Patrick Urey of Baylor tries to fend off Thomas Priest of McCallie.
photo by M. A. Locke
The Baylor Red Raider boys soccer team traveled to national ranked rival McCallie on Friday for a region soccer match. Baylor would score two goals, one in each half to earn a 2-0 over previously undefeated McCallie.
Baylor's Matheus Maia scored in the 8th minute on a long shot to give the Red Raiders an early lead.
At the 56th minute, Lew Pride scored off a Christian Stophel assist to give Baylor a 2-0 lead.
"What another great soccer game between our two schools," Baylor head coach Curtis Blair said after the game. "McCallie’ s coaching staff did a great job having their guys organized and hard to break down. I thought we played timid until we scored the second goal and then we settled down."
Baylor out shot McCallie 8-7. Henry Hooks and Mats Pokela combined for six saves for Baylor. McCallie keeper Andrew Prescott had four saves.
"I have to give a lot credit to our assistant coach Erin Ridley for putting the game plan in place for McCallie," Blair continued. "She got a chance to scout them and did a great job of preparing our guys. Our back five (GK’s and defender) were brilliant tonight."
Baylor improves to 12-2-2 overall and 4-0-1 in region play.
McCallie drops to 10-1-1 overall and 4-1-1 in the region.