When and Where: October 10, 2026 – Hooksett, N.H. (Mark A. Ouellette Stadium)
Score: #5 Southern New Hampshire University 6, Southern Connecticut State University 0
Records: SNHU 10-0-3 (6-0-1 NE10), SCSU 3-3-5 (2-1-3 NE10)
Fifth year Inigo Burusco (Pamplona, Spain) found the back of the net three times and classmate Miguel Gimeno (Pamplona, Spain) scored twice, as the fifth-ranked Southern New Hampshire University men's soccer team posted its third consecutive shutout with a 6-0 triumph over Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday evening at Ouellette Stadium.
KEY MOMENTS
- With the match seemingly headed to halftime in a scoreless deadlock, Burusco scored off a feed from senior Charlie Preus (London, U.K.) with just 2:36 left to go in the opening stanza. Preus then scored a goal of his own just 2:01 later to double the Penmen lead heading into the break.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire, ranked fifth in the latest United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25, is unbeaten through the first 13 matches of the season since it began the 2015 campaign 13-0-0.
- Southern Connecticut has its six-match unbeaten streak (3-0-3) halted.
- SNHU has clinched a top-four seed and a first round home match for the NE10 Championship. They can win the NE10 Regular-Season Championship, top seed and a first-round bye with one more victory.
- Southern Connecticut leads the all-time series, 30-22-9, but SNHU has captured 14 of the last 18 meetings and is unbeaten in 17 of the last 20 (14-3-3), including four straight. The Penmen have won four straight at home in the series, with the Owls last leaving SNHU victorious Sept. 27, 2017 (2-1).
- Fifth year Alvaro Garcia (Barcelona, Spain) made four saves in the first 81:20 of the contest, while senior William Paganini (Derry, N.H.) made his Penmen debut and played the final 8:40 without facing a shot.
- SNHU has posted three straight shutouts and has not allowed a goal over the last 318:08. The Penmen also have five clean sheets in their last six outings, relinquishing just a single goal over the last 581:19 – a goals-against average (GAA) of 0.10. SNHU is outscoring its opponents, 24-1, during the six-match stretch, as well as 13-0 during the shutout streak.
- Garcia's personal shutout streak currently stands at 309:28. He leads the NE10 in GAA (0.63), save percentage (.833) and shutouts (5).
- Burusco's hat trick is the first for a Penmen since Sept. 22, 2021 when Michael Goncalves scored three goals in a 5-1 home win against Assumption University.
- Burusco now has a team-best 12 goals in his first season with the Penmen. He leads the NE10 in points (27), while ranking second in goals.
- Gimeno's two goals give him six in his first season at SNHU.
- Preus now has three goals on the season and 12 in his four-year career.
- Sophomore Gabi Barroso (A Coruña, Spain) collected a pair of assists.
- Freshman Dani Bujanda (Pamplona, Spain) gathered another assist and now has an NE10-best eight on the season. He is also fourth in points (18) and 10th in goals (5)
- SNHU outshot Southern Connecticut, 18-5, including 8-4 in shots on target.
- The Penmen are now 172-42-32 (.764) over their last 246 matches dating back to the beginning of the 2013 National Championship season. SNHU is also 44-6-9 (.822) over its last 59 matches dating back to 2023.
- The Penmen improve to 117-16-18 (.834) over their last 151 contests at home, including 55-9-11 (.807) at Ouellette Stadium. SNHU is now 26-2-3 (.887) at home over its last three seasons, including 7-0-0 this year, and is unbeaten in 25 of its last 26 at Ouellette (22-1-3).
- Preus, Garcia, Paganini, junior Eduard Fandunyan (Manchester, N.H.), and seniors Alex Pons (Castellón, Spain), Eduardo Maia (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Christian O'Hara (Sea Cliff, N.Y.), Brady Lewis (Merrimac, Mass.), Ian Goulet (Cumberland, R.I.) and Joel Morrison (Sanford, Maine) were all honored in a Senior Night ceremony prior to the match.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen return to action Saturday, Oct. 17 (12 p.m.) when they travel to Adelphi University.
- The next and final regular-season home contest for SNHU is Saturday, Oct. 24 (7 p.m.) when it plays host to in-state rival Franklin Pierce University on NH ODP, Manchester Lightning and Raymond Youth Soccer Night.
