CONWAY - Hendrix lost to Dallas 2-0 on Sunday afternoon at Warrior Soccer Field. The Warriors outshot Dallas 14-7, including an 8-4 edge after halftime, but were held scoreless over the course of the 90 minutes.
Josh Montgomery led the Warriors with three shots and put two on goal.
Cameron Joniec played all 90 minutes in goal and recorded four saves, including two in each half.
Dylan Cruthers finished with two shots, putting one on frame.
Up next, the Warriors travel to Longview, Texas, to face LeTourneau University on Friday, Oct. 9.
The Warriors fell behind in the first half when Landon Bourgoine scored for Dallas off a Joseph Aziz assist at 13:16. The Warriors responded with two corner kicks in a 38-second span and later put shots on goal from
Ignacio Arias and
J.J. Goodsky-Evans, but Dallas kept the home side off the board. Joniec made two saves to keep Dallas from adding a second as the two sides went into halftime with the score at 1-1.
The Warriors pushed through their most active stretch of the second half from the 73rd to 82nd minutes, earning two corners and putting shots on frame by Cruthers,
Ayden Garay and Montgomery. But Dallas also scored during that span, with Joseph Aziz's goal at 76:47 making it 2-0 to make the road steeper. The Warriors continued to seek a goal late, but Dallas held the margin through the final whistle, aided by Hendrix going down to ten men with five minutes remaining.
The loss drops Hendrix to 1-6-1 (0-2 SCAC) on the year. They will hit the road on Friday to take on LeTourneau in Longview, Texas.
