FORT WORTH, TX: The Texas Wesleyan University men's soccer team (3-4) breezed to a 6-1 victory over Paul Quinn College (2-3) at Martin Field on Monday.
The Tigers managed to keep the game close in the first half.
Micah Day looked as though he had the Rams on the board in the 8th minute when a shot from
George Battersby hit the crossbar and found Day in front of the net, but he was ruled offside and his goal disallowed.
Anthony Atilola did find the net in the 18th minute, and that 1-0 margin held at the half.
In the 58th minute a strong goal kick from
Marko Jovanovic sent the ball into the Paul Quinn 18. The Tigers failed to clear the ball, and Day scored for Texas Wesleyan.
In the 77th minute,
Alejandro Rey and
Kian Hosseinpour connected a pair of passes that finished with Day's second goal of the night.
The Rams poured it on in the final 10 minutes. Rey scored off a rebounded shot in the 81st minute, and
Preston Baker settled the issue with a goal that pushed the score to 5-0 less than a minute later.
TheTtiger's lone goal came on a penalty kick in the 84th minute, but
Brandon Head got that one back in the 89th minute to account for the 6-1 final score.
The Rams dominated the ball to the tune of a 34-15 shot count (16-6 on goal), and an 11-2 advantage in corner kick opportunities.
Jovanovic (3-2) made five saves to preserve the victory.
The Rams will return to action on Thursday, when they host Wiley College. That game is scheduled for a 6:00 p.m. start at Martin Field.
Ramblings
- Always's Micah's Day:
Micah Day has scored at least one goal in 5 of the Rams' 7 games this season.
- Automatic
Anthony Atilola: Atiolas has played in two collegiate games and scored in them both.
- Texas Wesleyan's 6 goals marked their highest scoring output of the season, and the program's most since an 8-2 win over Oklahoma Baptist University in 2013.
- This was the first meeting between the Rams and Tigers. They are 6-1 all-time against Wiley.
