Oklahoma City, Okla. -- A successful penalty kick in the 15th minute of the first half proved to be the only goal of the match as the Oklahoma City University Stars slipped by the Mid-America Christian University Evangels 1-0 in Sooner Athletic Conference action Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 25) at Evangel Field.
Adam Black booted in the PK after MACU committed a foul in the box at the 15:59 mark.
Cody English, making his first career start in the net, kept the Evangels in it by making 12 saves and allowing only the PK.
Jalen Howard stopped all six shots-on-goal he faced for the Stars (5-5-4, 3-3-2 SAC). The Stars out-shot the Evangels 22-9 overall and 14-6 on-goal.
Javier Hernandez and
Willy Deleon each led the Evangels (2-11-2, 0-8-1 SAC) with two shots, while Black tallied a match-high eight shots for OCU.
The Evangels will wrap up the regular season at Southern Nazarene on Friday night (Oct. 28) at 8 p.m. in Bethany, Okla.