Men's Soccer | 10/26/2014 4:07:00 PM
Sunday, October 26, 2014
PORTALES, N.M. – The Eastern New Mexico men's soccer team will be looking to extend and end unbeaten streaks Monday. The Greyhounds, on a six-game unbeaten streak, travel to face Midwestern State, undefeated in their last 14 home contests, at 6 p.m. MT at MSU Soccer Field.
ENMU enters the game with a 5-5-3 record while the Mustangs are 11-2-2 and were fourth in the NCAA South Central region rankings released on Wednesday.
The all-time series has been dominated by MSU as they hold a 17-1-3 advantage including 10-0-1 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Last season, the teams played to a 0-0 tie in both meetings. Eastern's lone win in the series came on Oct. 7, 2011 at home by the score of 2-1.
Follow a scoreless draw in their last outing, senior midfielder
Abayneh Crosby continues to lead the Greyhounds with four goals. Both sophomore forward
Ryan McManus and freshman defensive back
Gil Munoz have found the back of the net three times. McManus leads the squad with 30 shot attempts.
Sophomore midfielder
Jose Hernandez paces ENMU with five assists while junior midfielder
Carlos Viveros and Crosby have been credited with three assists apiece.
Freshman goalkeeper
James Gutierrez comes into the match with a 5-3-2 record, 0.94 GAA, .833 save percentage and 55 saves. His save percentage is tied for the 11th highest in the nation.
At MSU Soccer Field this season, MSU is 6-0-1 with their draw coming against St. Edward's back on Sept. 28 by the score of 1-1. Their last home defeat was to the Hilltoppers on Sept. 20, 2013.
Andrew Power paces the Mustangs with 11 goals and 23 points. Four of his goals have come from the penalty spot. Finding the back of the net eight times has been Len Smith. Scoring five times this year is Albert Rodriguez, who also has taken a team-high 45 shots and put 18 of them on goal. Thomas Parides has four goals while coming off the bench 11 times in his 12 appearances.
Ben Clarvis has a team-high eight assists while Paul Sunderland is right behind him with seven. Nine other players have either one or two assists to their names as well.
In goal, Nick Petolick has played every minute for MSU this season. He has given up 15 goals and made 38 saves while sporting a 0.95 GAA and .717 save percentage.
Live stats and video of the game will be available and can be accessed via the links at the top of the article or on Eastern's schedule page.
For the latest information on Greyhound soccer, follow
@ENMUSports on Twitter and visit the official website of ENMU athletics at GoEasternAthletics.com.
