BETHANY, Okla. -- No. 7 Midwestern State clinched its 15th consecutive 10-win season with a 5-0 rout over Southern Nazarene Tuesday night at Wes Harmon Field.
The Mustangs also extended their current winning streak to five matches while advancing the unbeaten streak to 10 games improving to 10-3-1.
MSU jumped on the Crimson Storm early and often on its way to a commanding 33-9 edge in shots while placing 12 on target.
Senior midfielder
B.A. Catney converted a penalty kick in the game's second minute to set the tone, and then senior forward
VcMor Eligwe converted crosses from
Ben Clarvis and
Chase Robertson for goals in the 14th and 17th minutes to push the Mustangs' advantage 3-0.
It was Eligwe's fourth career multiple-goal performance as he performed the task in each of his collegiate seasons scoring two goals against Northeastern State as a freshman, at St. Edward's (Texas) as a sophomore and against Incarnate Word as a junior.
The Mustangs pushed the lead to 4-0 on sophomore forward
Idrissa Camara's fourth goal of the season off of a cross from
Cameron Duckworth in the 33rd minute before junior
Darin Kruzich closed out scoring by following his own shot off the crossbar with a tap in the 51st minute.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Nick Petolick made six saves to notch his sixth clean sheet of the season to lower his NCAA Division II leading goals against average to 0.32.
Southern Nazarene suffered its 10th consecutive loss to fall to 2-15.
Midwestern State closes the regular season with a pair of home matches this weekend at the MSU Soccer Field. The Mustangs take on Eastern New Mexico Friday night at 7 p.m. before squaring off with Houston-Victoria Sunday afternoon at 1.
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