FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 19, 2007

Lions fall 4-0 at No. 18 West Texas A&M

Canyon, Texas -- Aaron Thornton scored two goals to lead the No. 18-ranked West Texas A&M Buffs past the Missouri Southern Lions 4-0 in Southwest Soccer Conference action Friday afternoon (Oct. 19) in Canyon, Texas.

The Buffs (12-2, 5-1 SSC) wasted little time getting started by scoring a pair of goals just 41 seconds apart in the third minute of the match.

Jacob Fynboe Jensen scored the first goal at the 3:15 mark off an assist from Ben Everson.  Thornton then tallied his first goal by heading in a shot off a cross from Freddy Montes to put the Buffs up 2-0.

WTAMU added another score right before the half Brad Williamson scored at the 40:38 point off a Jensen assist to give the Buffs a three-goal lead heading into the half.

Thornton rounded out the scoring with a goal at the 66:26 mark of the second half.

The Lions (3-8-2, 0-4-1 SSC) were out-shot 24-7 overall and 13-4 on-goal.  Neil Stoessel (Papillion, Neb.) led the Lions with two shots-on-goal.

Jon Hansen (Wichita, Kan.) made nine saves for Southern, while Shane Taylor stopped four shots for the Buffs.

The Lions will continue SSC action with a matchup at Eastern New Mexico on Sunday (Oct. 21) at 1 p.m. in Portales, N.M.