St. Edward's scored in the sixth minute on a free kick from just outside the box. West Texas A&M answered with pressure, and Delahmu Reeves nearly equalized in the 13th minute with a header off a corner, but St. Edward's kept it out. In the 23rd minute, the Hilltoppers scored in a scramble after a corner kick.
Buffs goalkeeper Luke Southerington stopped a St. Edward's breakaway in the 26th minute. It stayed a two-goal game until the 30th, when the Hilltoppers scored twice in a 13-second span and went into halftime up 4-0.
The Buffs got on the board in the 59th minute. After a corner kick, the ball deflected off Myles Taylor's foot to Desire Essis in the box, and Essis finished to make it 4-1. West Texas A&M created multiple chances from there. In the 81st minute, Ido Einstein set up Jonathan Atzmon for a headed goal, and it was 4-2.
That was as close as it got. The Buffs ran out of time.
West Texas A&M won the second half 2-0 and still lost the match.