Rams Online Home
Texas Wesleyan Home
Athletic Department
Rams Sports
Media
Recruit Information
Ram Club
Sports Camps
Related WWW Sites
Site Description
E-mail Us

The Rams Online
Press Release

MUSTANGS HAND RAMS SENIOR DAY LOSS
October 20, 2007

Box Score

FORT WORTH, TX:  The Texas Wesleyan University men’s soccer (8-7-2, 4-2-1 RRAC) team suffered a tough 2-0 loss at the hands of College of the Southwest (6-10, 3-4) on Saturday.  The game marked the final regular season game for four seniors.

The game will not be the final home game for those seniors however.  Texas Wesleyan will host next week’s Red River Athletic Conference Tournament.  At 4-2-1 in conference play, the Rams have wrapped up the second seed and earned a bye through Thursday’s first round.

Texas Wesleyan will face the highest remaining seed after Thursday’s quarterfinals at 2:00 p.m. on Friday.

In Saturday’s loss, the Rams controlled play for nearly the entire contest.  The Rams had numerous scoring opportunities in the first half, but could not convert.

During a period of 52 seconds midway through the second half, the wheels came off.  The Mustangs’ Travis Dutton found the net off a corner kick from Dylan Thomas in the 71st minute.  Less than a minute later, Dylan Thomas gave his team a 2-0 lead.

“If you can’t finish, you can’t win,” commented head coach Josh Gibbs.  “We can’t afford to have a defensive breakdown like that, and we have to do a better job of finishing on the other end.  We controlled the ball well, but you have to score to win.”

The Rams Online was created by College Sports Online, Inc. It is maintained by Josh Lacy, SID, Texas Wesleyan University.