MARSHALL, Texas – Netting their only score in the final minute of their match, the East Texas Baptist University men's soccer team dropped a heart breaker to Belhaven University, 2-1, on Thursday night. ETBU is now 3-8 and 2-3 in the American Southwest Conference.
ETBU would outshoot the Blazers, 15-13, while
Cristian Hernandez made six saves.
Silas Sangano had the lone goal for the Tigers on six shots to lead ETBU with two on goal while
Isaiah Simien had five shots with three shots on goal. BU had goals from Tristan White and Andres Garcia. Goalkeeper Max Rudolph finished the game with five saves.
ETBU would get their first chance opportunity to score nearly two minutes into the game. They then had their first shot on goal at 13:38 but Rudolph made a save at the low center spot of the goal. The Blazers' first shot on goal would turn out to be the first goal of the game at 23:03. ETBU had a chances to tie it up in the first half but when into halftime down, 1-0.
In the second half, the Tigers had chances to score in the 51
st, 56
th, and 63
rd minute to tie up the game but couldn't find the area to get it in the goal. Two more chances in the 64
th and 65
th were denied by the Blazers' keeper. After having a goal disallowed in the second half, the Blazers would answer in the 80
th minute to extend their lead to 2-0. ETBU would avoid being shutout with Sangano scoring the lone goal with twelve seconds left in the match.
ETBU will look to bounce back on Saturday when they host Louisiana College at 4:30 p.m.
