EAST LANSING, Mich. - Jacob Moore and Nebojsa Popovic scored goals while Alfa Barry added an assist as Oakland battled but came up short, 4-2, at No. 3 Michigan State on Monday night at DeMartin Stadium.

After surrendering an early goal in the third minute off an penalty kick, Oakland drew even in the 18th minute off a corner kick set piece started by Evan Sawula to Barry for a feed over to Moore who connected on his second goal of the season.

After MSU regained the lead in the 31st minute, the Golden Grizzlies once again responded with the equalizer at 2-2 as Popovic scored his team-leading third goal of the season off a long shot from a deflection in the 72nd minute of the second half.

However, the Spartans got the game-winning goal in the 76th minute and added another insurance goal late in the 84th minute.

Oakland resumes Horizon League play with a Metro Series showdown at arch-rival Detroit Mercy on Sat., Sept. 15 at 1 p.m.  



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