SHAWNEE – Following their first regular season Great American Conference championship in 2016, the Oklahoma Baptist men's soccer program is looking to repeat as champions entering the 2017 campaign. They were picked to finish first in the GAC preseason coaches' poll released earlier this season.

With seven starters, including NCCAA All-Americans Thiago Dos Santos and David Estrada, as well as D2CCA All-Region selections Jesus Andrade and Jonathan Martinez, the Bison are poised to challenge for greater heights in their first season as full members of the NCAA.

"It gives us a lot of chemistry,"...