KERVILLE, Texas- The Howard Payne University men's soccer team (4-6-2, 1-2-2) was on the losing end of a five-goal thriller when the team lost 2-3 against Schreiner University (4-3-3, 2-1-2) at the Mountaineer Soccer Field Saturday evening.
Howard Payne opened up the scoring in the 16th minute when senior midfielder
Xzavier Saldana scored his fourth goal of the season. Junior midfielder
Tristan Merkh assisted Saldana on the goal, which was his second assist of the season.
The Yellow Jackets lead lasted about 15 minutes, as Nicholas Vazquez scored the Mountaineers' equalizing goal in the 30th minute. Schreiner then took the lead just two minutes later through a goal from Cameron Hoschar.
Sophomore midfielder
Francisco Perez gave HPU life in the second half with a goal in the 45th minute. Sophomore defender
Josh Montanez also earned his second assist of this season on the goal.
Hoschar picked up his brace when he scored Schreiner's go-ahead goal in the 61st minute.
Howard Payne outshout Schreiner on shots, 20-14, and shots on goal, 14-6, but ultimately came up on the wrong side of the scoreline in the end. Sophomore goalkeeper
Adrian Villa made three saves in the match.
Up Next: The Howard Payne University men's soccer team won't have to wait long to play Schreiner University again, as the Yellow Jackets will host the Mountaineers at the Citizens National Bank Soccer Field on Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 P.M., to begin the second half of ASC play.
