EDINBURG - Pedro Lopez, a 134-pound freshman from Donna, blasted two goals Saturday to spark Texas-Pan American's soccer team to breeze through its opener over Reynosa Tech, 4-0.

Juan Romero of El Paso nailed a penalty kick and Reynaldo Cisneros of Brownsville rifled a 20-yard bullet to end the scoring.

Dr. Miguel Paredes, new soccer coach, praised all the Broncs for their efforts before a crowd of 105--with a temperature to match.

"Juan Romero did a great job of playing well at midfield and helping at all the positions," Paredes said. "Jesus Leon and Mike Santos ran the offense well and stopped plays coming back on defense. Pedro Lopez and his brother Hector Lopez also played a very good game. But everyone played really well."

Luis Cardenas shored up the defense to hold Tech to nine shots.

The Reynosa Tech Coyotes battled on even terms for 30 minutes.  Then Lopez headed home a deflected corner kick on an assist from Miguel Espinosa. Two minutes later Romero netted a penalty kick after a hand ball in the penalty area.

It was 2-0 at halftime. Lopez scored again in the 74th minute on a seven-yard blast, assisted by Romero. Then Cisneros split the middle with a line-drive 20-yarder, assisted by Lopez.

Lopez' five points--two goals and an assist--won't count in official NCAA statistics for his first college game, because this was an international exhibition.

Coach Paredes used all 17 players he suited up. Goalie Albert Flores made three saves the first half. Then Scott Brown and Marcelo Paredes, dividing time, stopped four mour Tech shots the second half. UTPA took 15 shots. Reynosa Tech's goalie got nine saves.