Box Score

KANSAS CITY, Mo. �€" The Oral Roberts University men�€™s soccer team (3-5-2, 1-2-0) saw their two game winning streak come to a halt against conference foe, UMKC, in a 2-1 defeat on Saturday afternoon.

The Kangaroos got on the leader board first as UMKC�€™s Ryan Kaufman took advantage of a penalty kick at the 40:20 mark and buried the ball in the net, past ORU�€™s goalkeeper Carlos Veron (Asuncion, Paraguay).

That was all the scoring in the first frame as UMKC out shot ORU 8-6 and held a 4-1 advantage in corner kicks.

The Golden Eagles battled back in the second half as midfielder Jesse Roque (El Paso, Texas) had his original shot off of a penalty kick blocked by UMKC�€™s goalkeeper Brandon Amaya, but Roque had the rebound come right back to him and he did not let the second opportunity get away as he tied the game at 1-1.

UMKC went down a man at the 54:08 mark with a red card given to John David Hernandez. The Kangaroos took advantage of the short-handed opportunity as Garret Guthrie sneaked his shot past ORU�€™s Veron for the game-winner. Teammates Bryan Perez and Caleb Mitchell were credited with the assists.

Despite coming up short in the loss, ORU out played UMKC in the second frame. The Golden Eagles held a 12-5 advantage in shots and had six corner kicks to UMKC�€™s zero.

This was the first win for UMKC in the 2006 season as they saw their record move to 1-8-1 and 1-1-0 in Mid-Con play.

ORU will return to action this Saturday as they travel to Western Illinois, the game is slated to start at 2:30.

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