Siloam Springs, Ark. -- The John Brown Eagles struck for three goals over a 13 minute stretch in the first half and went on to defeat the Mid-America Christian Evangels, 4-2 on a wet Saturday afternoon (Oct. 23) in Siloam Springs, Ark.
Casey King got things going on the right track for MACU by scoring his team-leading sixth goal of the season in the seventh minute of the opening half.
But that's when the Eagles quickly turned the tide as Sasha Viatrov scored just six seconds later to even the match at 1-1.
A goal by Misha Kolemasov gave the Eagles (9-5-1, 4-2-1) the lead at the 16:23 mark, but JBU wasn't done as Kolemasov assisted on a score by Juan Iraola four minutes later to suddenly give the Eagles a 3-1 lead.
Kyle Pezant kept the Evangels (5-7-2, 2-5 SAC) close by scoring four minutes into the second half to cut the deficit to 3-2.
The Evangels stayed within a goal until Gabriel Duarte finished things off with a goal at the 83:29 mark.
MACU held a 13-12 advantage in shots, but the Eagles had a 10-7 edge in shots-on-goal.
King and Jeremiah Huff each led the Evangels with three shots each.
Iraola had a match-high five shots for the Eagles, with all five shots being on-goal.
MACU goalkeeper Austin Custar stopped six shots in the match and Pablo Garcia recorded five saves for the Eagles.
Next up for the Evangels is a conference matchup at Southern Nazarene on Tuesday evening (Oct. 26) at 8 p.m. in Bethany, Okla.
