ROUND ROCK, Texas - Despite taking an early 1-0 lead in the seventh minute, the LeTourneau University men's soccer season came to a close with a 4-1 defeat on the road at Concordia University Texas in the American Southwest Conference Quarterfinal round at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in Round Rock, Texas on Tuesday, October 30th.

The YellowJackets end their 2018 campaign with a 6-9-2 overall record with a sixth-place regular season finish in the ASC. With the win, the Tornados will move on to play in a semifinal matchup, improving to 10-5-1 overall.
 
How it Happened:

• The YellowJackets made the most of their very first corner kick of the match as Luis De La Torre sent in a ball to Zachariah Malik who headed it home to put LETU on top 1-0 in the seventh minute.
• After several offensive threats, the Tornados were able capitalize on a shot of their own, scoring the equalizer in the 19th minute
• Continuing their offensive threat, Concordia Texas would take the lead in the 27^th minute to go up 2-1 and flip momentum on LETU.
• The YellowJackets would see their final opportunity of the half come in the 39th minute when they were awarded a penalty kick, but see De La Torre turned away on a diving save by Tornado goalie Rob Oakley.
• The Tornados were quick to add to their lead in the second half as they capitalized on a breakaway in the 54th minute by Omar Aguirre who would score his third goal of the match to make the score 3-1.
• Five minutes, a header off a corner kick put CTX on the board again to go up 4-1 and in full control of the match.
• With their backs against the wall, the LeTourneau would manage to attempt only more two shots for the remainder of the game and would come up empty.

 
Key Stats:

• The Tornados saw a 23-6 advantage in shots and a 12-5 advantage in corner kicks which proved to be too much for the YellowJacket defense to try and withstand.
• LeTourneau goalie C.J. Leyva made nine saves in the match, while playing all 90 minutes in net.