Men's Soccer Outlasts Oklahoma Christian

Box Score

EDMOND, Oklahoma - Texas A&M International University inched closer to another double-digit win total with a 2-1 non-conference win road over Oklahoma Christian on Saturday afternoon. Game time temperature was a pleasant 81 degrees with blue skies above.

Both teams had several scoring opportunities in the first half but the halftime scored stood at 0-0 despite TAMIU (8-4-3) notching 10 shots and OC (6-8) recording seven shots.

Oscar Pompa broke the tie with tap in of a pass from Adan Villavicencio in the 52^nd minute. Elkin Marin-Tobar staked the Dustdevils to a 2-0 lead when he found the net on a short range shot after a back-and-forth pass with Diego Manzano-Cano in the 65^th minute.

Tommy Guernsey kept Oklahoma Christian in the game when he intercepted a TAMIU pass and scored on a rebound of his first shot that was saved by TAMIU goalkeeper Jesus Cisneros in the 65^th minute.

Both teams had several scoring opportunities after that point but neither could find the net. TAMIU’s Juan Narvaez just missed on a scissor kick over the bar in the 77^th minute and OC’s Colin Pinnell put the ball just outside the right post on a hard struck ball in the 85^th minute.

Cisneros finished with three saves and OC’s Connor Davenport recorded seven saves with both keepers going the distance.

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