ROCHESTER, N.Y. (November 1, 2014) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's soccer team tied a season high with five goals Saturday in a 5-0 rout of St. John Fisher College.
The win ends Stevens' regular season at 12-3-1 while Fisher dropped to 4-12-1.
Both teams traded shots in the first five minutes before the Ducks offense took over control for the rest of the half. Junior
Carson Pryor and sophomore
Jay Mikula fired shots in the 14
th minute that were saved, followed by a shot from senior
Kevin Calloway in the 27
th minute that was also saved.
After junior
Colin Phillips unleashed one more shot in the 29
th minute that was saved, the Ducks broke though in minute 31.
Off a pass from recently subbed-in freshman
Jacob Ulasevich, Mikula beat Fisher's senior keeper Josh Klein for the score. The goal was the second of the year for Mikula while the assist was Ulasevich's second. While continuing to keep the pressure on, Stevens added to the lead six minutes later.
After beating the defense down the side of the field, Pryor fired a shot past a diving Klein for his team leading ninth goal of the year. The Ducks defense took over from there, shutting Fisher out of taking any more shots for the remainder of the half.
Stevens blanked the Cardinals in both shots on goal and corner kicks in the half while getting 10 shots on goal of their own.
Out of the break, Pryor quickly extended the lead to three with a goal in the 47
th minute off an assist from Phillips before freshman
Matt Perkins connected on his first career goal in the 70
th minute to make it 4-0. Between the goals, the Stevens offense unloaded five shots on Fisher's defense.
Phillips made it 5-0 in the 77
th minute off a pass from freshman
Keith Gillette to cap the Stevens scoring outburst as the defense did its part to shut down the Cardinals for the remainder of the game.
Sophomore goalie
Mike Renna made two saves in the win while junior
Colin Sawula made his first career save after taking over in the 71
st minute. The multi-goal game for Pryor was his third of the season.
With the regular season now over, Stevens will set its sights to the Empire 8 Championship which kicks off on Nov. 7 in Hoboken. The top seeded Ducks will battle fourth seeded Alfred University at 1 p.m.
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