Monday, October 1, 2012

Hounds Cruise to 6-0 win Over Mustangs

PORTALES, N.M. — Carlos Viveros (So., M, Houston, Texas/Morton Ranch HS) and Eishu Kanemitsu (Jr., M, Tokyo, Japan / Emily Carr Secondary School) each scored two goals and the Eastern New Mexico University men’s soccer team (7-4) fired a team-record 36 shots, en-route to a 6-0 win over University of the Southwest (3-5-1), Monday afternoon at ENMU Soccer Field. The win avenges an early season, 3-1 setback in Hobbs.

Eastern leads the overall series with the Mustangs, 5-3, and has won five of the last six meetings. The Hounds 17 points, six goals and five assists all tied for second most in a game in Greyhound history. The Greyhounds are on an eight-game win streak, dating back to last season, when Diego Santos (Sr., F, Natal, RN, Brazil / Universidade Federal de Rio Grande de Norte) has either a goal or an assist.

Viveros tallied his first game-winning goal, 26:59 into the game, after taking a pass from Santi Meza (So., D, Las Cruces, N.M. / Las Cruces HS). Santos and Viveros tallied back-to-back goals, late in the first half, to send ENMU into the intermission with a 3-0 advantage. In the opening half, ENMU held a 20-2 edge in total shots and an 8-0 advantage in shots on goal.

Kanemitsu tallied his first two goals of the season, sandwiched around Abayneh Crosby’s (So., F, Houston, Texas / Atascocita HS) fourth goal of the season. Kanemitsu’s second goal came on a penalty kick.

Eastern controlled play throughout the game and had 14 shots on goal, while allowing none to the Mustangs. The Hounds also had 11 corner kicks, to USW’s five. Mikhail Kooh (Jr., F, Socorro, N.M. / St. Joseph's High College / Dodge City CC) took a game-high eight shots and had an assist.

The Eastern New Mexico University men’s soccer team will return to action on Friday, when it visits Fort Hays State. The game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. MDT.

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