The 2013 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament bracket is set following the conclusion of conference play tonight. Seattle U earned the top seed last week while Bakersfield is the number two seed following tonight's win over UNLV, the number three seed. Host Air Force is number four while Houston Baptist is five. San Jose State is six and Kansas City is the seven seed. The tournament begins on Thursday at noon MT with Air Force versus Houston Baptist. The tournament concludes with the championship on Sunday at noon.
Houston Baptist 4, Kansas City 1 |
Read Full ArticleHOUSTON – A dominating first half, in which HBU scored three times in the first 24 minutes, led to a 3-0 halftime lead and a 4-1 victory over visiting Kansas City on "Senior Day," Saturday, Nov. 9 at Sorrels Field.
Senior Kristopher Tyrpak finished one point shy of his career high, as he had a five-point night, with two goals and one assist.
Tyrpak got the Huskies going with his first tally of the night at the 9:15-mark, assisted by Charlie Gagnon. HBU scored its second goal just 53 seconds later, as Stefan Lamanna had an unassisted goal.
Seattle U 1, San Jose State 0 |
Read Full ArticleSeattle University scored midway through the first half, and then the defense and goalkeeping allowed the lead to hold up as the Redhawks completed an unbeaten conference season with a 1-0 victory over San Jose State Saturday night in Western Athletic Conference play at Championship Field.
Both teams came out firing in the early part of the match, as San Jose State took two shots in the first four minutes and Seattle U followed with several scoring attempts. The first good chance for the Redhawks came in the seventh minute, as a corner kick from Ian Hines-Ike (Littleton, Colo.) found the head of Jonathan Massimino (San Ramon, Calif.), but Spartan goalkeeper Emmanuel Espinosa was able to turn Massimino’s header away.
Bakersfield 4, UNLV 3 |
Read Full ArticleBAKERSFIELD, Calif.--The Bakersfield men's soccer team overcame an early two-goal deficit to defeat UNLV 4-3 in the regular season finale for both schools on Saturday night.
The Rebels (7-10-1, 5-4-1 WAC) used a pair of set pieces to take the early advantage. Sebastian Hernandez deflected a Rodrigo Fuentes direct kick in third minute to open the scoring. Bradley Kamdem made it 2-0 when scored off a direct kick 5:30 later.