Sept. 16, 2008

9.16.08 - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- The Mid-America Christian University men's soccer team dropped their conference opener 3-0 to Oklahoma Baptist University on Tuesday afternoon.

The teams were evenly matched with the competition scoreless at half time.

Eduardo Acedo gave the Bison the advantage in the 66th minute when Sullivan Silva passed the ball across the goal and Acedo put the ball in the back of the net.

Things went downhill for the Evangels in the 70th minute when Kyle Pezant was red carded. Just two minutes later, while playing a man down, Bryce Jantz received his second yellow card of the afternoon, which is equivalent to a red card. MACU played the remainder of the game with nine players.

The Bison capitalized on the nine on eleven player advantage, Silva scored in the 80th minute and Acedo assisted. Two minutes later the Bison locked up the game with an unassisted goal by Acedo leaving the final score 3-0.

The Evangel will host Southwestern College on Saturday September 20th at the 3 p.m.