Cody Smith scores twice as Schreiner sweeps season series with Howard Payne, 3-1

BROWNWOOD, Texas — Schreiner University’s men’s soccer team beat Howard Payne 3-1 on Saturday at Citizens National Bank Field, completing a season sweep of the Yellow Jackets a week after winning the teams’ first meeting 3-2 in Kerrville.

Cameron Hoschar opened the scoring just four minutes in, finishing an assist from Gabe Zagastizabal. Cody Smith doubled the lead in the 31st minute, again off a Zagastizabal assist, and struck three minutes again into the second half — this time assisted by Hoschar — to make it 3-0. Howard Payne’s Connor Parker got the hosts on the board in the 77th minute, assisted by Nate Smith, but Schreiner closed out the win from there.

Smith led all players with eight shots, five on goal, to go with his two goals. Zagastizabal finished with two assists. Schreiner out-shot Howard Payne 18-12 for the match. Goalkeeper Mason Miller made five saves, with Schreiner defenders adding two more blocked shots recorded as team saves; Howard Payne’s Adrian Villa made nine saves in the loss. No cards were shown on either side.

The win moves Schreiner to 5-4-3 overall and 3-1-2 in American Southwest Conference play. Howard Payne falls to 4-7-2 overall and 1-4-1 in the ASC.

Schreiner remains in sole possession of second place in the ASC standings, behind only Mary Hardin-Baylor (6-0-1 ASC, 10-2-1 overall). Hardin-Simmons (4-2-1, 5-7-1) is third, followed by East Texas Baptist (2-3-2, 6-6-2), Howard Payne (1-4-1, 4-7-2) and McMurry (0-6-1, 1-12-1).