NORTH NEWTON - Both the Kansas Wesleyan women's and men's soccer teams defeated Bethel.
Coyote women
The Coyotes extended their unbeaten streak to seven matches rolling to a 4-1 win over the Threshers on Wednesday night at Thresher Stadium.
KWU is 6-0-1 in the unbeaten streak, and improved to 9-4-1 overall and 6-1-1 in the KCAC.
The victory was also the 20th consecutive win for the Coyotes over Bethel, a streak that started in 2002.
Leoni Enzlmuller (FR/Linz, Austria) netted the first goal for the Coyotes in the 23rd minute converting a penalty kick to make it 1-0.
Ashley Quintanilla (SR/Bakersfield, Calif.) put the Coyotes up 2-0 with a goal on a direct kick from 25 yards out in the 53rd minute.
KWU wasted virtually no time taking a 3-0 lead as Tyler Goodwin (SR/Covina, Calif.) scored 27 seconds later in the match in the 54th minute. Her goal assisted by Lissette Garcia (SR/Bakersfield, Calif.).
Bethel got its lone goal in the 88th minute, and in the 90th minute, the Coyotes got an own goal by Bethel when a defender missed a back clearance and knocked it into her own net.
KWU outshot Bethel 14-3 in the match, led by three shots each by Goodwin and Enzlmuller. Daisy Bingham (SR/Huntington Beach, Calif.) picked up the win in goal for the Coyotes.
Wesleyan is back at home on Saturday, hosting Friends at 5 p.m. at the Graves Family Sports Complex.
Coyote men
Kansas Wesleyan men's soccer picked up its third straight win on Wednesday night with a 3-1 win over the Bethel Threshers at Thresher Stadium.
The Coyotes improved to 4-10-1 overall and 3-6 in the Kansas Conference with the win.
The victory also extended a pair of streaks for the Coyotes against Bethel. It was the 14th straight victory for KWU over the Threshers, and KWU has an overall 18-match unbeaten streak against Bethel, going 17-0-1 since 2005.
The Coyotes had to play from behind after giving up a goal in the 20th minute to Lucas Pardo from Bethel.
Luis Simbron (SR/Miami, Fla.) found the equalizer in the 34th minute. Ivis Gutierrez (SR/Los Angeles, Calif.) made a run down the middle, and handed off to a streaking Simbron who dribbled into the box, outracing three Bethel defenders and shooting inside the far post from 12 yards out.
The score would remain 1-1 into the half.
Alfonso Lopez (JR/Fontana, Calif.) would score the match-winner for a third consecutive time in the 51st minute.
After KWU was called for offside, waving off a goal, Bethel had a throw-in. Lopez would steal the throw-in pass, and outrace three Bethel defenders down the right seam, shooting from just inside the penalty area and in for the goal.
Lopez would cap the scoring with an 85th minute goal. Lopez corralled an errant shot and then shot from 15 yards out and hit the far post and in for the goal making it 3-1.
KWU outshot Bethel 18-9 in the match. Simbron and Lopez had six each for the Coyotes. Oswaldo Diaz-Lopez (FR/Bryan, Texas) had a pair of saves in the match.
Wesleyan returns to action on Saturday hosting Friends at 7:30 p.m. at the Graves Family Sports Complex.