GAME NOTES

CANYON, Texas - The West Texas A&M men's soccer team will end their three game road trip this week wtih a visit to rival Eastern New Mexico on Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. The match up will mark the 12th time the Buffs have played in Portales, N.M. WT holds an all-time record of 5-3-3 on the road against the Greyhounds.
 
ON THE WEB
Live stats and video will be available for the match on Thursday at ENMU. Find the links by clicking on the Men's Soccer schedule at GoBuffsGo.com. Also follow @BuffsMensSoccer on twitter to get updates during the match.
 
SCOUTING EASTERN NEW MEXICO
The Greyhounds enter the week on a two-game losing streak after being outscored 11-1 against St. Mayr's (TX) and St. Edward's last week. Before those setbacks, ENMU had won three of their first five matches. The match against WT will mark only their second home match of the season. ENMU defeated Dallas Baptist, 2-1, on Sept. 19 in Portales.
 
EASTERN NEW MEXICO VS. WEST TEXAS A&M - THE SERIES
- WT leads the all-time series against ENMU, 13-6-3.
- WT have won one of the last five matches against ENMU.
- WT defeated ENMU, 9-1, on Nov. 5, 2005 for the largest margin of victory in the series.
- In their six victories, ENMU has never won by more than one goal.
 
SCOUTING THE BUFFS
After seeing their two match winning streak snapped by a last second goal at Fort Hays State last week. The Buffs responded well against Dallas Baptist on Saturday as Alex Villalon netted his first career game winner in the 29th minute. Patrick Satorie earned the shutout on one save while facing eight shots.
 
WT has seen 13 different players score goals this season, five of those have found the net two or more times. Austin Henderson leads the team in goals (three) and points (eight). Ivan Ulloa is the current team leader in assists (three), shots (13) and second in points (seven).
 
After Thursday's trip to ENMU, the Buffs will host six of their final eight games including four matches in October.
 
BUFFS IN THE RANKINGS
The Buffs rank in the top 25 in three different categories: total assists, total goals and total points. WT ranks 22nd in total goals (19), 23rd in total assists (16) and 24 in total points (54).
 
COACHES THOUGHTS
ON THE RIVALARY WITH EASTERN MEXICO:
"It is always a hard game over there. Some of the new kids might not understand the rivalry. We need to be ready to play from the whistle and carry over the moment we got from the Dallas Baptist match. If anyone thinks it will be easy, they are crazy."
 
CONFIDENCE BOOST FROM BEATING DALLAS BAPTIST:
"You can see the relief in the players. We just need to build on that today and tomorrow in practice. We need to carry over the momentum for this week's match. If we can get another positive result than I am confident it will change the season for us."
 
FINISHING SEASON WITH SIX OUT OF EIGHT HOME:
"We have to make a run and win the home games. But the most important game is Thursday."
 
THE IMPACT OF THE FRESHMEN AND SENIOR CLASS:
"All of the young kids are doing fantastic. We just need some of the upperclassmen to step up, which some of them are. There were signs of the seniors regaining their form from previous seasons in Saturday's match."