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September 21, 201
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Ram soccer takes tough losses on road
Eliana Ml tangos
emmijangos@mail.txwes.edu
Ram soccer suffered a 3-0 loss
when they traveled to Okla-
homa to take on the University
of Science and Arts Sept. 16.
US AO came out strong with a shot
on goal in the first 30 seconds ofplay.
In the 13th minute, the Drov-
ers scored a goal, bringing the
game to 1-0
"USAO capitalized early
in the game during our first
road test," Christopher So-
leto, senior defense, said.
Shortly after, in the 39th minute,
the Drovers brought the score
to 2-0, finishing up the half.
The second half was no different
as USAO scored their third goal
just five minutes into the half.
"We played a great team
who simply out played us on
that given day," Soleto said.
The Rams finished the game out-
shot by the Drovers 23-13 and 6-3
on corner kicks.
T.J, Romaguero, sophomore
midfielder, had four shots on
goal, leading the Rams. Ivan Ko-
vacevic, sophomore midfield-
er had three shots in the loss.
On Sept. 18, Ram soccer traveled
to Houston to take on the Univer-
sity of Houston Victoria.
The men suffered a 2-0 loss in a
game that proved to be very close
statistically.
UHV took the lead with 11-10
shots on goal while both teams
had three corner kicks.
Dejan Milosevic, junior goal
keeper, was short just one save to
UHV's five.
These two road games set the
Rams up for a 3-3 record overall
for preseason play, with one tie.
"We played a hard, physical
game, but it wasn't our best," Ri-
cardo Aguilera, senior forward,
said. "We can definitely play bet-
ter and we will next game."
The Rams will hit the field again
on Sept. 22 when they travel to
Oklahoma to take on Bacone Col-
lege for the Red River Athletic
Conference season opener.
Soleto said he hopes they will go
all the way and get a ring this year.
Meisa Keivan Najofabadi I Rambler Staff
T.J. Romaguero, sophomore midfielder, pushes past Central Christian College "igers in a victory for their
hometown heroes Sept. 1 0 at Martin Field. The Rams are currently 3-3 after taking a loss to the University of
Houston Vicoria Sept. 18 in Oklahoma,
Ram basketball alum gives back to Polytechnic community
Eiiana Mijangos
emmijangos@mail. txwes. edu
Hector Mukweyi, 2011
Wesleyan graduate and part
of a three-year Red River Ath -
letic Conference champion-
ship basketball team, decided
to give back to the commu-
nity the way the community
gave back to him.
Mukweyi played for the
Ram basketball team from
2007-2010 as a forward, and
said he became part of a fam-
ily with the team. He said he
often mixed with the wrong
crowd and made some bad
decisions, but his dreams of
basketball kept him in line.
"I had my ups and downs,
but Wesleyan made me a bet-
ter person," Mukweyi said.
Head men's basketball
coach Terry Waldrop said
Mukweyi came to the pro-
gram as a two-year transfer
student.
Mukweyi started at McLen-
nan Community College
in Waco, and transferred to
Southern Arkansas Universi-
ty, where he again red shirted
and sat out a year because of
ineligibility due to low grades.
"Coming out of high school,
I wasn't the most highly re-
cruited player," Mukweyi said.
"Coaches were looking right
past me."
Waldrop said when Muk-
weyi originally came to Wes-
leyan he was a naturally bright
student who had simply never
been pushed to achieve any of
his goals or had any idea what
academic success looked like.
"Waldrop was a coach that
made me a better person not
just on the court, but off the
court too," Mukweyi said.
Mukweyi is now a coach for
the boys basketball B-team at
William James Middle School
in the Polytechnic Heights
area, as well as the gen-
eral manager of finance for
Americredit,
He said people at Wesley-
an and his basketball family
taught him there is more to
basketball than a game. It is
about using it as a tool and
having an education behind
it.
"Basketball got me out of
a lot of trouble, but life's not
about basketball," Mukweyi
said. "It's about being a part of
something, a family."
Waldrop said he is both
honored and proud to have
had a student athlete like this
in the basketball program.
"The school and so many
people could have just dis-
missed Hector and thought
he would never graduate, but
in the end he was successful,"
Waldrop said. "No one ever
knows what is in the human
spirit."
Mukweyi said he is now
pursuing his teaching cer-
tificate and enjoys working
at William James because it
gives him a chance to teach
children the things he knows.
He also said he can relate
to them on different levels,
knowing he has been through
some of the same things.
"I don't want them to go
through the same things as
me," Mukweyi said. "I want to
be a mentor."
Waldrop said Mukweyi's
success both on and off the
court is a direct reflection
of the difference our school,
coaches and instructors can
make in the lives of students.
"This is one of the best suc-
cess stories I have had in my
12 years at Texas Wesleyan
and it makes me very proud
of Hector," Waldrop said.
Waldrop is not the only one
that shares this pride in Muk-
weyi.
"I played with Hec [Muk-
weyi] for two years," Ryan
Glanzer, senior forward, said.
"He is a great player, but more
importantly, a great team-
mate."
Mukweyi received his un-
dergraduate degree in liberal
arts in May 2011 and said he
hopes to inspire the youth the
same way Waldrop and Wes-
leyan inspired him to be a bet-
ter person through his sport.
"I was helped by some-
body," Mukweyi said. "I want
to do the same thing."
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