OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City begins the Sooner Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament on the road on Wednesday, visiting Texas Wesleyan at 7 p.m.
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The Stars are the sixth seed after finishing the regular season at 6-8-3 overall and 4-4-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
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OCU is led by
Francisco Miquel with seven goals and 14 points.
Hannan Ashraf and
Sebastian Castillo have two goals each. Mattheus Ambrozio leads OCU with five saves.
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Vittorio Di Carlo has a 1.85 goals-allowed average in goal for the Stars. He has 67 saves.
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This is the second trip to Fort Worth this season for OCU. The Rams won 1-0 a month ago with a first-half penalty kick by Diogo Stefane.
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Texas Wesleyan, seeded third, is 7-6-5 overall after finishing the regular season with a 2-0 win at Southwestern Christian. Rudy Gonzalez leads the Rams with eight goals, with Stefane and Nicholas Duderstadt right behind him with seven each. Peter Tenorio leads TWU with six assists. Noah Epier-McDonnell has 43 saves and a 1.40 GAA.
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The winner of Wednesday's game takes on the winner of second-seeded John Brown and seventh-seeded Panhandle State. That semifinal game is on Saturday.
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The other two quarterfinal matchups on Wednesday are Wayland Baptist at top-seeded MACU and USAO at fourth-seeded Southwestern Christian.
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