MARSHALL, Texas – Heading to their second straight American Southwest Conference tournament, the East Texas Baptist University men's soccer team heads out to Belton, Texas, on Tuesday for their first round matchup against the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders. ETBU is the sixth seed in the tournament and UMHB is #3 seed.
Last year, ETBU won the program's first-ever post-season match in the NCAA Division III era when they defeated the University of the Ozarks, 1-0, on Oct. 30, in Marshall. ETBU then fell to Texas Dallas, 1-0, in double overtime just missing going to the ASC Championship match.
Below is the information for the game.
ETBU vs. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Belton, Texas | Tuesday, November 4th
Field: Cru Soccer Fields
Time: 8:00 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU 10-7-4
- Last ETBU Win: Sep. 28, 2019 (2-1)
- Last UMHB Win: Sept. 13, 2018 (2-0)
ETBU
- Enters the ASC Tournament as the #6 seed with a 7-10 overall record and a 6-5 ASC record following 4-0 win over LeTourneau University
- Making their fourth ASC Tournament appearance (1999, 2013, 2018)
- 1-3 all-time in the ASC Tournament with a 1-0 win over Ozarks last season
- Isaiah Simien named ASC Offensive Player of the Week with three goals in the win
- Justin Groves named ASC Defensive Player of the Week with five saves in the shutout
- Upset UMHB 2-1 earlier in the season. Keaton Johnson and Simien had goals in the win while Cristian Hernandez had eight saves
- Simien leads ETBU with nine goals on 50 shots
- Max Ponticorvo leads ETBU with four assists and is second with six goals.
- Groves has a GAA of 2.41
- Should ETBU defeat UMHB, they will advance to play on Friday at 2:00 PM against the winner of Concordia (TX) and Belhaven University in Richardson, TX
UMHB
- Enters as the #3 seed with a 10-5-2 record overall and a 7-3-1 conference record after a tie with CTX
- Making their 12th all-time appearance and have won the last two ASC Tournament championships
- 9-8-3 all-time in the ASC Tournament
- Patrick Roach leads with seven goals
- Brody Conley and Nick Villanueva have four assists each.
- Dalton Lloyd has a GAA of 1.50
- Ethan Rimbey has a GAA of 1.35
- Isai Olvera has a GAA of 0.89
