EDMOND, Okla.– The Texas A&M University-Commerce soccer team lost a hard-fought 1-0 match to Oklahoma Christian on Saturday afternoon.
 
The loss brings the Lions to 10-7-1 on the season and they finish the season with a 7-6-0 record in the Lone Star Conference. The Eagles improve to 3-15-0 on the year and 3-10-0 in conference play.
 
The Lions are the seventh seed in the Lone Star Conference championship tournament. They will face second seed St. Edward's in the first round of the tournament on Tuesday at Lewis-Chen Field in Austin. The match time has yet to be determined. Official tournament bracket information will be released shortly by the Lone Star Conference office.
 
HEAD COACH NEIL PIPER AFTER THE GAME
- On the game: "It was a very disappointing result. We just weren't good enough offensively. Every soccer coach has gone through one of these games. There is really not much you can say to the team."
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Leslie Campuzano (Garland – Lakeview Centennial) had five shots on goal in the match.
- Kaci Montoya () had two shots on goal, while AddieJo Pulliam (Houston - Clear Falls), Madison Zick (Arlington), Kara Blasingame (Oswego, Ill.), and Naomi Sink (Plano East) also each had a shot on goal.
- Jen Peters (Allen) had one save in the match.
- The Lions had 11 shots on goal while the Eagles had just two shots on goal.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions looked to get on the board early, as Montoya found room for a shot. However, the shot was saved to keep the Lions off the board in the third minute. Another Lion shot went high in the seventh minute.
 
After 10 minute without a shot on either side, Peters made a save in the 18th minute to stifle OC's first opportunity. ZIck then had an opportunity in the 22nd minute, however, it was turned aside. The Lions continued to attack,a s both Campuzano and Pulliam had shots on goal that were saved.
 
Campuzano had two more shots turned aside, one in the 28th minute and another in the 38th minute as the Lions continued to attack. One more Campuzano shot was saved in the 42nd minute. The teams were scoreless at the half.
 
Campuzano had an early shot on goal in the second half as the Lions continued to look for their goal. However, it was the Eagles that were able to find the net, as OC scored in the 57th minute.
 
The Lions continued to battle to look for the equalizer, as Montoya, Sink, and Blasingame had shots on goal late in the contest. But each were turned away and the Lions fell in the match.