THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Third ranked Midwestern State built an early lead and never looked back to boost the unbeaten streak to 35 following a 2-0 shutout of Eastern New Mexico on Thursday at Stang Park.
 
The Mustangs improve to 11-0-1 on the year and 8-0-1 in Heartland Conference action. With the win, MSU Texas matched Southern Connecticut State (10/10/95 – 11/23/96) for the fourth-longest unbeaten streak in NCAA DII history.
 
Junior Koby Sapon-Amoah staked the Maroon and Gold to a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute of play. Junior Hikaruhito Meike fired a shot from the left side and collected the rebound after the ball deflected off a pair of Greyhounds. The Sendai, Japan, native swung the ball to Sapon-Amoah over the right post who drilled the shot past ENMU's Ross Dalton.
 
The Mustangs expanded the lead to 2-0 on junior Rory O'Keeffe's third penalty kick in as many matches. ENMU was called for a foul in the box on a breakaway opportunity in the 40th minute before O'Keeffe drilled the PK.
 
Defensively, the line of Kristian Martinez, Dylan Burke, O'Keeffe and Sapon-Amoah along with keeper Taylor Lampe held the Greyhounds to four shots on goal, all saved by Lampe between the pipes.
 
MATCH NOTES
- Midwestern State extended its unbeaten streak to 35-consecutive matches with a 2-0 shutout win over Eastern New Mexico to improve to 11-0-1 overall and 7-0-1 in Heartland Conference play
- MSU Texas matched Southern Connecticut State (10/10/95 – 11/23/96) for the fourth-longest unbeaten streak in NCAA DII history and longest since Southern New Hampshire went 37 matches without taking a loss from Sept. 8, 2013 to Oct. 23, 2014
- The shutout was the fourth by the Maroon and Gold this season
- The Mustangs improve to 18-0-3 at home in their last 21 contests
- Sophomore Taylor Lampe matched Kevin Gentry (1988-91) and Jeremy Turner (2003-07) for the sixth most shutouts in program history with his 12th career clean sheet
- Junior Rory O'Keeffe moved into a five-way tie for third with his fourth penalty kick goal of the season. The Irishman has five goals in the last five contests, coming off eight shots
- Junior Koby Sapon-Amoah connected on his second goal of the season on Hikaruhito Meike's first career assist
 
UP NEXT
The Mustangs are back in action on Saturday, Oct. 13, against West Texas A&M at Stang Park.