Rose rips Eastern in second half

The Eastern Oklahoma State College men's soccer team traveled to Midwest City and came up empty handed once again. Both teams created chances in a back and forth first half. Finally, shortly before the break, Rose State College capitalized on a rebound in the box off a corner kick to go ahead 1-0. To Eastern's credit, they responded quickly on a goal by freshmen midfielder Jose Maria Ruarte off a rebounded shot from freshmen Tyler Pryor. 

The teams went into the half tied at 1-1 before Eastern lost concentration and control of the match in the second half, falling behind 3-1 on a counter attack off their own corner kick and a penalty kick. Rose State was able to add two goals en route to a 5-1 victory.  Eastern regained their composure to challenge with a flurry of shots late in the game, but nothing would go in. Marc-Antoine Huzen was strong in goal despite the score line or it might have been worse. 

The Mountaineers dropped to 1-9, 0-5 in the Region II Conference.

HOW IT HAPPENED

- Rose State went up 1-0 on a corner kick before the break.

- Eastern responded to make it 1-1 going into the half on Ruarte's 1st career goal.

- Huzen had 11 saves in the game.

Eastern heads to Tonkawa for a mid-week conference game on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 4:00 p.m.