The ENMU Greyhounds men's soccer team opens postseason play at the Heartland Conference Tournament in Canyon, Texas, on Tuesday against rival West Texas A&M. The 'Hounds enter play with a 7-7-4 overall record and a 1-1 record against WT this season. Tuesday will mark the third meeting between the two teams in the past 11 days.
 
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• Eastern is 0-1 all-time in conference tournaments, falling to 10th-ranked Midwestern State, 5-1, on Oct. 26, 2016.
• The Greyhounds have never met West Texas A&M in postseason play. ENMU lost to WT in Canyon on Oct. 22 (0-3), but defeated the Buffaloes in the regular season finale on Saturday, 2-1.
• The Greyhounds defeated Lubbock Christian and WT last week to earn a berth in the tournament.
• ENMU Head Coach Paul Tate (13-15-6), who is in his second-year at the helm of the soccer program, picked up his 10th victory on October 3 against Southern Nazarene.
• Senior Ryan McManus closes his final season wearing the Green & Silver. The Scotish forward has picked up a trio of goals and a pair of assists after leading the team a year ago. Additionally, McManus has been the one of the top offensive performers for the Greyhounds with eight points and 47 shots.
• Ryan Sinclair, Ignacio Dicun, Omary Shabani and Luis Lozoya are second on the team with a pair of goals each.
• Robbie Leonard has done a superb job of setting the table for the offense, finding the open man to earn an assist three times on the season. He leads the team with a trio of dimes and has also scored a goal this season. McManus, Sinclair and Dicun also have multiple assists on the year.
• 11 different Greyhounds have found the back of the net this season for Eastern.
• The back line for Eastern has been one of the strengths this year. As a unit, the defense is allowing 1.43 goals per match. Redshirt junior James Gutierrez has been the primary keeper for the Greyhounds, making 81 saves and pitching four shutouts in 1445:00 minutes of action this season. Gutierrez has started 15 games while freshman Ryan Flores has started the other four matches.