight edge in shots 13-12.

"We need to do the things we do well more often and we have to prevent these types of goals from happening," said Mahler. "We have to work on our defending. Our focus now is to regroup to prepare for Cornell."

St. Bonaventure continues on the weekend road trip to Ithaca, N.Y. to meet Cornell on Sept. 13. Sunday's kick off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.