LEBANON, Tenn. – The Phoenix cruise past the UHSP Eutectics 13-0 on Senior Day.
In the first two minutes of the match, Miquel Gelabert would find Luis Cerejo inside of the box and Cerejo finished off the play to open the scoring for the Phoenix.
After that first goal, the Phoenix press forced the Eutectic defense into many mistakes, which led to Jostin Angel finding the back of the net off of a Pau Ortega assist to double the lead for the Phoenix in the tenth minute.
The offensive onslaught continues for the Phoenix as Philipp Schmidtke gets a through ball to Ortega and his shot goes past the keeper to give Cumberland a 3-0 lead in the 13th minute.
In the 20th minute, Schmidtke was able to get behind the defense, and force a tough save by the Eutectics goalkeeper. Cerejo would recover the ball off of the rebound and score to make it 4-0.
Only one minute later, Cerejo finds Harold Perea with a through ball, and Perea gets past the keeper and scores the empty net to make it 5–0.
Just 30 seconds after Perea's goal, Schmidtke was able to get through the keeper's gloves to get his tenth goal of the season and make it 6-0. Cerejo and Perea would be credited with the assists. Cerejo would earn his tenth assist and Perea would earn his sixth.
In the 26th minute, Cerejo would find Perea, and the Colombian would get past the goalkeeper like he did for his first goal to make it 7-0.
On a Phoenix corner kick, Alejandro Vega's header hits the crossbar and Victor Ramirez hits the rebound to make the score 8-0 Phoenix in the 29th minute.
Just ten minutes before halftime, Jakob Wendekamm would pass it off, and Ortega finds his second goal of the game nearly outside of the box to increase the Phoenix lead to 9.
The half ends with the Phoenix leading 9-0. Cumberland finished the half with 28 shots, 18 shots on goal, and ten assists. The Eutectics were shut out on goals, shots and shots on goal.
To start the second half, Angel would force the referee to call a penalty kick and Ortega buries it in the top right corner to get his first career hat trick and get the lead to double digits.
The Eutectics would get their first real chance off of a deep free kick, however Eric Zalaya would catch the free kick and stop any chance from happening.
In the 62nd minute, Perea would find Angel with an opening, and the sophomore from Columbia would hit the back of the net to get himself a brace and make the score 11-0.
After Angel's second goal, the Phoenix focused on maintaining possession and draining the clock. However, Wendekamm would find a pass from Alejandro Vega and the German would earn his first goal of his collegiate career to extend the Phoenix lead in the 74th minute.
The Eutectics get their first shot on goal in the 82nd minute and Maddox Robertson, who just came in a minute prior, makes the easy save at the top of the goal.
In the 88th minute, Zack Anderson put the finishing touches on Senior Day and put the Phoenix up 13-0 after a good pass from fellow senior Victor Ramirez.
The Phoenix rout the Eutectics 13-0. Cumberland would finish the game with 49 shots, 29 shots on goal, 13 goals, and 13 assists. The Eutectics could only get one shot and one shot on goal.
The Phoenix travel to Lindsey Wilson to face the Blue Raiders on Wednesday, October 1st, kickoff is set for 7:00 PM.
