Siloam Springs, Ark. -- The Bethel University (Tenn.) University Wildcats upended the Mid-America Christian University Evangels 2-1 today (Sept. 25) at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark. 

All three goals came in the opening half, as Mustapha Wadda took a pass from Ahmad Saidy, got passed the outside back and goalkeeper to score for the Wildcats at the 15:42 mark. 

Wadda and Luke Sellers then assisted on a goal by Saidy in the 42nd minute to give Bethel a 2-0 lead. 

The Evangels got on the board when Martin Mata took a feed from Gleydson Neri and crossed from the the right flank into the left side of the box and put in a bicycle kick over the keeper with just 36 seconds left in the first half. 

That would be all the scoring in the match despite each squad recording nine shot-attempts in the second half. 

MACU outshot the Wildcats 17-13 overall, but Bethel held a 6-2 edge in shots-on-goal. 

Neri had a match-high six shots for the Evangels (2-5) and Mata tallied three shot-attempts. Vinny Vilela, Darko Nikolic and Justin Camacho each had two shots for MACU. 

Saidy paced the Wildcats (4-5) with four shots overall. 

Jakob O'Meara-Gill made three saves in the net for the Evangels, while Marco Taafe recorded one stop for the Wildcats. 

The Evangels will now return home to host No. 18-ranked John Brown University on Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 28) at 3 p.m.