ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's soccer team had their five-game unbeaten streak snapped on Thursday, falling 2-1 to Michigan in double-overtime on the road. The Wolverines (7-6-1) scored in the 109th minute to escape with the victory over the Panthers (8-3-4) in the first-ever game between the schools.

"I am hugely disappointed with the result," UWM head coach Louis Bennett said. "But, Michigan deserved the victory because they were the team to put the ball in the back of the net."

After a first overtime session that featured no shots on goal, both teams had opportunities in the second. Milwaukee had a chance in the 106th minute, but junior Steve Sperl's header went up-and-over the crossbar after a corner kick. Michigan then secured the victory on a break, with Trai Blanks heading home the golden goal from close-range.

"Michigan is a very physical team ... they work hard, they wore us down," Bennett said. "But the way the game was allowed to be played ground us down and had us trying to protect ourselves and in survival mode."

The Wolverines tied the game in the 82nd minute, when Chase Tennant sent a 35-yard blast past freshman goalkeeper Grant Fernstrum.

The goal snapped long scoreless streaks for the Panthers as a team and for Fernstrum in particular. Milwaukee had not allowed a goal since their Oct. 2 game versus Detroit, a run of over five games and almost 559 minutes. Fernstrum had his own streak end at 584:48, good enough for second place in the UWM record book. He continues to be the catalyst of the defensive effort despite the loss, making three saves on the night to in suffering his first collegiate defeat (4-1-3) in his eight starts on the season.

With the Panthers up 1-0, Michigan missed a chance to tie the game in the 58th minute. The play came on a Wolverine cross into the box. Fernstrum came out to clear it, but was unable to grab the ball cleanly. It ricocheted directly to Michigan's Steve Hecker who was 10 yards out directly in front of a wide-open goal. Hecker misfired on the shot attempt and the Panthers cleared to keep Michigan off the scoreboard.

The first Milwaukee goal came in the 53rd minute. The play started after a cross to the front of the Michigan goal. Sophomore Martin Castro came out with it, and instead of sending the ball back out, turned back towards the end line and then sent a cross to the middle. Once there, freshman Adam Skalecki sent a perfect volley to the far post for his second goal of the season.

A back-and-forth first half produced just a few quality chances either way. The Panthers did have a flurry in front of the net in the final 30 seconds before intermission. After a free kick following a Wolverine foul, Milwaukee used a second-phase attack to get a shot on target by sophomore Steve Bode. That attempt was saved by Michigan's Peter Dzubay but deflected back in front to senior Neil Dombrowski. Dombrowski was then unable to get off a clean shot before the half ended.

One of Milwaukee's best opportunities came in the 11th minute when Bode sent a shot just left of the post after a corner kick.

Michigan had a few chances of their own in the first, but Fernstrum stopped both of them. The only dangerous chance came in the fourth minute, when Trai Blanks got behind the UWM defense on the breakaway. Fernstrum came off his line to make an attempt, but Blanks rifled one off the crossbar and out of bounds.

In the end, Michigan held the 16 to eight advantage in shots and the five to two edge in shots on goal. The Wolverines also forced four corner kicks to three for the Panthers and were whistled for 22 of the game's 42 fouls.

The Panthers return to Milwaukee on Sunday, hosting Loyola in their final regular season home game of the year. The key Horizon League match-up against the Ramblers is scheduled for a noon start at Engelmann Field.