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B.A. Catney -- 2012
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Junior midfielder B.A. Catney battles for the ball in last Friday's 2-0 win over Texas A&M International at the MSU Soccer Field.

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GAME DAY: #16 MSU set to face Newman, CSU-Pueblo

MSU Men’s Soccer This Week
 
THIS WEEK... No. 16 Midwestern State hits the road to take on Newman Friday night at Wilkins Field in Wichita, Kan. Kickoff against the Heartland Conference opponent is set for 4 p.m. The Mustangs return home to take on Colorado State-Pueblo Sunday at the MSU Soccer Field. Start time is set for noon.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION…
 
AT NEWMAN (Friday // Wilkins Field // Wichita, Kan. // 4 p.m.)  Live Stats | No Streaming Video
The Jets (0-2) opened the season with a pair of one-goal defeats to Eastern New Mexico (2-1) and Rockhurst (Ill.) (1-0) on their home pitch last weekend. Newman is in the midst of playing six of eight games at the comfortable confines of Wilkins Field where they battled to a 4-5-1 mark in 2011. Senior midfielder Nathan Modesto accounted for the Jets’ lone tally of the season on a penalty kick against Eastern New Mexico. Midwestern battled to a 1-0 result over Newman last season in Wichita Falls.
All-Time Series: Midwestern State leads the series, 4-0.
Coach Doug Elder on the Jets: “They lost to Rockhurst – a Top 20 team – on a PK. They are good defensively, physical, very aggressive. They play very hard. They press all over the field and they have pretty good size. It’s  hard place to play especially on a Friday night.”
 
COLORADO STATE-PUEBLO (Sunday // MSU Soccer Field // Noon)  Live Stats | No Streaming Video
The Thunderwolves (1-1) split a pair of matches at last weekend’s Grand Canyon Classic in Phoenix falling 2-0 to host GCU on Friday before rolling to an improved 3-0 result Sunday against St. Martin’s (Wash.). CSU-Pueblo’s goal production was spread amongst three players with a goal each including junior forward Dustin Giest, junior midfielder Denim Douglas and sophomore midfielder Rene Chacon. Senior goalkeeper Patrick Markis has made 13 saves while allowing a pair of goals through 135 minutes between the posts this season.
All-Time Series: Midwestern State leads the series, 10-2-1.
Coach Doug Elder on the Thunderwolves: “I don’t know much about Pueblo. We’re just focusing on (Friday’s) game and we’ll come back on Saturday and get a good scouting report together on Pueblo in getting ready for that game. We don’t want to look too far ahead.”
 
A LOOK BACK... Junior forward VcMor Eligwe scored on a through ball from freshman Idi Camara in the 61st minutes then assisted on Len Smith’s goal 10 minutes later to lift Midwestern State to a season opening 2-0 result over Texas A&M International at the MSU Soccer Field. The Mustangs advanced their home field unbeaten streak to 44 matches dating back to the 2007 season while moving the regular season unbeaten string to eight games.
Coach Doug Elder said: “It was a good start for a lot of our younger players and I think we learned if you stay organized and play hard defensively you have a chance to win the game at all times because you can pop in a goal or maybe two and get the win. We weren’t really tested with only two shots. I’m waiting to see how our goalkeeper (junior Ray Clark) does. I think we have two good goalkeepers (Clark and sophomore Nathan Kenyon). Our defense played well but we’re headed for a good test on the road.”
 
NOTEWORTHY
  • No. 14 Midwestern State claimed a 2-0 win over regionally-ranked Texas A&M International Friday night at the MSU Soccer Field.
  • The win extended the Mustangs' home field unbeaten streak to 44 matches dating back to the 2007 season.
  • MSU boasts a 40-0-4 on its home pitch since suffering a 1-0 loss to West Texas A&M on Nov. 4, 2007.
  • During the streak, the Mustangs have notched 31 shutouts and are outscoring the opposition by a 134-14 margin.
  • MSU boasts a 3.05 goals per game average while limiting the opponent to 0.32 goals a contest.
  • The Mustangs are 8-0-2 against ranked opposition at home during the streak.
  • The four draws have come against No. 11 Sonoma State (11/17/07), #19 West Texas A&M (9/18/09), Texas A&M International (9/25/09) and St. Edward's (10/23/11).
  • MSU is unbeaten in its last eight regular season matches dating back to last season.
  • Midwestern is now 11-1-1 in season openers during the Doug Elder era and 8-0-1 in season openers played at the MSU Soccer Field.
  • MSU coach Doug Elder remains the winningest active coach in all of NCAA Division II with a 185-41-19 mark (.794) since taking over the program in 2000.
  • Despite the masterful performance against Texas A&M International, the Mustangs fell two places to No. 16 in the NSCAA Division II poll.
  • Midwestern State has been ranked in each of the last 68 NSCAA polls in which it was eligible.
  • The Mustangs limited Texas A&M International to just two shots - both on goal.
  • MSU junior Issac Pile was named Lone Star Conference Defender of the Week.
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