For the first time in four contests, the Mount Ida College men’s soccer team suffered defeat, as it fell to the University of New England 2-0 this afternoon.

Freshman Ryan Tarr (Hermon, Maine) netted both goals to boost the Nor’easters to their first win of the 2006 campaign.

Tarr’s first marker came just 12:34 into the contest, when he used a feed from sophomore Brad Carlson (Scarborough, Maine) to beat Mount Ida sophomore goalkeeper Brian Leighton (Turner, Maine/Leavitt Area).

He then tallied off a feed from classmate Brian Cummings (Bow, N.H.) in the 70th minute to ice things for the hosts.

Leighton stopped five shots but saw his three-match shutout streak come to an end. The freshman duo of Jon Mango (Park Ridge, N.J.) and Derek Poulin (Scarborough, Maine) split time in net, combining for four saves. Mango turned away one Mount Ida shot en route to claiming his first collegiate victory.

Mount Ida (3-2-0, 0-0-0 NAC) returns home to face Daniel Webster College in a non-conference clash on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. The University of New England (1-2-1, 0-2-0 CCC) will also be in action on Wednesday, when it hosts the Wentworth Institute of Technology for a Commonwealth Coast Conference tilt starting at 6:30 p.m.