Oklahoma City, Okla. -- The Wayland Baptist University Pioneers broke through in the second half to squeak by the Mid-America Christian University Evangels, 1-0 in a Sooner Athletic Conference matchup Saturday afternoon (Oct. 15) at Evangel Field. 

The match was in a scoreless deadlock when Cristhian Ospina gained possesion and fired a shot in the net for the only goal of the match at the 52:50 mark. 

MACU had scoring chances, out-shooting the Pioneers 16-14 overall.  But WBU held a slim, 7-6 edge in shots-on-goal. 

Daniel Gallegos and Jeremiah  Huff each had three shots to lead the Evangels (2-8-1, 0-5-1 SAC), while Ospina had a match-high five shots for WBU (6-6-2, 3-3 SAC). 

MACU's Zane Bourne and WBU's John Ramses-Thomas each made six saves in the net. 

The Evangels will conclude their three-game homestand against John Brown on Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 19) at 4 p.m.