OKLAHOMA CITY - The OCU men's soccer team took the number one team in the country down to the wire as the Stars suffer a late goal from the Evangels to fall 1-0 on senior night. 

Score      

Mid-America Christian 1, Oklahoma City 0    

• Oklahoma City (10-5-1, 7-2 SAC)      
• Mid-America Christian (13-2-2, 6-1-2 SAC)  

Scoring Summary       

80' | Kolby Godbolt (7); Assisted by Pietro Musso | Mid-America Christian 1, Oklahoma City 0     

First Half      

Mid-America Christian came out on the strong attack early as Jack Price had a chance with a header shot to put the Evangels on the board however Danilo Vilani made a diving save to reject the MACU opportunity. OCU struggled to gain much of a possession as Jordan Da Costa took the only two shot attempts for the Stars in the first half and left with no attempts on-goal. MACU had one last chance with another header this time coming from Diego Real and yet again Vilani came up with another big save to keep the number one team in the country off the board in the first half.

 Second Half  

Out of the break, both defenses ramped up as the Evangels did not get an on-goal attempt until the 71st minute as Federico Palacios gave it a try but Vilani continued to deny the entries. Oklahoma City got its first and only shot on-goal in the 78th minute as Marco Alongi got out on the run and launched the attempt from right at the top of the 18-yard box which was saved by the MACU keeper. Shortly after, in the 80th minute, Mid-America Christian made its mark as Kolby Godbolt received the pass from Pietro Musso to get it past the hand of Vilani and give MACU its first score of the night. Oklahoma City couldn't grab much more of the possession as the Evangels ran the clock out and escaped with a tight victory of 1-0 over the Stars.

   

GAME NOTES  

• Oklahoma City got off four shots with only one coming on-goal while Mid-America Christian took 18 total with seven shots on-goal.  
• Jordan Da Costa led the way for OCU in shot attempts with three while Marco Alongi took the only other Stars shot which came on-goal. 
• Regardless of giving up the one goal, Danilo Vilani strung together an impressive performance in goal as Vilani tallied six saves. 
• With the loss, OCU still owns the all-time series advantage with a 10-4-4 record over the Evangels. 

NEXT GAME  

The Oklahoma City men's soccer team wraps up the regular season slate on Monday, Oct. 30 against Southwestern Assemblies of God at 3 PM.