LONGVIEW, Texas - Senior Guillermo Torres would strike a shot for a goal just 15 minutes into the game as the LeTourneau University men's soccer team added a second goal in the second half while shutting out Louisiana College in a 2-0 victory at the Joyce Family Athletic Village on Friday, October 20th. 

The win gives the YellowJackets three points towards the American Southwest Conference standings while improving to 3-7-4 overall and 3-4-2 in the ASC. 

LETU would control the pace of the game from the start as short quick passes would put the YellowJackets in a position to move the ball down the field and into the attacking third early in the opening minutes. Torres would let off a shot in the third minute that would force a save by Wildcat goalie Nathan Gautreaux before Eduardo Barron found a shot that would sail right of the goal. 

In the 15th minute, Varney Carter would find himself just outside the top of the box and an open Torres on the left third of the box when a pass would be sent in where Torres would take a one touch shot and fire it far post that would go right past Gautreaux to make the score 1-0. 

The YellowJackets would take the momentum from putting in an early goal and keep pushing despite counterattacks from Louisiana College that saw the Wildcats put a shot off the post following a corner kick at the 21:24 mark. LeTourneau would end up putting up 12 shots in the first half en route to putting four shots on goal while outshooting LC 12-4 in the opening 45 minutes of play. 

LETU took the start of the second half to continue to put pressure on Louisiana College by putting up the first five shots of the half with all five shots coming in the first 12 minutes. Following an offsides call against the YellowJackets, LETU would get possession back and earn a corner kick that woudl be taken by Barron. Barron put the ball across the box to the far post where it would get knocked back to the near post where a waiting David Trost managed to get a foot on the ball and knock it into the back of the net and double up the YellowJacket lead. 

Louisiana College would keep fighting and see a shot hit the crossbar at the 59:56 mark following a defensive breakdown by LETU that allowed for an open run. Following the near goal by the Wildcats, LeTourneau would tighten up their back line while continuing to find openings and attack when possible, outshooting the Wildcats 5-2 in the final 30 minutes of action. 

Senior goalkeeper Miguel Cabrera picked up his second shutout of the year by going the distance in net, making one save while facing a total of eight shots. LETU held an advantage in every statistical category of the night, outshooting LC by a total of 22-8 while holding a 7-1 advantage in shots on goal and a 7-4 advantage in corner kicks. 

Nine YellowJackets would record shots in the game, with Torres leading the way with four total shots and three shots on goal. David Sanchez, Barron, Carter, and Trost each had three shots in the game. 

A two-game weekend road swing will conclude the regular-season for LeTourneau, starting Thursday evening at the University of Texas-Dallas. Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m. in Richardson on October 26th.