Friday, September 20, 2002

Men's Soccer shuts out Western Kentucky

• Box Score
  

  Photo by Geoff Anderson Striker Matias Asorey gets around a Western Kentucky defender in the Golden Panthers' 3-0 blanking of the Hilltoppers. Asorey scored his fourth goal of the season in the match.

oing into tonight's match with Western Kentucky, the FIU men's soccer team knew it was better than its losing record led one to believe. A convincing 3-0 victory over Western Kentucky at University Park may have proved the squad's case.

FIU forward Matias Asorey helped make the Golden Panthers' case in the 33rd minute when he rifled a blistering shot from the left corner of the penalty box past the WKU defense and into the upper right corner of the net. It was Asorey's fourth goal of the year and the third-straight contest in which he has scored

FIU's second goal came in the 65th minute when John Pulido isolated his defender in the right corner and threaded a cross through the Hilltopper defense and to the feet of Juan Rivera who in turn tapped it to Hendrix Emanuel who found the back of the net.

The Golden Panthers ended the evening's scoring in the 76th minute when a Roy Rosenberg punt skidded its way to the feet of Oscar Gil who raced past his defender and came away victorious in a one-on-one with WKU goalkeeper Daryl Sattler.

In a game marred by heavy rain, the Hilltoppers could not sustaining the Golden Panthers pressure in the offensive third of the field as FIU unleashed 28 shots on Sattler - 16 of which were on goal.

In contrast, Rosenberg, the Golden Panthers' goalkeeper, recorded eight saves to preserve his first shutout of the year.

The victory was the second in a row for the Golden Panthers and improved FIU's record to 2-4-0. WKU dropped to 4-2-1.

FIU continues its five-game homestand next weekend when the Golden Panthers host the 2002 FIU Umbro Classic on Friday and Saturday at University Park. Participating teams include FIU, Columbia, Florida Atlantic and West Virginia.