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UNM Shuts Out Grand Canyon 3-0

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Men’s Soccer

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico men’s soccer team defeated Grand Canyon University 3-0 in its second exhibition match of the season Wednesday night.Chris Wehan opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a perfect free kick just beyond the edge of the box for the only tally of the first half.

“I think we were just a little but casual in the first half,” UNM head coach Jeremy Fishbein said, “but I thought our response was really good in the second half. We scored some nice goals, had a little bit more energy and played in the other team’s half.

Wehan created the second goal with some nifty ballwork in the box in the second half. With his back to goal he tapped it over the defender’s head to himself, then passed it to Josh Goss who easily finished into the back of the open net. Gabriel Camera finished the scoring with a rocket from about 23 yards out in the final minute.

“It felt amazing,” Camera said. “I saw the ball coming at me, I focused only on the ball, kept my eye on it and swung through it. The goalie didn’t see it and it went in the goal.”

UNM concludes its preseason schedule this Saturday at Denver University at 7 pm.

Scoring Summary

New Mexico (7:13): Wehan

New Mexico (63:48): Goss (Wehan)

New Mexico (89:21): Camera (Spangenberg)

Cautions

Grand Canyon: Tavarez, yellow (67:29)

The Lobos travel to Denver University for their final exhibition of the season on Saturday, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. Their regular-season opener is at No. 1 UCLA on Saturday, Aug. 29.