Men’s Soccer Bounced by No. 6-Ranked SMU, 4-0 10/20/02

DALLAS, Texas - With the Vanderbilt men’s soccer team looking to end a six-game losing streak, the last thing it needed to see was No. 6-ranked Southern Methodist. Unfortunately for the Commodores, they lost their seventh straight game, as the Mustangs won 4-0 on Sunday afternoon at Westcott Field.

With the loss, the Commodores fall to 2-13 overall and 0-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference, while the Mustangs up their mark to 12-1-2 overall and 5-0-1 in the conference.

The Mustangs took it to the Commodores right from the opening whistle and wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard, as forward Duke Hashimoto collected his fourth goal of the season at the second minute of the game off a feed from forward Ryan Latham. Midfielder Kellan Zindel gave SMU a 2-0 lead in the 35th minute, as he scored his sixth goal of the season. Midfiedler David Chun kept things going as he recorded his first collegiate goal in the 53rd minute to give SMU a 3-0 lead. Defender Toti Suarez topped off the Mustang scoring with a successful penalty kick in the 57th minute after Zindel was taken down in the box by a Vanderbilt player.

SMU dominated the game in every aspect, including outshooting the Commodores by a 22-3 margin. The Mustangs also had 10 corner kicks to the Commodores one.

The Commodores will look for their first win in the MVC at 7 p.m. Friday, October 25, against Southwest Missouri State at the Vanderbilt Soccer Complex. The Bears lead the all-time series, 4-3-1.

Scoring
SMU: Duke Hashiimoto (Ryan Latham) - 1:52
SMU: Kellan Zindell (Kevin Hudson) - 34:06
SMU: David Chun (Latham) - 52:38
SMU: Toti Suarez (Penalty Kick) - 56:03