Oct. 15, 1999

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky men’s soccer team upped its Mid-AmericanConference to 4-0 on Friday, topping Buffalo 2-0 at the UK Soccer Complex.

After a scoreless first half, UK’s Giovanni Fernandes blasted a 20-yardshot past the UB keeper in the 47th minute to give the Cats a 1-0 lead. LeeBaker then iced the Cat win in the 63rd minute, heading in an AnttiPeltonen corner kick to push the final margin to 2-0.

UK completely dominated the Bulls, holding a 28-3 shot advantage in thematch.

Wildcat keeper Brian O’Leary needed only one save to post his fifthconsecutive MAC shutout and extend his conference scoreless streak to 488minutes.

“This is a big win,” UK Coach Ian Collins said. “We’re half-way throughMAC play and we’re right where we wanted to be. Now we just have to getready for Sunday.”

Sunday brings UK’s toughest MAC challenge to date, as conference co-leaderAkron travels to Lexington for a first-place showdown. Kickoff is set for 3p.m.

           1   2   FBuffalo    0   0   0Kentucky   0   2   2

Goals: UK – Giovanni Fernandes (Lee Baker) 46:20, Baker (Antti Peltonen) 62:32