ABILENE, Texas – Hardin-Simmons' Cowboy soccer team defeated McMurry 4-2 on Saturday night on the road to open American Southwest Conference play at 1-0.
Edwin Macias got the game going for the Cowboys with his first goal of the season in the 27
th minute with an assist from
Jaxon Shaffer.
Easton Hedge scored for the Cowboys off a
Rafael Santi assist to make it 2-0 Hardin-Simmons in the 32
nd minute.
After a delay for weather after halftime, Macias benefited from a penalty kick with a goal for the Cowboys to make it 3-1. McMurry received a penalty kick of their own to cut the lead to 301 in the 68
th minute.
Liam Cisneros scored his first goal of the year after an assist from
Gabriel Anderson in the 78
th minute before a last goal by McMurry to make it a 4-2 win for Hardin-Simmons.
HSU had 14 shots with 11 shots on goal and McMurry shot 16 times with nine shots on goal. Each team had seven saves, with the Cowboys starting
Joel McPherson in goal with four saves in the first half, and
Joaquin Sanchez playing the second half with seven saves for the Cowboys.
Hardin-Simmons improved to 1-0 in the ASC and will play another ASC match on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at home at the HSU Soccer Complex.
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