Saints hold Pioneers scoreless

Box Score The Wayland Baptist men's soccer team failed to score in Friday's matchup at Hilliard Field against Our Lady of Lake and went down by a score of 1-0.
 
The Pioneers (2-3-1) and the Saints (3-2) played evenly throughout the first half with both teams holding each other to limited shots, OLLU with four and WBU with three.
 
The match's lone goal came in the second half…and unfortunately the Pioneers didn't make it.
 
Saints junior Hugo Plascencia took his only opportunity at the goal and made it count with a strike in the 36th minute.
 
The Pioneers had a few opportunities to counter soon after.
 
Senior Javier Parry hooked right a one-on-one shot, then freshman Guillermo Deal hit the cross bar for the potential game-tying goal.  
 
"We didn't finish our chances and they took advantage of theirs," WBU coach Cristhian Ospina said. "We paid for it."
 
The Saints outshot Wayland, 15-11, and had five corner kicks to the Pioneers' one.
 
"We were still mentally tired from our last game (a 2-2 tie with University of the Southwest on Thursday)," Ospina said. "We weren't organized and the team effort wasn't what I was expecting."
 
The match was reduced to two 35-minute halves due to the late start of the preceding women's match because of lightning.
 
Next up for the Pioneers will be the University of St. Thomas (4-2) at Hilliard Field at 3 p.m. Monday. In their last meeting, the Pioneers and Celts tied, 2-2.
 
Ospina said he will make a few adjustments to give the Pioneers the best chance to win.
 
"They are the best team in the Red River Athletic Conference," he said. "We have to come out strong for this really hard game."