LONGVIEW, Texas - The LeTourneau University YellowJackets defeated the Concordia University Texas Tornadoes 1-0 in the second game of opening weekend for American Southwest Conference play on Saturday, September 16th.

With today's victory, LETU improved to 5-1-1 overall and 1-1-0 in conference play while CTX fell to 4-3-0 and 0-2-0 in the ASC.

"I'm so proud of these players for how they continue to respond to every challenge with such heart and determination," Coach John Antonisse said. "Today's win was a total team effort."

The goal came early on when freshman Madison Urbana won a corner for the YellowJackets. Bari Schunict found her teammate Kennedy Keer with the service which she then redirected with her head into the net (3:08) for the first and only goal of the game.

The YellowJackets weathered a bit of a storm from the Tornadoes fending off some close shots, but were able to come up on top and earn their first ASC win of the 2017 campaign.

LeTourneau outshot the Tornadoes 13-9 with six of those finding the frame of the goal and forcing five saves by Concordia keeper Shelby Franco. For the YellowJackets, senior Carrye Funk picked up her third clean sheet of the year. 

The YellowJackets will hit the road to Abilene, Texas next weekend to face off with Hardin-Simmons University at 2:00 PM on Thursday, September 21st. HSU is ranked No. 7 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top-25 poll and is a perfect 5-0-0 in addition to a 1-0-0 ASC conference record.