PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Mount Union's men's soccer team defeated La Roche 5-0 in a non-conference game on Wednesday evening.
The Purple Raiders (4-3-3) struck first when junior
Amir Spratt (Kent / Kent Roosevelt) scored just 17 seconds into the game to take a 1-0 lead. Then, in the third minute senior
Dom Kustura (Willowick / Eastlake North) would find fellow senior
Frank Washburn (Columbia Station / Columbia) to stretch the Mount Union lead to two goals.
The Raiders would add a third goal in the 14
th minute when senior
Tyler Harsch (Aliquippa, Pa. / Central Valley) found the back of the net off an assist from Spratt. Kustura would then score a goal of his own in the 16
th minute to extend the lead to 4-0. Then, in the 52
nd minute Spratt would find Harsch once again for Mount Union's fifth goal of the game.
The Redhawks (3-4-2) wouldn't be able to answer over the remainder of the game as the Raiders would go on to win 5-0.
Junior goalkeeper
Enio Hoxha (Akron / Copley) and senior goalkeeper
Jackson Callender (Cleveland Heights / Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) combined to record the shutout win, Hoxha had one save while Callender recorded two.
The Raiders return home next to open Ohio Athletic Conference play against Otterbein on Saturday, October 3 at 1 p.m. in Kehres Stadium in Alliance.
