Sterling originally planned to bus down to OKC on Friday evening and spend the night in a hotel, before playing Saturday. However, due to expected bad weather conditions from Hurricane Ike, Sterling waited to leave home until Saturday morning. On the trip down, the Sterling bus had to detour off I-35 in northern Oklahoma due to water on the road, which delayed the start of the game for an hour. It is my understanding that the storm front in Oklahoma was not part of Ike and in fact probably contributed to Ike having virtually no impact on Oklahoma.
Although it rained most of the day, the rain relented for most of the first half. MACU scored about 17 minutes in, Ryan Covey tied it around 8 minutes later, but MACU scored before half, for a 2-1 lead.
It began raining lightly at halftime and continued raining steadily throughout the second half (making it difficult to get good photos). Things fell apart for Sterling quickly in the second half, with MACU scoring twice within the first minute of play. Ryan got another goal, MACU netted one more, and the game ended 5-2, reversing the score in Sterling last weekend. Sterling was missing Aaron Baker due to red card suspension and Mladen Bjelica left due to second half injury.
Here are some action shots from the game:
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