BETHANY, Okla. – The No. 1 MACU men's soccer offensive attack came alive in a big road win at Southwestern Christian as Jack Price and Kareem Williams turned in two-goal efforts in the 4-1 result at Cagle Family Field on Tuesday afternoon.
 
SCORING SUMMARY

• 1^st Half – MACU – 15:00 – Goal: Jack Price (6), Assist: Kareem Williams – MACU 1, SCU 0
• 1^st Half – SCU – 28:21 – Goal: Jason Hogan (4), Assist: Otavio Avila, Ethan Bonaparte – MACU 1, SCU 1
• 1^st Half – MACU – 39:18 – Goal: Kareem Williams (1), Assist: Yasha Schaerer – MACU 2, SCU 1
• 2^nd Half – MACU – 59:33 – Goal: Jack Price (7), Assist: Federico Palacios – MACU 3, SCU 1
• 2^nd Half – MACU – 61:22 – Goal: Kareem Williams (2), Assist: Charlie Betts – MACU 4, SCU 1

MATCH SUMMARY

• Mid-America Christian (8-0-3, 2-0-1) was able to capture the early momentum, putting three shots on-goal in the first 15 minutes as Jack Price put through the go-ahead goal on a breakaway when Kareem Williams won the ball away on the left side and lofted a deep pass to Price, who made a sensational flick into the left side on the run to make it a 1-0 game.
• The Evangels had a good chance to add to it in the 22^nd minute when Price was tripped up from 30 yards out on the right side, setting MACU up with a free kick. However, Federico Palacios' free kick pinged off the top of the crossbar, keeping it to a one-goal game.
• Southwestern Christian (2-6-1, 1-2 SAC) found the equalizer in the 29^th minute when some nifty passing from Otavio Avila to Ethan Bonaparte at the top of the box led to a diagonal pass toward the left side of the box for Jason Hogan, as he punched in his team-leading fourth goal into the top right before MACU goalkeeper Claudio Fuentealba could react to set the score at 1-1.
• MACU came up with the game-winner in the 40^th minute when a free kick taken by Yasha Schaerer from the right side toward the center of the penalty box as Williams smashed a 10-yard header into the top left corner to send the Evangels into the half with the 2-1 advantage.
• In the 60^th minute, Price got himself a brace when Palacios dribbled past a defender into the far left corner, lofting a perfectly floated cross toward Price at the right post, punching in the five-yarder inside the post to set the score to 3-1.
• The Evangels capped the scoring just two minutes later when Schaerer took a long distance free kick from the left side into the right side of the 18-yard box. Charlie Betts put a well-placed header on-goal that SCU goalkeeper Santiago Esparza made a stellar leaping save on, but Williams was left unmarked on the left side of the box, booting in the wide open uncontested eight-yarder into the left side to seal the 4-1 final.

MATCH NOTES

• Mid-America Christian controlled the possession from start to finish, outshooting Southwestern Christian 27-14 with a 10-4 margin in shots on-goal.
• The four goals scored by the Evangels offense was the most they had scored in a match all season.
• Jack Price led the MACU offensive attack with his sixth and seventh goals of the season on a team-high 6 shots, four of which were on-goal. The London, England product now sits alone in fourth on MACU's NAIA Era (2007-present) career goals record book with 22, needing five more scores to catch Dominik Tajak (2017, 2019).
• Kareem Williams recorded the first five-point match of his illustrious MACU career, recording two goals on four shots to go with an assist.
• Charlie Betts, Federico Palacios and Yasha Schaerer also tallied assists in the match while Schaerer still shares the team-lead in dimes with Williams at three apiece.
• Claudio Fuentealba improved to 7-0-2 in-goal for the Evangels, conceding just one goal to go with three saves for a .750 save percentage.
• The Evangels notched their fourth straight victory over Southwestern Christian.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will return home for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday as the Evangels will host Texas Wesleyan.
• MACU will be presenting the 2023 NCCAA World Series Championship baseball team with their championship rings at halftime of the match.