SAN FRANCISCO -  Junior and team captain Alex Diac scored his first career goal off a penalty kick just before halftime as Detroit Mercy battled but came up short at San Francisco, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon at Negoesco Stadium.

Sophomore goalkeeper Quinn Tews faced 14 total shots making three saves.

The Dons got off to a quick start taking a 1-0 lead just six minutes into the match and moved ahead 2-0 in the 12th minute.

In the 40th minute, sophomore Tim Allos made a run getting behind the last defender that forced San Francisco goalkeeper Eric Waltz to come off his line. Waltz came in hard with his challenge and took out Allos resulting in a penalty kick. Diac calmly stepped up and buried the penalty kick into the back of the net beating Waltz to the lower right side to pull the Titans within a goal at 2-1.

The Titans got their first corner kick opportunity of the game in the 76th minute of the second half but could not net the equalizer.

Detroit Mercy continues their season-opening four-game road swing at Marquette on Friday, Sept. 1 at 8:05 p.m. ET