BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. - The Eagles ran the win streak up to six Thursday afternoon by scoring three times in the first half to take a 3-1 win on the road at Blue Mountain in an SSAC matchup to win the seventh league match of the season, setting a new record.
The Eagles offense dictated the match with an 18-8 shot advantage and a 12-0 advantage off of corners.
José Lucca scored his first goal of the year in the 17th minute heading in a rebound from
Juan Rojas's shot. Just 23 minutes later, some sharp passing atop the box ended with
Asaph Silveira finding
Bernardo Juca who scored his 13th goal of the season to make it 2-0 and tie the single-season goal scoring record.
In the 26th, Blue Mountain scored a brilliant strike to cut it back to a one-score game. However, in the 40th, Pepé Riofrio found
Angel Ugwumba who finished to the far post to make it a two-goal game again. Ugwumba now has 18 career goals and Riofrio has 17 assists which is second most all-time.
Faulkner held strong and allowed just one shot on goal allowed after the BMCU goal.
The No. 14 Eagles improve to 11-2 with a 7-1 record and match the program record for wins in a season and head to UT Southern Saturday at 12:30 to take on the No. 3 team in the nation who is looking to bounce back from a two-game skid.
