ALPINE, Texas – In their final appearance in West Texas at Sul Ross State University, East Texas Baptist University finished with a 2-1 win over Lobos. ETBU is now 2-8-5 for the season. This is the fianl time the two teams will meet as SRSU moves to NCAA Divison II next year.
Bruno Palmieri led the team with six shots as two were on goal.
Jared Zuniga also added two shots on goal.
Jacob Wenzel and
Luke Hunsinger each recorded a goal as
Bryan Carrillo led the team in saves with a three.
Royce McConnell took the first shot of the match just under a minute into the game. Wenzel scored the first goal for the Tigers at 1:53. After a Palmieri shot at the sixth minute, both teams went back and forth for 20 minutes as the stalemate was broken with two back-to-back blocked shot attempts from the Tigers. The first came at 26:13 from Hunsinger and the second from Palmieri at 27:34. Hunsinger scored the second goal for the Tiger at 28:57 with an assist from Palmieri. Not satisfied with only two goals the Tigers continued there offensive with a shot attempt from Palmieri at 31:40. The next shot on goal attempt came from Zuniga at 38:44 it was saved by the Lobos goalkeeper. Only four minutes later
Anthony Morales attempted another shot on goal at 42:08 but it was saaved. A save from Carrillo at the buzzer 45:00 ended the Tigers first up, 2-0.
The second half started with a shot on goal attempt from Palmieri at 49:19 as it was saved by the Lobos goalkeeper. The next offensive action for the Tigers came from Zuniga at 54:44 with a shot on goal. Sul Ross scores their goal at 64:39. Not deterred, the Tigers continued their attack with a shot attempt from Zuniga at 66:47. The next save from Carillo came at 69:06. Palmieri had a shot on goal at 74:25 and Carrillo's final save of the game came at 80:04. Palmieri attempted another shot at 81:37 it missed the goal to the left.
Garrett Garvin made a shot on goal attempt at 83:24 as the last offensive attack from ETBU in a 2-1 win.
ETBU will face Howard Payne University in the final match of the season at 7:30 p.m. in Brownwood, Texas, on Saturday.
