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Sept. 17, 2007

Box Score

CANYON, Texas - Freshman Ben Everson scored twice in just over four minutes in the first half to lead West Texas A&M to a 3-0 win over Texas A&M International on Monday at The Pitch. Senior René Gómez rounded out the Buffaloes' scoring when he netted a goal just five minutes into the second half; he also tallied an assist on Everson's first goal. With the win, the Buffs improve to a perfect 5-0 on the season.

Everson broke open the scoring when he took a pass from Gómez inside the box and challenged TAMIU goalkeeper Noe Pantoja one-on-one. Everson touched the ball to the left side of the goal, just out of Pantoja's reach, and buried his shot into the open net from three yards out.

Senior Kenneth Christensen helped Everson score his second goal just 4:04 later, when he passed the ball to the top right corner of the box. Everson lofted his shot over Pantoja's head to put the Buffs up 2-0.

Everson nearly scored again when he fired a shot to the left corner of the goal in the 25th minute, but Pantoja dove and got his hand on it to knock it wide.

Just 5:04 into the second half, Gómez drilled a shot from the left side of the box that Pantoja blocked right back to him, and Gómez buried his follow-up shot to the left corner of the net to put the Buffaloes up 3-0.

The Dustdevils came out aggressively in the second half and the game got very physical as TAMIU was called for 19 fouls while WTAMU was called for 20. Additionally, seven cards were distributed amongst both teams; WTAMU received three yellow cards and one red card and TAMIU received two yellow cards and one red card.

Despite the intense physical play, freshman goalkeeper Shane Taylor and the Buffalo defense held the Dustdevils to just two shots in the half, three overall and none on goal. The win today marks Taylor's third shutout of the season.

The Buffs dominated play throughout the match, as they outshot the Dustdevils 20-3, including 13 shots on goal - Everson took five, Gómez took three, Brad Williamson took two, and Christensen, Oliver Mulamba and Itamar Keinan had one apiece.

The men's next match is Friday, when they host SSC rival Midwestern State at 3 p.m. at The Pitch.