BOX SCORE
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THE BASICS
Score: West Texas A&M 3 Oklahoma Baptist 2
Records: West Texas A&M (7-4-0) Oklahoma Baptist (4-9-0)
Location: Canyon, Texas
                                                  
CANYON, Texas – Christian Suthers goal in the latter stages of the match sealed the deal for the Buffs on Monday night against Oklahoma Baptist. Suther's goal in the 86^th was the difference in the 3-2 for the West Texas A&M men's soccer team. The Buffs improve their record to 7-4-0 while the Bison fall to 4-9-0.
 
"We made really hard work of it tonight," head coach Butch Lauffer said. "I am a little disappointed in the performance of the group. We will come to train tomorrow and fix those little things. Our attention now turns to Saturday's match and playing a better game there."
 
The Buffs opened the match with control of the possession and found plenty of space down the right side of the pitch. Jake Wiffen used that space in the 10^th minute to perfectly place a cross at the foot of Suthers for the opening goal. WT continued to attack and nearly got another when Conrod Goulbourne found space in the box but was rejected by Marcus Oliveira at point blank range. They finally got their brace in the 44^th minute when Douglas Hellstrom wiggled his way around his defender and found a streaking Filip Janjic in the box. The Buffs went into half time with a two goal advantage and outshot the Bison, 10-1.
 
The Buffs timid play to start the second half allowed the Bison to gain momentum and eventually score their first goal of the match. Vicente Castillo's pace was too much for WT in the 51^st minute as he found space and sent the ball to the far post to bring the Bison within one. The Buffs were close to adding another as Chase Withrow constantly found empty space but his crosses were cleared by the Bison.
Suthers put his stamp on the match in the 86^th minute when he got on the end of Janjic's cross and blasted the ball in the back of net as the Buffs regained their two goal advantage. The Bison responded quickly as Castillo once again found space  in the 87^th minute and went near post to bring the Bison within one. But it was a little too late as WT helped on for their fourth consecutive victory.
 
TURNING POINT
Christian Suthers scored the eventual game winner in the 85^th minute on a cross from Filip Janjic and Jake Wiffen.
 
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Filip Janjic. Had a team high fives shots, all in the first half.
- Suthers lead the team with three shots on goal.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Janjic accounted for five of the Buffs 10 shots in the first half.
- All three of Patrick Satorie's saves came in the second half.
- Suther's goal in the 10^th minute was the seventh goal the Buffs have scored in the first 15 minutes of a game this season.
- Jake Wiffen recorded his first multi-assist game in a Buffs uniform.
 
NEWS & NOTES
- The Buffs have won four straight matches for the first time since Sept. 2013.
- With the victory, the Buffs have now won four consecutive games at The Pitch.
- With OBU's goal in the second half, WT's shutout streak ended at 320:37.
 
UP NEXT
The Buffs will travel to No. 6 St. Edward's on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. WT leads the all-time series against St. Edward's, 12-5-0.