NO. 18 MIDWESTERN STATE vs WESTMINSTER

Thursday, Sept. 16 -- 7:30 p.m.
Wichita Falls, Texas (Stang Park)

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State opens the MSU Classic with a Thursday night showdown against Westminster (Utah) at Stang Park. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

FIVE STORY LINES

1 |  Stang Park plays host to one of the premiere classic in NCAA Division II this weekend. The six-team field features four ranked sides.
 

MSU Classic Schedule

Thursday, Sept. 16
Texas A&M International vs. No. 25 Fort Hays State (Kan.), 2:30 p.m.
No. 19 Simon Fraser (B.C.) vs. No. 10 Colorado Mesa, 5 p.m.
No. 18 Midwestern State vs. Westminster (Utah), 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 18
No. 10 Colorado Mesa vs. No. 25 Fort Hays State (Kan.), 11:30 a.m.
Westminster (Utah) vs. Texas A&M International, 2 p.m.
No. 18 Midwestern State vs. No. 19 Simon Fraser (B.C.), 5 p.m.

2 |  Midwestern State is dominate on its home pitch at Stang Park. The Mustangs boast a 188-26-21 mark (.845) in 25 seasons of NCAA Division II at the facility which includes a 43-match unbeaten streak from 2008-12 and a 29-match unbeaten run from 2016-19. MSU is 19-1-4 at Stang Park during the Michael Meachum era (since 2018) and are riding an eight-match unbeaten streak into Thursday night's game against Westminster.

3 |  Trevor Amann is the most lethal offensive option in all of NCAA Division II. The senior forward from Westminster, Colo. leads the level with 15 total points. Amann ranks second in the nation with six goals and is 10th in NCAA Division II with three assists. He has scored goals in all four of MSU's matches this season including braces against Missouri S&T and Rogers State. Amann owns 14 goals and six assists over his last 15 games for the Mustangs dating back to the start of the spring season.

4 |  Carlos Flores has enjoyed a stellar run as a midfielder at Midwestern State. The senior from Arlington has amassed 62 total points in 78 career games scoring 19 goals and dishing out 24 assists. Flores is tied for 25th on MSU's all-time points list (62) and needs six more to move past Brandon Swartzendruber (65, 2005-06), John Hedlund (64, 1980-81, 83-84), Ahmad Ihmeidan (64, 2004-08), Majid Mosavat (63, 1982-84) and Alex Opoku (63, 1999-00) and into the Top 20. His 24 assists rank ninth all time and are just one behind Jeremy Key, who had 25 assists from 1986-89.

5 |  Senior Marc-Antoine Huzen has gone the distance in goal for Midwestern State this season allowing three goals in 360 minutes for a 0.75 goals against average with two clean sheets. Huzen boasts a 10-1-1 career record between the posts with seven shutouts.
 

HEAD COACH MICHAEL MEACHUM is in the midst of his fourth season as head coach at Midwestern State and his 10th overall in Wichita Falls. He served the first seven years as top assistant for the legendary Doug Elder. During that time, Meachum helped the Mustangs reach two NCAA Division II South Central Region finals and to the national quarterfinals. Meacham boasts a 43-9-4 record (.804) since taking the reins of the program prior to the 2018 season. He has led the Mustangs to the 2018 Heartland Conference title, the 2019 Lone Star Conference postseason tournament crown and to two NCAA Division II postseason appearances in 2018 and 2019. Prior to MSU, Meachum served as an assistant at NAIA Bethany College (Kan.) and Hastings (Neb.), at Division I Oral Roberts and Division II Northeastern State.

SERIES AGAINST WESTMINSTER

Midwestern State and Westminster meet for the second time on the pitch Thursday night at Stang Park. MSU claimed the first meeting 2-0 on Sept. 6, 1991 in Albuquerque.