DESPITE an improvement in performance, 10-man Lomond fell to a heavy defeat at the hands of Kirkcaldy YM at Denfield Park.
YM took an early lead but Lomond took control of the match and deserved to level before half-time as Danny Caldwell pounced from close range.
A needless foul by Andrew Bousie saw YM re-take the lead at the start of the second half as the resultant free-kick was curled beyond the reach of an out of position Colin Downie.
Lomond were gifted a chance to equalise for a second time 10 minutes later but David Elder's weak penalty was saved.
United did have the ball in the net on 65 minutes as substitute Drew McLeod converted from D.Elder's cut back only for the referee to signal offside.
McLeod's protests earned him a rather harsh straight red card.
Despite losing a man, Lomond still pushed for a way back into the game but the pace of YM's forwards proved too much to handle on the counter attack and two late concessions ended the contest.
