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THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – A total of four goals in the final 22 minutes of play lifted 25th-ranked Midwestern State to a 4-0 shutout win over St. Mary's Saturday afternoon at the MSU Soccer Field.
 
Midwestern State (7-2-1, 5-1-0 HC) recorded 20 shots and 10 corner kicks in the opening period but St. Mary's (2-5-2, 1-4-1 HC) kept the Mustangs off the board with goalkeeper Jack Moore collecting seven saves in the first 45 minutes of play.
 
In the 69th minute, Gabriel Cavalcante broke a scoreless contest with a shot from inside the box off assists from Christian Okeke and Jacob Hernandez for a 1-0 advantage.
 
The Mustangs added to their lead exactly three minutes later with a strike from Ross Fitzpatrick, his first career goal, for a 2-0 advantage.
 
After recording his first goal with the Mustangs Thursday evening, Alex Mullet netted another score for the Maroon and Gold with a shot from the top of the box off a corner kick from Flavio Guzman in the 82nd minute.
 
With less than five minutes to play, Laurence Chamberlain tacked on a fourth score for the Mustangs with his first goal of the season off assists from Mullet and Kristian Martinez for the 4-0 final.

NOTES
*Midwestern State moved to 28-0 in the all-time series against St. Mary's dating back to 1977
*Midwestern posted back-to-back shutouts for the first time this season after defeating Texas A&M International, 2-0, Thursday
*The Mustangs recorded a season-high 32 shots and 14 shots on goal while limiting St. Mary's to just four shots with three on goal
*MSU matched a season-best 12 corner kicks, also recording 12 at UC-Colorado Springs on Sept. 4
*Midwestern tallied its fourth shutout of the season with goalkeeper Noah Fazekas recording his third clean sheet of the year
*Christian Okeke and Flavio Guzman each took a team-high six shots while Ross Fitzpatrick placed all four of his shots on goal to lead the Mustangs

STAT OF THE GAME
22 – Midwestern State scored all four of its goals in the final 22 minutes of play Saturday afternoon
 
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"I was really proud of the guys because we didn't panic and stayed composed. We could have easily come out in the second half and started to force things but we kept pressing and creating chances. That's the biggest thing I take from this victory is overcoming the frustration. I'm really happy for the defense and expect them to take a lot of pride in getting a shutout. When you're up 3 or 4-0, it's easy to take your foot off the gas. I thought (Jordan) Speed and Patrick (Fitzgerald) did a good job of controlling the middle and we didn't make a lot of stupid mistakes." – Head coach Doug Elder

UP NEXT 
Midwestern State begins a two-game road stretch Thursday with a 3 p.m. contest against Lubbock Christian at LCU Soccer Field.