SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. -- With the conference regular season title already in hand, the John Brown University men's soccer team took a 3-1 loss at the hands of Mid-America Christian (Okla.) on Tuesday night (Nov. 5) at Alumni Field.
A pair of Caldeb Roldan strikes just after halftime put the Golden Eagles (14-3-0, 8-1-0 Sooner Athletic) into a quick 2-0 hole before the visiting Evangels took a 3-0 lead in the 75th minute.
John Brown enjoyed an 18-10 shooting advantage, but were only able to locate three of those on target.
Sophomore Micah Herrmann netted his third of the season in the 84th, but the match was all but over as the Golden Eagle win streak was finally halted at 11 matches.
After out-shooting the visitors 9-2 through the first 45 minutes of play, MACU responded to John Brown's scoreless first half with two goals over a four-minute span, both courtesy of Roldan.
In the 48th, Roldan buried a rebound off the post that originated from the foot of Pero Mikulic to hand the Evangels a 1-0 lead. The advantage doubled in the 52nd as Roldan connected on the game-winner at the back post from Rodrigo Albuquerque and Fabian Forisch off a play that originated up the right flank.
After Roldan's brace was complete, Albuquerque netted his eighth of the season off a beauty of a left-footed ball that bent under the crossbar and past senior Britt Wisener from just inside the top of the box. The goal expanded MACU's lead to three, the most goals JBU has conceded at Alumni Field in 2019.
Herrmann's goal with just under seven minutes remaining ruined Austen Parker's clean sheet bid as the sophomore tucked in a shot from the left side of goal to the near pocket. Sophomore Adrian Immel setup the play with a pass back to Herrmann from the goal line just outside the box.
Both keepers made two saves as the squads combined to miss the target 20 times on a combined 28 chances.
Up Next
The Golden Eagles will open the Sooner Athletic tournament with a quarterfinal matchup with Southwestern A.G. (Texas) at Alumni Field on Friday afternoon (Nov. 8) at 4 p.m. JBU defeated the Lions 4-0 back on Oct. 26 in Waxahachie.
