PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – University of Hartford freshman Javoni Simms' third goal of his career put the men's soccer team ahead at halftime, however, the Villanova Wildcats answered in the second stanza with two goals of their own to steal a 2-1 victory on the campus of Penn University on Friday evening. The loss snaps a two-game win streak for the Hawks and drops their overall record to 2-3-0 overall while the Wildcats remain unbeaten in 2012 with a 4-0-0 mark.

The Hawks remain in Philadelphia until Sunday as they will next play the Penn Quakers on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. The game marks the first meeting between the two programs.

Hartford and Villanova played an even first half with both teams seeing eight shots each and producing quality looks at the goal. After forcing Wildcats' keeper John Fogarty into three saves, two of which came off the boot of junior Anthony Santaga, Simms found a seam in his opponents' defense in the 44th minute and buried his team-best third goal of the season.

Omar Tall, a sophomore, got the scoring going for Hartford. After his shot was stopped in front, Simms was in place to drill the ball into the lower right corner of the net to put his team ahead, 1-0.

During that opening stanza, freshman goalkeeper Viltsu Tuumi turned away two of Villanova's shots while Hartford's defense was also solid, coming up with three blocked shot attempts to preserve the clean slate up to the intermission.

Coming out of the halftime break, the Wildcats came out firing, generating nine more shots than the Hawks (15-9) during the final period to finish ahead on the match, 23-17. Villanova also finished the game with a slight, 6-5 edge in corner kicks.

In the 73rd minute, Villanova tied it up on a marker by Will Cason. Less than two minutes later, the Hawks were forced to play with one less player as senior midfielder Kevin Lewis was issued a red card.

It didn't' take long for Villanova to exploit the ejection as it took its first lead of the evening just 16 seconds later in the 75th minute. On the ensuing free kick, Kyle Soroka, the Wildcats' leading scorer, sent a ball to Oscar Umar who knocked-in what proved to be the game-winning goal.

The Hawks saw back-to-back chances to net the equalizer not long after Villanova netted the go-ahead goal, but both of junior David Bernhardsson's shots were rejected by Fogarty.

Fogarty finished with seven saves, a game-high, while Tuumi made six stops between the posts for the Hawks.