Thursday, September 7, 2017

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — After a lightning delay less than 13 minutes into play, the Eastern New Mexico University men's soccer team (1-1-1) struck for four of the first five goals in Thursday night's win. University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (0-3) rallied to force overtime, but Nicolai Alstrom found the back of the net on a Greyhound corner kick to lift the Greyhounds to a 5-4 victory at Mountain Lion Stadium.

The Greyhounds will remain in Colorado Springs to play Dixie State on Saturday. The game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. MT.

The Key Plays

• Josias Ortiz-Cruz scored 30:25 into the game to give ENMU the lead
• Jake McCalister tied the game at the 41:55 mark
• Less than two minutes later, Christopher Mesquita's header allowed Eastern to take a 2-1 lead into halftime
• Robert Leonard's penalty kick goal followed by another from Jesus Garcia gave the Hounds a 4-1 edge with under 30 minutes to play
• The Mountain Lions struck for two goals, and McCallister tallied his second of the game with 49 seconds left to force overtime
• Alstrom scored on Brandon Bautista's corner kick with just 2:06 left in the game 

Inside the Series

• The win improved Eastern to 5-1 against University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
• The Hounds are on a five-game win streak in the series since dropping the firsts meeting, 2-1, in 2006
• ENMU is now 2-1 on the road against UCCS
• Today's five goals surpasses a series high, from a 4-2 win in Portales in 2007
• Today's nine combined goals between the team surpassed the previous high of six, in that 2007 game

Beyond the Box Score

• The game's nine goals were the most combined in a game for ENMU since 10 were scored in a game with West Texas A&M on Nov. 5, 2005 (L, 9-1)
• Eastern's five goals tied for the seventh-most in team history
• The Greyhounds five goals was their highest total since a 5-1 win over Lubbock Christian to conclude the 2014 season
• The last time ENMU scored at least four goals on the road came in a 4-0 win at Lubbock Christian to close the 2013 season
• Eastern moved to 6-0 under Head Coach Paul Tate when scoring at least three goals
• The game also was Eastern's first overtime win since a 2-1 decision against Dallas Baptist on Sept. 19, 2015

In the Numbers

• Yuri Nascimiento made six saves to earn his first win of the season for ENMU
• David Meyer made three saves for the Mountain Lions
• UCCS held a 13-6 edge in shots in the second half and a 4-1 lead in the first overtime
• ENMU held a 2-1 lead in shots in the second overtime, with Alstrom connecting for the game-winner