CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M picked up their fourth straight victory on Thursday night behind three first-half goals as they outlasted the Dustdevils of Texas A&M International, 5-1 at Dustdevil Field in Laredo during Heartland Conference action.
 
THE BASICS
The Matchup: West Texas A&M 5, Texas A&M International 1
Records: West Texas A&M (7-1-1, 4-1-0 HLC), Texas A&M International (3-3-2, 2-2-1 HLC)
Venue: Dustdevil Field
Location: Laredo, Texas
 
The Buffs wasted little time getting on the board as senior forward Callum Challinor registered his Heartland Conference leading ninth goal of the season on a rebound from a header in the box in the fifth minute to make it 1-0. WT added to their lead in the 36^th minute as Julio Vargas chipped a ball over the keeper for his eighth goal of the season to make it 2-0.
 
The final minute of the first half was full of action as Troy Reeves connected on a header from an Ivan Ulloa corner kick to extend the WT lead to 3-0 but the Dustdevils answered just 13 seconds later with a Rafael Montabes header from Cem Izgec in the final second of the half to make it 3-1.
 
The second half was a back-and-forth battle as the Buffs added to their lead in the 87^th minute as Reece Schattle found Liam Doyle for the Hampshire, England native to make it 4-1. Schattle put the nail in the coffin just 37 seconds later as the senior registered his second goal of the season for the 5-1 win.
 
Alexander Vencel picked up the win between the pipes for the Buffs (4-0-1) as the sophomore registered a pair of saves on 13 attempts.
 
UP NEXT
The Buffs return to Heartland Conference action on Saturday afternoon as they wrap-up their South Texas road trip against the St. Mary's Rattlers starting at 1 p.m. at Sigma Beta Chi Field in San Antonio. The Rattlers (5-1-2) picked up a 2-0 home win over Eastern New Mexico on Thursday night to move to 3-1-1 in league action.