{"id":16820,"date":"2025-10-23T03:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/16820\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T03:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:28:08","slug":"lubbock-christian-outlasts-the-buffs-on-senior-night-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/16820\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock Christian Outlasts the Buffs on Senior Night, 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MSU_Texas_Logo_3.png\" alt=\"Midwestern State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Midwestern State<\/p>\n<p>10\/25\/2025 | 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Oct. 25 (Sat) \/ 2:30 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MSU_Texas_Logo_3.png\" alt=\"Midwestern State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Midwestern State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    CANYON, Texas \u2013\u00a0The Chaps of Lubbock Christian scored a pair of second half goals within three minutes of each other as they picked up a 2-1 Lone Star Conference victory over West Texas A&amp;M on Senior Night at The Pitch in Canyon, Texas.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe first half saw both WT and Lubbock Christian struggle to find the back of the net, resulting in a scoreless half. The Buffs&#8217; defense was put to the test as <a href=\"https:\/\/gobuffsgo.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/bryce-cottle\/14151\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14151\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce Cottle<\/a> made crucial saves, particularly stopping a bottom-center shot from Lubbock Christian&#8217;s Kade McKinzie in the 36th minute and another from Augusto Militao in the 40th minute.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOn the offensive end, the Buffs&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/gobuffsgo.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/desire-essis\/14155\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14155\" target=\"_blank\">Desire Essis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gobuffsgo.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/ben-scotford\/14164\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14164\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Scotford<\/a> attempted to break through with shots in the 33rd minute, but they could not convert. The period ended with a flurry of activity from Lubbock Christian, including a corner kick in the 42nd minute, but neither team managed to capitalize on their chances.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Buffs opened the scoring in the second half when <a href=\"https:\/\/gobuffsgo.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/ziv-shlimak\/14242\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14242\" target=\"_blank\">Ziv Shlimak<\/a> found the net in the 58th minute on a free kick, giving the home team a 1-0 lead. Lubbock Christian quickly responded with a penalty kick goal by Geoffroy Letienne at 60:27, leveling the score. Francisco Horta then put Lubbock Christian ahead in the 63rd minute, marking a shift in momentum. Despite several attempts from the Buffs, including a shot saved by Connor Pettigrew in the 84th minute, the visiting team maintained their advantage to secure a 2-1 victory.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nShlimak scored the only goal for the Buffs and finished with one shot on goal. Cottle, in goal, recorded three saves while facing 12 shots, conceding two goals. <a href=\"https:\/\/gobuffsgo.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/delahmu-reeves\/14163\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14163\" target=\"_blank\">Delahmu Reeves<\/a> took two shots, with one on target, contributing to the team&#8217;s offensive efforts.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLetienne contributed significantly with one goal and one shot, which was on target. Horta also found the back of the net, scoring the game-winning goal from his only shot, which was on target. In defense, Pettigrew played a full 90 minutes as goalkeeper, making one save and conceding one goal out of ten shots faced.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Buffs return to LSC action on Saturday afternoon as they travel to Wichita Falls, Texas to take on the rival #12 Mustangs of Midwestern State with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m. at Stang Park.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Midwestern State 10\/25\/2025 | 2:30 p.m. &#13; Oct. 25 (Sat) \/ 2:30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-16820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}