RICHARDSON, Texas – LeTourneau University men's soccer team lost to the University of Texas at Dallas, 4-0, Saturday night.
 
The loss dropped the YellowJackets' record to 5-8-2 overall, 3-5-0 in the American Southwest Conference. UT Dallas improved to 11-3-2, 5-1-2.
 
UT Dallas outshot LETU, 26-2. The Comets had 11 shots in the first half and 15 in the second. Both of the Jackets' shots were on goal, each coming in the second half.
 
With LeTourneau trailing 1-0 a little over three-and-a-half minutes into the second half, Varney Carter nearly knotted things up for the YellowJackets, but Comets goalkeeper John Nicknish made the save. Twenty eight seconds later, UT Dallas added another goal when Alfredo Kaegi recorded his seventh of the season.
 
Still pressing, LETU tried to cut into the two-goal deficit as Luis De La Torre sent a blast at the net, but Nicknish stopped the shot in the 70^th minute. The Comets tacked on a pair of goals in the 85^th and 86^th minutes to put the game away.
 
LeTourneau goalkeeper Austin Dunegan made his first start of the season. He finished with 12 saves, while facing 25 shots
 
The YellowJackets will host Howard Payne 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Sul Ross State 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the final home games of the season.