Men's Soccer 8/25/2017 10:00:00 PM Michael D. Gunnell, Southwest Sports Information

Bears shutout Itawamba in home debut

The Bears picked up their second straight shutout win Friday afternoon, and moved to 2-0 on the young campaign, with a 4-0 home win over the Itawamba Indians.

Jaime Delor put the Bears up 1-0 only 3:00 into the game when he took a through ball from Vicente Tellols and finished one on one with the Indian's keeper. Maximiliano Gigli's penalty kick goal at 39:00 of the game left the Bears with a 2-0 advantage at the end of the first half.

In the 47^th minute, Patrick Larsen received a pass from Tellols and found the back of the goal from outside the 18-yard box to increase the Bears' lead to 3-0.

With just over 8:00 left in the game, Keven Florian played the ball to Stephon Walker inside the box. Walker then beat the Indians' keeper near the post for the final goal of the game.

Bears' keeper Conner Smothers had eight saves in the game to record the win in goal.

"It was a great performance by the boys today," said Bears' volunteer assistant coach Denver Bankston. "We played hard and fought well and maybe should have had a couple of more (goals). We had four different players score today which is fantastic."

"Head coach Zach Mills set out a plan for the guys all week," Bankston continued, "and they performed exactly we wanted to so it was a great win."

The Bears close out the first week of the season Saturday afternoon when they host the Northwest Rangers in a 3:00 matchup.

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Players Mentioned

#6 Maximiliano Gigli: D; 5' 11"; Freshman

#8 Vicente Tellols: MF; 5' 8"; Freshman

#10 Jaime Delor: F; 5' 8"; Sophomore

#17 Patrick Larsen: MF; 6' 1"; Freshman

#23 Stephon Walker: F; 5' 11"; Freshman

#41 Keven Florian: D/MF; 5' 7"; Freshman

#54 Conner Smothers: GK; 5' 8"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#6 Maximiliano Gigli
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: D

#8 Vicente Tellols
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: MF

#10 Jaime Delor
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: F

#17 Patrick Larsen
: 6' 1"; Freshman
: MF

#23 Stephon Walker
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: F

#41 Keven Florian
: 5' 7"; Freshman
: D/MF

#54 Conner Smothers
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: GK

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Bears shutout Itawamba in home debut

Players Mentioned

#6 Maximiliano Gigli

#8 Vicente Tellols

#10 Jaime Delor

#17 Patrick Larsen

#23 Stephon Walker

#41 Keven Florian

#54 Conner Smothers

Players Mentioned

#6 Maximiliano Gigli

#8 Vicente Tellols

#10 Jaime Delor

#17 Patrick Larsen

#23 Stephon Walker

#41 Keven Florian

#54 Conner Smothers