Plainview, Texas – The top-seeded Wayland Baptist Pioneers knocked off the eighth-seeded Mid-America Christian University Evangels 5-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals tonight (Nov. 5) in Plainview, Texas.

The match featured two lightning delays, one prior to the match and another in the 20th minute.

After an own-goal quickly put the Pioneers in front seven minutes into the match, Gleydson Neri headed in a goal from Caleb Roldan that brought the Evangels even at the 15:32 mark.

Following the second lightning delay, the Pioneers came out firing with three quick goals to suddenly take a commanding lead.  

Alex Castillo scored the go-ahead goal off a deflection, then Guillermo Deal scored twice in a span of 58 seconds to put the Pioneers up 4-1.

Seven minutes into the second half, Deal assisted on the Pioneers' final score, a goal by Yago Xavier at the 52:12 point.

The Pioneers (13-3-2) out-shot the Evangels 20-5 overall, led by Deal and Xavier's four shots each.

Roldan had a team-high two shots for MACU (4-13).

Jakob O'Meara-Gill made five saves in the net for the Evangels and Joao Souza started for the Pioneers and recorded one stop in 55 minutes. Luke Holt then came in relief of Souza and finished the final 35 minutes.

The Pioneers will now host fifth-seeded Southwestern Christian University in the tourney semifinals on Tuesday (Nov. 8). SCU played Oklahoma City University to a scoreless tie earlier today, with SCU advancing on penalty kicks.