Men's Soccer

Evangels run past Wayland Baptist, 3-0

Plainview, Texas -- The Mid-America Christian Evangels took care of business on the road with a 3-0 defeat of the Wayland Baptist Pioneers in Sooner Athletic Conference action Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 19) in Plainview, Texas                                                               
The match was scoreless in the 38th minute when Benny Olvera found the net to put the Evangels up 1-0.
 
In the second half, Kyle Pezant added to the lead off a dish from Willie Deleon at the 55:13 mark. 
 
Abeni Yosef then headed in a shot from Kyle Miller to finish up the scoring and send the Evangels to their fifth win of the season.
 
The Evangels (5-6-2, 2-4 SAC) out-shot the Pioneers 17-8 overall, led by a match-high four shots from Yosef. 
 
MACU also held a 5-2 edge in shots-on-goal. 
 
Carlos Mellado led the Pioneers (3-9, 0-6 SAC) with three shots.
 
MACU goalkeeper Austin Custar and WBU keeper David Metcalfe each made two saves in the match. 
 
Next up for the Evangels is a conference matchup at John Brown on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 23) at 3 p.m. in Siloam Springs, Ark. 
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