Broncbusters clipped by Cougars

By Mike Pilosof

Garden City, KS-Corey Bryant will never settle for moral victories., but on Monday night, despite his team's fifth loss of the season, a 2-0 decision to No. 15 Barton, he was at least somewhat pleased.

"They are competing and doing the things that we are asking them to do," Bryant said. "They are figuring some things out."

The Broncbusters played tremendous defense again, holding the Cougars scoreless the first 30 minutes until Vladyslav Peretyatko broke through with a goal in the 31^st minute.

"We've struggled offensively, but we played well on the other end," Bryant added. "But Barton is a really good team."

Garden City also missed on some pointblank chances in the first half. Luis Milan had a cross that was placed perfectly in front of him in the 41^st minute. But the freshman pushed the ball wide right. 20 minutes earlier, Jake Graham missed a 20-yarder that deflected off a Barton defender. And in the end, the Cougars, which added a late goal by Genildo Postimo in the 87^th minute, handed the Broncbusters their fourth straight shutout loss.

Garden City was outshot 18-5, but had three shots on goal, two by Milan and one by Graham—all close misses. Levi Flores recorded seven saves.