WICHITA FALLS, Texas - - No. 8-ranked Midwestern State wraps up a three-match road trip on Wednesday as it visits Eastern New Mexico for a Lone Star Conference encounter at Greyhound Stadium in Portales, New Mexico. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (CDT)
 

No. 8 MIDWESTERN STATE (6-1-2, 0-1-0) vs. EASTERN NEW MEXICO (3-3-1, 0-1-0)

Wednesday, Oct. 5 | 6:30 p.m. (CDT)
Greyhound Stadium | Portales, New Mexico

SERIES HISTORY | MSU leads, 23-3-3

LAST MEETING | Julian Trapp scored in the final minute, and Eastern New Mexico stunned No. 13-ranked Midwestern State, 2-1, in November of 2019. Carlos Flores scored in the 38th minute for the Mustangs, who were dealt a third-straight loss for the first time since 1997. Gabriel Peres scored for ENMU to draw even in the 51st minute, and Julian Trapp scored the game winner in the waning seconds at Greyhound Stadium. MSU outshot the Greyhounds, 12-7. Taylor Lampe made two saves for Midwestern State.

LAST TIME OUT | Midwestern State went a man down in the 23rd minute Saturday night at Eagle Soccer Field. Oklahoma Christian took full advantage of its good fortune cashing in for a 2-1 win over the Mustangs. MSU's Darryl Walsh was shown a red card after taking down OC sophomore forward Isaias Silva during an opportunity to score in the 23rd minute, leading to a successful penalty kick conversion by Joep Claassen. Midwestern State struck back with a short-handed goal in the 30th minute off the right foot of sophomore Max Gonzales on an assist from Rory Doyle. Silva provided the winning margin with an unassisted goal in the 54th minute.

SCOUTING MIDWESTERN STATE | Mustangs are 1-1-2 in their last four matches overall…Midwestern is 1-1-2 in true road games this season…Midwestern State has outscored its opponents this season, 21-5, in 10 matches…MSU has outscored opponents in true road game, 5-2…MSU is outscoring opponents in three LSC matches, 4-3…Midwestern has shut out six opponents this season…Mustangs had a six-match winning streak in the all-time series snapped with a 2-1 loss at Portales in 2019… MSU is 10-2-2 all-time at Portales… Junior forward Mere Escobar leads the Mustangs with five goals and 12 points this season…Esocbar is third in the LSC in goals and points …Escobar has scored twice in two matches this season (vs. Regis 8/27, vs. Oklahoma Christian 9/21)…Escobar does not have a point in the last two matches…Escobar has 21 goals and seven assists in his career…Escobar has put 13 of 22 shots on goal (.591) and is first in the LSC in shot accuracy and 45th in the nation… Sophomore midfielder Rory Doyle has three goals and four assists (10 points) for the Mustangs…Doyle is second in the conference and 48th in the nation with four assists…Doyle is fifth in the LSC with 10 points…Doyle has at least one point in all but two games this season…Junior forward Sulahmana Bah has two goals and three assists in nine matches but does not have a point in the last three matches…Senior midfielder Brandon Martinez-Trelles scored a goal in each of the first two games this season…MSU is outshooting opponents, 108-81…Midwestern has 55 shots on goal and opponents have 25 shots on goal…Sophomore goalkeeper Adam Braman is third in the LSC and ninth in the nation with a 0.479 GAA…

SCOUTING EASTERN NEW MEXICO | ENMU is playing its home opener…Greyhounds have not played a match at Greyhound Stadium since defeating Lubbock Christian, 2-0, in the 2019 season finale…COVID-19 forced the elimination of the program for two seasons…ENMU is the only college in the state of New Mexico to offer men's soccer…ENMU was 5-3-0 at home in 2019…ENMU is coming off a 5-0 loss at 18th-ranked St. Mary's (10/1), which snapped a four-match unbeaten streak (3-0-1)…ENMU is first in the conference and 13th in the nation with 7.86 shots on goal per game…55 of 94 shots have been on goal, and the Greyhounds are first in the conference and fourth in the nation in shot accuracy (.585)…ENMU opponents have put 41 of 91 shots on goal (.451)…Jaime Oliva leads the Greyhounds with three goals, which is ninth in the LSC…ENMU is 3-0-0 when Oliva scores…Alexandre Meres, Ben Sauerlander and Jonathan De Motta each have two goals this season…De Motta scored twice in 3-1 victory at South Dakota Mines…Oliva has three assists, which is fifth in the conference…0.43 assists per game for Oliva is fourth in the LSC…Oliva with 1.29 points per game is sixth in the LSC…Freshman goalkeeper Paul Waschkau has a 1.414 GAA, which is seventh in the conference…ENMU has shut out one opponent this season —Missouri S&T, 4-0 (9/3)…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State welcomes Lubbock Christian to Stang Park on Saturday for their second meeting of the season at 3 p.m. LCU and MSU played to a 0-0 draw in a non-conference match at LCU Soccer Field on Sept. 24.