FAYETTE, Mo – The No. 5 Central Methodist University men's soccer team earned a thunderous 6-0 shutout win over Graceland University on Friday evening.
Daniel Hernandez (FR/Bogota, Colombia) led the Eagles with six shot attempts, earning two goals and one assist in the contest. Hernandez now has 17 goals on the season, leading the conference by four goals.
Connor Blitz (SR/Columbia, Mo.) had the opening goal of the game in under two minutes of play, assisted by Guzman Pery (SO/Madrid, Spain). Hernandez earned the next point, assisted by Adrian Gutierrez (SR/Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain), before returning the favor for a Gutierrez goal in the 26th minute. Santiago Sierra (SR/Bogota, Colombia) was the fourth Eagle to score in the first half off a header from Rodrigo Paredes (SO/Asuncion, Paraguay).
Hernandez snuck a second goal past the goalkeeper shortly after the second half began, assisted by Victor Luengo (FR/Alcorcon Madrid, Spain). Alberto Pangrazzi (FR/Lavis (TN), Italy) netted the final goal of the game off of a pass from Fabio Tarnowski (JR/Avigliana, Italy).
Central Methodist now ranks second in the nation in shutouts after Vince Gelei (JR/Dunakeszi, Hungary) recorded five saves to give the team its 10th blank sheet of the season. The win moves CMU to 13-1-2 overall and 7-1-1 in conference play.
The Eagles will return to action on Wednesday, Oct. 24, to host Evangel University. Game time is set for 7:30 pm.
