LONGVIEW, Texas – Looking to build momentum heading into next week's American Southwest Conference Tournament, the LeTourneau University men's soccer team saw a goal in the 71st minute be the difference in a 2-1 home loss to the University of Texas-Dallas at the LETU Soccer Field on Saturday, October 27th.
 
LETU is now 6-8-2 overall and will enter next week's ASC Tournament as the number six seed while the Comets improved to 11-2-2 overall and will be the top overall seed in the ASC Tournament.
 
How It Happened:

• Most of the action in the opening 20 minutes of play would take place in the middle third of the field as opportunities would be limited for both sides.
• After earning a pair of corner kicks in the 8th minute, UTD would struggle to break through the YellowJacket back line until the 18:35 mark as a shot would sail wide left.
• Beginning to put pressure on LeTourneau's defense, Texas-Dallas managed to send a ball into the 18-yard box that would get headed around before landing into the back of the net to take a 1-0 lead.
• The lead would be short-lived however as just 1:41 later LETU would get an own goal off of a failed clearance to tie the match at 1-1.
• Only one more shot would be found in the rest of the first half as Moises Soto-Barrera would take a chance from distance but be turned away by Chase Therrien.
• Similar to the beginning of the match, there wouldn't be much action in the attacking thirds of the field to start the second half as neither team could get a prime opportunity to find a go-ahead goal.
• LeTourneau would manage to put up a pair of shots from Cordrick Sabbatini and Teddy Bogba with just over 20 minutes remaining in the match, but see the score remain tied.
• Trying to turn defense into offense, the Comets would move the ball down the field and take advantage of a cross over the 18-yard box to an open attacker on the back side as LETU goalie C.J. Leyva would not be able to recover before UT-Dallas made the score 2-1.
• Soto-Barrera would have one more opportunity to try and take a shot outside the 18-yard box that would require a save from Therrien, but it would be the only other chance that the YellowJackets would get as the Comets would hang on.

Key Stats:

• Putting pressure on UTD when they had the chance, five of LeTourneau's six shots would come on goal while allowing just four shots on goal to Texas-Dallas.
• LETU's only shot of the first half would come on the own goal to tie the score at 1-1 as the YellowJackets would have to fend off five shots from the Comets.
• Leyva would make two saves in the match, playing all 90 minutes between the pipes.

What's Next?
A prime-time rematch with Concordia University Texas will take place on Tuesday, October 30th at 7 p.m. The match will take place at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in Round Rock, Texas, which saw the Tornadoes earn a 4-1 victory over the YellowJackets earlier this season. LETU would tie the match with 16 minutes left in the game before allowing late goals for CTX to pull away.