OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Mid-America Christian University Evangels, under the guidance of co-head coaches Zach Bice and Evan Dresel, will trot out a combination of 12 returners and 22 newcomers for the upcoming 2016 campaign.

"The men bring in a lot of new players, but we also return some very key players," Bice said.  "I have high expectations for what this team can achieve this year."

One of those key players back will be their leading returning scorer from last year, senior Gleydson Neri. Neri scored a team-high tying 12 goals along with three assists last year. Of those 12 goals, four were a team-leading game-winning scores.

Two more seniors back this season are Darko Nikolic and Vinicius Vilela. Nikolic scored a goal with two assists and Vilela dished out one helper last year.

Junior Martin Mata also returns for the Evangels after scoring a pair of goals in 2015.

Other returners this season are seniors Tej Trivedi and Juan Mendez, juniors Luis Santana and Martin Carrion and a trio of sophomores in Salvador Ramirez, David Dozal and Travis Crane.

In the net this season will be junior Jakob O'Meara-Gill, who was on the team last season but didn't see any minutes behind career saves leader and NCCAA All-America performer Tyler McIntosh.

Bice and Dresel have added a slew of newcomers to the squad this season that include: juniors Bryan Garay, Justin Camacho, Brad Bennions, Oscar Ochoa, Andy Ochoa, Benji Hutchison, Jose Traslavina, sophomores James Mcnew and Joe Alvarez along with 13 freshmen in Cesar Romero, Gustavo Urbina, Caleb Roldan, Brayan Rios, Joseph (Flash) Carter, David Santana, Francisco Flores, Junior Moran, Michael Nguyen, Braden Mikes, Charlie Bowen, Victor Tovar and Gavino Hernandez.

The Evangels are set to kick off the season at home tomorrow (Aug. 25) against the University of St. Thomas-Houston, starting at 3 p.m.. The Sooner Athletic Conference opener will also be at home on Sept. 27 vs. John Brown University. 

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