CANYON, TEXAS – West Texas A&M Men's Soccer (5-9-4, 2-4-4) season came to a close Wednesday evening at The Pitch with a 4-2 loss to St. Edward's. WT conceded four first half goals in the match.
With a win securing a spot in the playoffs for both teams, SEU would strike first in the 6th minute with a goal off a free kick just outside the box. WT generated offense in the next six minutes with two shots and corner kicks as
Delahmu Reeves nearly scored a header off a corner in the 13th minute. His shot would be saved to keep the Buffs off the scoreboard. In the 23rd minute, the Hilltoppers doubled their lead to 2-0 following goal in a scrum off a corner kick. West Texas A&M continued to fight with a key save by
Luke Southerington in the 26th on a breakaway chance by St. Edward's. In a 13-second span in the 30th minute, SEU again doubled their lead with back-to-back goals to make it 4-0. That score would hold going into halftime.
Moving into the second half, WT found their first score with a goal in the 59th minute. Off a corner kick, the ball would be deflected off the foot of
Myles Taylor right out to
Desire Essis in the box. Essis struck the ball into the back of the net to put the Buffs on the board. That goal energized West Texas A&M as they generated multiple great chances and opportunities as momentum swung to their side. In the 81st minute, WT found their second goal off a great pass by
Ido Einstein who found
Jonathan Atzmon who headed in the ball for the score. The Buffs would ultimately run out of time as the score finalized at 4-2 as West Texas A&M's season would come to a close.
Top Buffs
- Desire Essis scored his first goal of the season as he generated three shots with two on goal in his 41 minutes. Essis finishes the season with three points.
- Jonathan Atzmon tallied his second goal of the season as he scored his lone shot. Atzmon ends the season with four points.
- Ido Einstein played 50 minutes and recorded his first point of the season off an assist. He added two shots with one landing on goal. This was his second assist of the season.
Buffalo Bits
- West Texas A&M is now 16-13-1 all-time against St. Edward's.
- WT led the game in shots (22-17) and corner kicks (6-3).
- Myles Taylor recorded his second assist of the season. Taylor ends the season with six points.
- Luke Southerington made three saves in goal.
- Joe Ballenger, Antonio De La Torre, and Damron Atkins all played 90 minutes. This was Ballenger's 14th game going the distance, De La Torre's third, and Atkins' 15th. Ballenger added one shot on goal while De La Torre came away with a shot.
- Delahmu Reeves landed one of his three shots on goal in his 76 minutes.
- Felix Casas led the team in shots with five in his 86 minutes.
- Ben Scotford fired three shots in his 81 minutes.
- Franky Oviedo and Gianluca Pedroso each produced shots with Oviedo totaling a pair.
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