DENVER – The Metropolitan State University of Denver men's soccer team (3-3-0, 2-0-0) continued its momentum from a 4-0 win over Colorado Christian on Friday, putting on a show offensively once again in a 4-1 win over Dixie State (2-3-1, 0-1-1) on Sunday afternoon at the Regency Athletic Complex. Four different Roadrunners scored in the victory over the Trailblazers, which evened MSU Denver's record at three wins and three losses and continued the Roadrunners' perfect start to conference play.  

"We knew we weren't built this year to have someone carry us with 15 or 20 goals in the season," MSU Denver head coach Jeremy Tittle said following the match. "We don't have that player on our team, but we expected everybody together to be scoring 30 or 40 goals this season, so hopefully we do that."

It didn't take long for MSU Denver to establish a lead on Sunday afternoon. After Dixie State committed a foul in its own box at the two-minute mark, junior midfielder Danny Bautista (Denver, Colo./North) punched in a penalty kick to put the Roadrunners on top with his first goal of the season.

Dixie State equalized in the 25^th minute on a goal from Daniel Brubaker on a through ball into the box. Brubaker's goal was Dixie State's only shot on goal in the first half. MSU Denver put five shots on frame in the first half, taking nine shots total in the period.

The momentum swung back in the Roadrunners' direction early in the second half, when senior defender Kyle VanAlstine (Vail, Ariz./Cienega) scored on a set-piece from junior midfielder Yannick Schad (Munich, Germany/Theodolinden-Gymnasium) to give MSU Denver the 2-1 advantage in the 56^th minute.

It was a goal just three minutes later from senior forward Rafael Muñoz-Vega that gave MSU Denver a two-goal advantage and put the game out of reach. The Las Vegas, Nev., native recorded his first goal of the season after cutting to the middle and launching a drive on net from 20 yards out, placing it in the top right corner.

"(Rafael Muñoz-Vega's) goal was our key moment in the game," Tittle said. "To get that one, to be at 3-1 you hope the game's pretty safe. But it wasn't just getting the goal. I think how we got the goal and the movement and possession and our ideas, our speed of play. We got it off defending well in our box and then coming out. I think that was a big moment."

While the game was fairly secure at that point, MSU Denver added a security goal in the 81^st minute from freshman midfielder Gianni Steijlen (Eindhoven, The Netherlands/Summa College). Senior forward Jaydon Moreschini (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo West) served the ball from left to right across the 18-yard box to a wide-open Steijlen, who deposited it in the lower right corner of the net from 12 yards out.

Scoring four goals in each of its first two RMAC games, MSU Denver has found its offensive groove thanks to budding chemistry from an even mix of veterans and newcomers. The Roadrunners return to the pitch in Durango, Colo., on Friday afternoon at Fort Lewis, with the match set to start at 3 p.m. MT. A matchup with Colorado Mesa in Grand Junction, Colo., will follow on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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