LONGVIEW — In a nail-biting finale at LeTourneau University, East Texas Baptist University tied the match at two with 36 seconds left against the YellowJackets to come away with the tie, 2-2. ETBU is now 6-4-1 on the year and 1-1-1 in the ASC. The Tigers took a total of 10 shots with four on goal.
They had six in the first half and four in the second half. Two Tigers had goals from Joel Garcia and Dylan Garcia. Joel Garcia led the team in shots with five.
Dylan Garcia led the team in shots on goal, taking two. Anthony Lozada led the team in saves with six. ETBU had a good start in the first half, with Dylan Garcia scoring off an assist from Junior Lopez (3:11) in the fourth minute for an early 1-0 lead.
Not long after, Lozada displayed his abilities in goal, making two saves in back-to-back fashion at 9:09 and 9:36. LeTourneau closed the gap, scoring a goal at 17:04 to tie the game at one. ETBU continued their attack with a shot on goal from Dylan Garcia saved in the 19th minute (18:44).
The YellowJackets kept the attack with a shot that failed to find the back of the net (19:51). For almost nine minutes, the back and forth battle for positioning continued with several throw-ins and fouls. The next offensive actions did not occur until 28:44 when Joel Garcia took a shot that missed to the right of the goal.
Brenden Gajewski took a shot that missed high. To the right (31:44). The Tigers team defense blocked a shot at 35:17.
Lozada made the third save of the match at 36:14. T.
