BROWNWOOD, Texas - An extremely quick start to the game would see the LeTourneau University men's soccer team found themselves in a 2-0 hole just five minutes into the game, eventually falling by a final score of 4-1 at Citizens National Bank Field in Brownwood, Texas on Saturday, October 28th. 

The loss ends the LETU season with an overall record of 3-9-4 and 3-6-2 in the American Southwest Conference while HPU improves to 6-8-0 and 4-7-0 in the ASC. 

Howard Payne would open the game on a counterattack following a shot by freshman Porfirio Benitez that would hit the crossbar and turn the attack into a goal to take a 1-0 lead just 2:45 into the game. A shocked LeTourneau squad would quickly see the game turn into a two goal deficit as consecutive fouls by LETU would allow Howard Payne to take a pair of free kicks which would lead to a goal just past the five minute mark. 

The scoring explosion would continue just five minutes later when David Sanchez would let off a shot that would force HPU goalie Nicholas Panameno to make a save and give up a corner kick to LETU that would be taken by Eduardo Barron. Barron's corner kick would be sent into the box to Edward Solis who found the back of the net at the 11:48 mark to cut the Howard Payne lead in half at 2-1. 

Following the opening flurry of goals, things would settle down as both teams would start to settle in and look for openings on the offensive side. A shot by David Trost at the 33:12 mark would end up going off the post as LETU would nearly tie the game at two before junior Alec Wier would put a shot off the rebound left of the net. Howard Payne would look to attack after regaining possession before being called for an offsides penalty, but end up catching a break as an own goal by LETU would put the score at 3-1 in favor of HPU. The score would remain at 3-1 heading into the locker room as LETU would outshoot Howard Payne 9-6 in the first half. 

LeTourneau would start to emphasize offense in the second half, needing two goals to knot the game up with shots by Guillermo Torres, Sanchez, and Barron being put on goal early in the half. Neither team would be able to find the back of the net in the first 25 minutes of the half before Howard Payne would break through with an unassisted goal at the 73:04 mark to take a 4-1 lead. LETU would manage to put up three shots in the final 12 minutes of the game, but could not break through for another score as HPU would earn the three goal victory. 

Howard Payne would end up with a 17-15 advantage in shots and a 13-7 advantage in shots on goal. Senior goalkeeper Miguel Cabrera made six saves in the match while Wier led LETU with three total shots.