Men's Soccer | 10/10/2021 12:56:00 AM

Box Score GOODWELL, Okla. – The Oklahoma Panhandle State Men's Soccer team hosted Central Christian College (Kan.) Lions this evening on senior day. The Aggies well rested and well prepared, jumped out early on the lions, scoring in the first 4 minutes into the game. Soon after it was a heated contested battle between both schools. Thou, the Aggies able to capture the win over the lions 4-3, putting the Aggies 4-0 in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
 
Ludwig Scherer was the first Aggie to find the back of the net for the Aggies; assist by Liam Pritchard. Pritchard soon after found himself in a great position to fire one to the back of the net. By half-time the Aggies are up 2-0 on the Lions.
 
The second half started with both teams coming out with great speed and aggressive play to get to the ball. The Lions by the 75^th were able to find the back of the net twice tying the game. Two minutes after the second goal of the Lions, Aggies Jesus Soza had a great breakaway and able to find the back of the net. The score Aggies 3 to Lions 2.
 
Just minutes before the end of the game, Lions were able to score a goal tying the game 3-3, sending the game into overtime. The game went not only into overtime, but it had to go into second overtime. It was not until the 106^th minute were the Aggies able to capture the win over Central Christian College Lions due to own goal of the Lions. The Aggies out-shot the Lions 19-8 and, shots on goal 10-5.
 
Head Coach Brandon Misuraca stated "tonight was a great opportunity to honor all 7 of our seniors who have contributed greatly to building this young program up. I am sincerely grateful to every one of them for their hard work and dedication in laying the foundation of this program. I also have to highlight last year's two seniors, Andres Muñoz & Vicente Tellols, who unfortunately due to circumstance were not given the chance to be honored last spring." Misuraca continues "keeping in mind that CCC was last year's conference tournament finalist and that in conference play this season every game they have played had been decided by a goal or less, we knew it would be a battle till the final whistle. I'm pleased with our team's ability to overcome some adversity in the match. Now we focus our attention towards a good week of training before we hit the road Friday."
 
The Aggie win puts them 8-1-1 and 4-0 in The Sooner Athletic Conference. The Aggies are currently tied for 1^st place with Mid-American Christian University. Next up for the Aggies is to head to Bethany, Okla. to play Southwestern Christian University on Saturday, Oct. 16^th at 3 pm.