Men's Soccer

Bonelle's Late Heroics Give Evangels 3-1 Win over Wildcats

OKLAHOMA CITY -- With the match tied 1-1 for much of the second half, Raphael Bonelle took matters in his own hands and scored two goals in the last 17 minutes to give the Mid-America Christian University Evangels a 3-1 victory over the Johnson and Wales University Wildcats Saturday afternoon (Oct. 12) at MACU Soccer Field. 

Bonelle's game-winner came at the 73:43 mark when he followed up his initial shot attempt that was deflected off the goalkeeper into the net for a 2-1 lead. 

He then added an insurance goal with just 31 seconds remaining to finish off the win for the Evangels.

Bonelle also assisted on the Evangels' first goal by Abel Renteria in the 13th minute of the opening half.

The Wildcats (3-5-1) tied it when Johnny Medina found Christian Gallegos with a cross to the middle of the box at the 39:00 mark. 

Bonelle had a match-high 12 shots as the Evangels out-shot the Wildcats 26-11 overall and 18-5 on-goal. 

Tyler McIntosh made four saves for the Evangels (7-3-1), while Trevor Shepherd kept the Wildcats close most of the way with 15 stops. 

The Evangels will look to keep rolling as they will remain at home against Texas Wesleyan University on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 15) at 4 p.m.

 
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