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St. Edward's 9-20-14: (Live Stats / Live Video / Tickets)
 
Buffalo Soccer Game Notes
 
CANYON, Texas – The West Texas A&M men's soccer team began its six-game home stretch on Thursday night with a 1-0 shutout victory over Dallas Baptist. An early first-half penalty kick by senior Vitor Cardoso gave the Buffs their third-straight win of the season as they improve to 4-1. With the loss, the Patriots fall to 2-4.
 
As usual, the Buffs pressured early and often in tonight's matchup. Around the 4 minute mark, junior Austin Henderson took the Buffs' first shot attempt, sending it high of the mark, and took an early corner kick as well.
 
Cardoso put the Buffs on top early with a 16^th minute goal. Senior Michael Williams was taken out the previous play in the box by DBU keeper Chuck Shober, leading to the free chance. Cardoso converted on the kick to give the home team the 1-0 advantage. He remains perfect from PKs in his WT career, now 4-for-4.
 
Levi Schwartz would grab the Patriots' first shot attempt in the 18^th minute but his shot would go wide left. The next minute of play would see Henderson take another corner for the Buffs, leading to a shot-on-goal by senior Christopher Hutton. His attempt would be stopped by Shober.
 
In the 24^th minute, the Buffs would place back-to-back shots-on-goal, both being off the feet of Cardoso and sophomore Gabe Williams. Then at the 30:25 mark in the first frame, the Buffs nearly grabbed another goal. Henderson took the corner for the Buffs as he connected with junior Johnny Oliver who sent in a header that beat the keeper but DBU defender Cameron Hatch stepped up to clear on the goal line for the defensive team save.
 
The Buffs led at the break in shots, 6-2, and shots-on-goal, 5-1. Cardoso led the way for the home team with two attempts while four other Buffs had one shot each. Starting keeper sophomore Patrick Satorie had one save in the first half.
 
WT started the second frame on Thursday night much the same way as the first, with constant pressure in its attacking zone. Sophomore Chris Johnson grabbed back-to-back chances early on, sending the first wide before finding the target leading to another save by Shober.
 
In the 56^th minute, freshman forward Axel Insulander received a nice cross inside the close right wing and placed a header that went just inches past the right post. Just two minutes later, Insulander would receive a similar opportunity in the same location as he sent a leaping shot wide right again after Cardoso's free kick just wound up a little farther than his intended placement.
 
Play turned back and forth for the remainder of the match while both teams traded attacks. However, the Buffs would get the best chances in that period. A couple in the 70^th minute came very close with an attempt from Gabe Williams which was saved and one by sophomore Christian Suthers which barely missed wide.
 
The Buffs held a strong 16-7 advantage in total shots on Thursday while they placed seven of those attempts on target. Insulander grabbed a team-high four shots while Johnson attempted three. Satorie got the win and moves to 3-1 after stopping two shots on the night and allowing no goals. The Buffs also held the edge in corners, 5-4.
 
WT will return to action on Saturday night, Sept. 20, as they host Heartland Conference member St. Edward's at The Pitch in Canyon, Texas in the second match of its six-game home stretch. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Live stats and a free video webstream will be available courtesy of West Texas A&M Athletic Media Relations. Links can be found at the top of the page and on www.GoBuffsGo.com via the men's soccer schedule page.
 
ST. EDWARD'S AT A GLANCE: The Hilltoppers of St. Edward's began the season with a 2-2 overall record. They opened up the season with a 0-2 loss on the road to Colorado Mesa. They then traveled to Fort Lewis where they earned their first victory of the season, a 1-0 decision. Last Saturday, SEU dropped a 1-2 overtime contest at home to Metro State to fall to 1-2. Last night, the Hilltoppers grabbed their second win with a 2-1 victory over Texas A&M-International.
 
Primo Covarrubias has tallied both goals for the Hilltoppers thus far off of only six shots and three shots-on-goal. Kevin Leib has seen all the action in goal with 272 minutes of action. He holds a 1.32 GAA, .733 save percentage with one shutout to his credit and 11 saves while allowing four goals off 33 shots faced.
 
SEU had a very successful season in 2013 as it went 12-3-2 overall 7-1-1 in Heartland Conference play.  They were named Heartland Conference Champions; however, did not receive a bid to NCAA Postseason play.
 
The Buffs are 12-4 all-time against the Hilltoppers and hold a 6-1 advantage when playing on home turf. However, WT dropped the last meeting with SEU, a 2-1 decision in Austin on Sept. 27, 2013.