WINCHESTER, Va. - The Shenandoah University Men's Soccer team defeated Eastern Mennonite 6-0 in ODAC action Wednesday afternoon.
The Hornets (7-7-2, 2-3-2 ODAC) scored early and often with three goals in a five-minute-span early in the first half to defeat the Royals (1-14, 1-6).
HOW IT HAPPENED
15' | Nathan Yared took the ball up the sideline and defeated multiple defenders to open up the scoring floodgates.
17' | Nicholas Mounkhaty traveled up the left sideline and sent a cross to Jasson Acosta in the center of the box, his one touch to the right freed up space for the Hornets second goal of the afternoon.
19' | Brendan Zavabda found space and set up classmate Chris Chaplin. Chaplin's shot landed in the top-left corner just above the keepers' head.
32' | Yared dished an assist to Zavabda for the fourth goal of the night.
85' | Pedro Flor worked around two defenders before placing the ball in the top-right corner to make it a five goal game
88' | Yared added his second assist by finding Niclas Vavra for the header off of a corner kick
UP NEXT
Shenandoah plays again on Saturday, October 23rd at 5:00 p.m. against Ferrum College. This is the last weekend home match for the Hornets and the seniors prior to the start of the contest.
QUOTE FROM COACH
"This was a good win coming off a tough week for us," said Head Coach Zack MacDougall. "The guys came out and played tough and a lot of different players stepped-up and got involved in the offensive third."
MATCH NOTES
- Shenandoah outshot Eastern Mennonite 21-7
- Travis Jett registered his second clean sheet of the season.
- Yared led the Hornets with 4 points and 5 shots.
- The Hornets seven wins this season marks the winningest season for the men's soccer program since 2004.
