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Soccer Drops Match At Howard Payne, 1-0

BROWNWOOD, Texas – An early first-half goal turned out to be the difference as the East Texas Baptist University men's soccer team fell to host Howard Payne University by a 1-0 margin on Saturday afternoon at Citizens National Bank Soccer Field. The defeat brings ETBU to 2-11-0 overall and 2-4-0 in American Southwest Conference competition. With the victory, Howard Payne ups its overall record to 3-7-1 and 1-5-0 in ASC match play.

Only a second into the 11th minute, Howard Payne scored courtesy of a Tracer Moore goal. In the opening half alone, ETBU fired off 16 shots, including shots on-goal by Pablo Jaimes, Gustavo Vasquez, Hugo Orta, Brett Forbus, Matthew Argenbright, and Jordan Burke. In contrast, Howard Payne fired four shots in that same 45 minutes, but held that 1-0 advantage at the halftime break.

The second half featured eight shots by ETBU, while Howard Payne fired off seven shots. The final 45 minutes saw Argenbright, David Jackson, Forbus and Jose Vega each rip a shot on-goal, but ETBU could not find the back of the net. In goal for ETBU, Juan Perales made four saves in 88-plus minutes before giving way to Ryan Hammond. Between the posts for Howard Payne, Allan Chehadi stopped 14 shots.

ETBU is back in action on Friday when it hosts University of Mary Hardin-Baylor at 3 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Hugo Orta

#14 Hugo Orta

MF/F
6' 1"
Junior
Matthew Argenbright

#3 Matthew Argenbright

D/MF
5' 10"
Junior
Gustavo Vasquez

#10 Gustavo Vasquez

MF
5' 11"
Junior
Brett Forbus

#16 Brett Forbus

MF
5' 8"
Senior
Jose Vega

#17 Jose Vega

F/MF
5' 9"
Junior
Jordan Burke

#18 Jordan Burke

D
5' 11"
Sophomore
Pablo Jaimes

#9 Pablo Jaimes

MF
5' 11"
Sophomore
David Jackson

#25 David Jackson

MF
6' 0"
Junior
Juan Perales

#0 Juan Perales

GK
5' 6"
Sophomore
Ryan Hammond

#00 Ryan Hammond

GK
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Hugo Orta

#14 Hugo Orta

6' 1"
Junior
MF/F
Matthew Argenbright

#3 Matthew Argenbright

5' 10"
Junior
D/MF
Gustavo Vasquez

#10 Gustavo Vasquez

5' 11"
Junior
MF
Brett Forbus

#16 Brett Forbus

5' 8"
Senior
MF
Jose Vega

#17 Jose Vega

5' 9"
Junior
F/MF
Jordan Burke

#18 Jordan Burke

5' 11"
Sophomore
D
Pablo Jaimes

#9 Pablo Jaimes

5' 11"
Sophomore
MF
David Jackson

#25 David Jackson

6' 0"
Junior
MF
Juan Perales

#0 Juan Perales

5' 6"
Sophomore
GK
Ryan Hammond

#00 Ryan Hammond

6' 1"
Freshman
GK