CLAREMORE, Okla. – Fort Hays State Men's Soccer moved to 2-0 on the season with its second straight shutout to open the 2021 spring slate of exclusively GAC matches. The Tigers downed Ouachita Baptist 3-0 at Soldier Field, the home turf of Rogers State University, and have now outscored opponents 7-0 on the season.
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Anotonio De La Torre opened the scoring for the Tigers about 20 minutes into the match. A few minutes later,
Taisei Arima drew a foul in the box and received his second penalty kick of the season. He buried it to put the Tigers up 2-0, which is the score they led by at halftime.
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Later in the second half,
Kevin Black extended the lead with a header off of passes from
Jonathan Gammelvind and
Viktor Robertsson. The Tigers finished the game outshooting Ouachita Baptist 24-7.
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Kieran Brown moved to 2-0 in goal on the season with another shutout victory. He made five saves. Matt Day took the loss between the pipes for Ouachita Baptist, though he also stopped five shots.
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The Tigers hit the road again next weekend to Bethany, Oklahoma, where they will face Southern Nazarene University on Saturday, March 13 at 3:30 pm.
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