Box Score / Season Statistics

AT Eastern New Mexico 10-19-14: (Live Stats)
 
Buffalo Soccer Game Notes
 
CANYON, Texas – The Buffalo offense got back on track Thursday night in Odessa, Texas as the West Texas A&M men's soccer team found its way back into the win column with a 7-1 wrecking over UT-Permian Basin. The win ended the Buffs' three-game losing streak as they now improve to 7-5 with their third game of the season scoring over five goals. With the loss, the struggling Falcons fall to 1-9-1 overall on the season.
 
Senior Vitor Cardoso led the way for the Buffs as he played a part in all of WT's first three goals, scoring the opening two followed by dishing out an assist on the second. Sophomore Patrick Satorie got the win in goal for the Buffs and improves to 5-5 on the season. Eric Beltran took the loss after allowing seven goals and tallying six saves.
 
WT dominated the stat sheet overall with 21 total shots to the Falcons' eight. The Buffs also placed 13 of those attempts on target. UTPB held the advantage in corner kick opportunities with six to WT's three.
 
The Buffs got off to a hot start on Thursday in Odessa, generating six-straight shots throughout the first 13 minutes of play. Only the first in that stretch would be placed on the mark, a strike from senior Christopher Hutton 20 yards out which was stopped by Beltran.
 
Cardoso would then open the floodgates at the 16:46 mark after being taken down in the box off a breakaway. He would step up to the line to remain perfect (5-for-5) from PKs after sinking the free shot, giving the Buffs the early 1-0 lead.
 
Less than three minutes later, Cardoso found the net again for his team-high sixth goal of the season. The Falcons turned the ball over deep in their own zone after a takeaway by Christopher Hutton who crossed to the right side, allowing Cardoso to volley the second goal in the net over Beltran's reach.
 
Around the 21^st minute, Buffs were awarded a corner kick, giving Cardoso another hand in on the team's third goal of the afternoon. He picked up the assist as freshman Ombrai Oguoko grabbed his first goal of the season after sending a missile into the netting from the close left wing.
 
Under 60 seconds after Oguoko's goal, junior Austin Henderson chipped in his first score of the season as he took a ball from the right side, assisted by freshman Axel Insulander, and found the net near the far post.
 
The Buffs would get five more shots off after a flood of substitutions before the break and still found the net for a fifth time. Sophomore Chris Johnson did the damage this time from inside the box with just six seconds to spare in the first frame for his fifth score of the season.
 
At the break, the Buffs held a very sufficient lead in shots, 14-2. WT placed half of those shots on target. Leading the way was Cardoso with four, followed by Henderson and Hutton with two each.
 
It did not take long into the second half for WT to add to the lead as Hutton tallied his fourth goal of the year in just the 53^rd minute. The senior found the net from 15 yards out after a long pass down the right side from sophomore Harry Osborne. The Falcons grabbed their lone goal of the night shortly after at the 59:16 mark off the foot of Stephen Okoro.
 
Freshman Alex Cervantes would cap off the Buffs' scoring onslaught in the 62^nd minute. He scored his second goal of the season with a shot from the top of the 18-yard box which found the upper left corner of the net after deflecting off the keeper.
 
With the win, the Buffs remain undefeated in the all-time series against UTPB with a 13-0 record. The Buffs have outscored the Falcons 52-7 in those 13 meetings, including 15-1 in the last two meetings after defeating UTPB 8-0 in Canyon in 2013. The Falcons have never tallied more than one goal in a match against the Buffs.
 
WT will return to action on Sunday as it travels to Portales, N.M. for a key rematch against regional rival Eastern New Mexico. The Greyhounds got the best of the Buffs in the first meeting, 1-0, in Canyon. Live stats will be provided for the match which is scheduled to kickoff at 4 p.m. (CT). Links can be found at the top of the page or on www.GoBuffsGo.com via the men's soccer schedule page.
 
EASTERN NEW MEXICO AT A GLANCE: The Greyhounds will head into Sunday's match with a 5-5-2 overall record. They began the season with a 0-1 loss to Adams State on the road before beating UC-Colorado Springs (3-1) and losing to Wayland Baptist (0-3) at home. ENMU then went 0-1-1 at the TAMUI Tournament before dropping two straight to St. Edward's and Newman. It would grab wins against Oklahoma Christian and University of the Southwest before playing to a draw against Lubbock Christian in its last match. Since defeating WT in Canyon last week, the Greyhounds have grabbed a 3-1 win over Dallas Baptist on the road.
 
Abayneh Crosby has led the way offensively for the Greyhounds this season as he has tallied a team-high four goals and eleven points. Ryan McManus, Gil Munoz, and John Jamison have also scored multiple goals while four other Greyhounds have tallied scores. James Gutierrez has started 10 of ENMU's 12 games so far this season and owns a 1.05 GAA and a .817 save percentage in 939 minutes between the pipes. He has tallied 49 saves and two shutouts with a 5-3-2 record while allowing 11 goals.
 
The Buffs are 13-6-2 all-time against the Greyhounds. The Buffs won the first matchup last season, a 1-0 overtime thriller in Canyon on Oct. 18, while they played to a 1-1 draw in Portales on Oct. 24. The Greyhounds took the first meeting earlier this season, 1-0, in Canyon on Oct. 8.