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MEN'S SOCCER WEEKLY: #5 Mustangs ready for weekend roady

MSU Men’s Soccer Weekly

No. 5 Midwestern State heads south to face a pair of formidable opponents. The Mustangs make the return trip to Laredo to face Texas A&M International Friday night at 7 p.m. before taking on St. Edward's at noon Sunday in Austin.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
 
TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL
// Fri., 09.15.2012 // 7:30 p.m. // Dustdevil Field // Laredo, Texas
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The Dustdevils (1-2) look to rebound from two early season defeats by claiming a win their home opener on Friday night. TAMIU is also out to avenge a season opening 2-0 loss two weeks ago at the MSU Soccer Field then dropped a 4-1 decision to No. 11 Colorado Mines. The Dustdevils are paced by sophomore midfielder Jovany Macias who has tallied two goals and freshman striker Eduardo Gonzalez tallied the teams only other goal while junior forward Diego Manzano-Cano and sophomore midfielder Juan Narvaez have accounted for an assist apiece. Junior goalkeeper Jesus Cisneros has let in seven goals over three games in 238 minutes.
All-Time Series: Midwestern State leads the series, 6-0-1
Coach Elder on the Dustdevils: "We know we're going into a buzz saw this weekend. This is everything for Texas A&M International after losing to Mines and losing to us. They can save their season by beating us, beating West Texas and beating other schools. We know what we're up against. It's a hard place to play. It's a hard place to win. It's going to be a tough environment and they will have a good crowd."
 
ST. EDWARD'S
// Sun., 09.17.2012 // Noon // Lewis-Chen Field // Austin, Texas
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The Hilltoppers (0-2) end a two-week break with a pair of matches this weekend. SEU battles Heartland Conference foe Dallas Baptist Friday night on the road before returning home to face Midwestern State on Sunday. St. Edward's opened the campaign suffering losses to Colorado Mines (3-2) and No. 1 Fort Lewis (Colo.) (2-0) -- both in Golden. Junior forward Anderson McDaniel and junior midfielder James Martin accounted for the Hilltoppers' goals in the loss to Colorado Mines while junior goalkeeper John Kaschak permitted five goals in the opening two matches.
All-Time Series: Midwestern State leads the series, 25-3-3
Coach Elder on the Hilltoppers: "St. Ed's is kind of like us. They have a few guys who are back from injury. They have a really good forward last year that transferred from Denver last year then got hurt. He's back and scoring some goals. They are much improved from last year and we've always struggled at their place. We've come away with a 1-0 victory when they've outshot us in the past. Once again, it's a hard place to play. They have a good young team with a good core back. The coaches have done a good job and you look at their losses and they came against good teams."
 

A LOOK BACK

Midwestern State (3-0) moved ahead 11 spots in the NSCAA Division II Poll after claiming a pair of results over Newman (Kan.) and Colorado State-Pueblo last week. The Mustangs pelted Newman goalkeeper Robin Allard with 35 shots forcing him to make 15 often difficult saves. Finally, in the 110th and final minute, Bryan Santiago's corner kick found its mark as junior midfielder B.A. Catney headed in the game winner allowing the Mustangs to escape Wilkins Field with its first road win of the season.
 
Midwestern senior midfielder Aaron Douthit played a big hand in two early tallies in a 3-1 win over Colorado State-Pueblo Sunday afternoon at the MSU Soccer Field. Douthit redirected a loose ball to Andrew Power to put the Mustangs up 1-0 in the eighth minute before finishing a beautiful cross from David Freeland in the 15th minute. CSU-Pueblo cut the lead in half with a goal in the 74th minute before Griff Stratford connected for an unassisted clinching goal in the 89th minute.
 
Coach Doug Elder said: "Pueblo was pretty good. They had some talented players and they played very hard, played organized and had a good attack. (CSU-Pueblo) got more shots on us than any other team to this point. We've tried to make some adjustments in practice this week to counter teams like that in the future to drop in a little more defensively. To be 3-0, we can't complain. Newman was a tough game on the road, but we created a lot of chances. We were happy with that."
 

NOTEWORTHY
 
  • Midwestern State surged 11 spots in the latest NSCAA/Continental Tire Division II Poll after claiming wins over Newman (Kan.) and Colorado State-Pueblo last weekend.
  • The Mustangs are the lone unbeaten and untied team remaining in the South Central Region.
  • MSU has carried a national ranking in each of the last 69 NSCAA polls in which it was eligible including 45 of those weeks ranked in the Top 10.
  • Midwestern has won its last six regular season contests and is 9-0-1 over their last 10 dating back to last season.
  • The Mustangs extended the longest home field unbeaten streak in NCAA Division II to 45 matches with a 3-1 win over Colorado State-Pueblo Sunday afternoon at the MSU Soccer Field.
  • During the streak, the Mustangs have notched 31 shutouts and are outscoring the opposition by a 137-15 margin.
  • MSU coach Doug Elder remains the winningest active coach in all of NCAA Division II with a 187-41-19 mark (.796) since taking over the program in 2000.
  • MSU junior goalkeeper Ray Clark ranks first in NCAA Division II with a 1.000 save percentage and 0.00 goals against average but has had to make just three saves over two starts and 199:28 minutes this season.
  • The Mustangs rank 13th in team goals against average (0.31), 16th in shutout percentage (0.67) and 23rd in save percentage (0.857) in the latest NCAA Division II national statistical rankings.
  • Junior midfielder B.A. Catney scored off of a header on a corner kick in the 110th minute of MSU's 1-0 double overtime victory Friday night at Newman (Kan.).
  • Midwestern State outshot the Jets 35-4 with a 17-0 edge on corner kicks.
  • Senior transfer Aaron Douthit tallied a goal and an assist to help the Mustangs to a 3-1 win over Colorado State-Pueblo Sunday afternoon at the MSU Soccer Field.
  • Senior forward David Freeland notched an assist Sunday against Colorado State-Pueblo to give him 44 career points. He has scored 18 goals and dished out eight assists in his three seasons as a Mustang.
      
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