BROWNWOOD, Texas- The Howard Payne men's soccer team (4-5-2, 1-2-1) will end the first half of ASC Conference play when the team travels to Kerrville, Texas to play the Schreiner University Mountaineers (3-4-3, 1-1-2) at the Mountaineer Soccer Field on Saturday, October 10, at 7:30 PM.

LAST TIME OUT

The Yellow Jackets won their last non-conference match of the season when HPU beat Arlington Baptist, by a score of 3-1, on Tuesday evening at the Citizens National Bank Soccer Field. Howard Payne nearly made program history in the match, when it took just 15 seconds from kickoff after the Yellow Jackets' second goal to the ball hitting the back of net on HPU's third goal. The program record for fastest back-to-back goals was seven seconds between Howard Payne's first and second goals in a 2-4 loss to Louisiana College on September, 22 2012.

SCOUTING REPORT

Schreiner University comes into the match off a 0-0 tie against McMurry University. The Mountaineers have scored 10 goals in 10 games. Gabe Zagastizabal has the most points for the Patriots this season with six from two goals and two assists. Lewis Patterson and Cody Smith have also scored two goals. Mason Miller is the Mountaineer's goalkeeper and has allowed 14 goals and has made 39 saves.

AROUND THE ASC

Howard Payne sits fourth in the ASC Conference standings, while Schreiner is in third. The Yellow Jackets have scored the third most goals in the conference. Junior forward Kolby Lara and freshman forward Connor Parker are among the conference leaders in most of the statistical categories.

Lara is in a six-way tie for goals (4), tied for second in shots on goal (13), fifth in points (10), ninth in shots (19) and is among multiple players that are just one assist away from the conference leader in assists (2). Parker is also among the players tied in assists (2), tied for eighth in goals (3), tied for fifth in shots on goal (10), and eighth in shots (22).

Senior midfielder Xzavier Saldana is also back in the top ten for goals. Saldana is in the tie with Parker for goals (3) and is one of the players credited with a game-winning goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Adrian Villa ranks is second in saves per game (46, 5.11), and shutouts (2) and fifth in saves (46) and goals against average (18, 2.20).

Up Next: The Howard Payne men's soccer team will start the second half of ASC conference play when Schreiner University travels to Brownwood to play the reverse fixture at the Citizens National Bank Field on Saturday, October 17, at 7:30 PM. Howard Payne will celebrate senior night on during that match, and graduate defender Cameron Phipps and Saldana will be recognized.