Box Score Burnaby, BC - On Thursday night at Terry Fox Field the Simon Fraser University men's soccer team used three first half goals to propel them to a convincing 7-0 victory over the Northwest Nazarene Crusaders.
"Brilliant performance tonight," said Head Coach
Alan Koch. "I was very impressed with the tempo that we played at and we managed to keep that tempo going from start to finish. It was great to see so many players contribute."
Ryan Dhillon (North Delta, BC) and
Magnus Kristensen (Stavanger, Norway) each had two goals in the match while
Alex Rowley (Maple Ridge, BC) had two assists for the Clan.
It was
Jovan Blagojevic (Coquitlam, BC) who opened the scoring in the sixth minute when he turned a free kick by
Robert Hyams (Brentwood, United Kingdom) into a goal in the sixth minute.
Just over 20 minutes later,
Colin Jacques (Richmond, BC) scored on a header off a corner kick from Rowley in the 27th minute to make it 2-0 for the Clan.
Dhillon wrapped up the first half scoring when he scored on a goal between the goalkeeper's legs in the 43rd minute.
Kristensen scored back to back goals to open the second half scoring with goals in the 53rd and 56th minute, with Rowley getting his second assist of the night on the second goal.
In the 79th minute, Dhillon scored his second of the match before
Gilbert Kyne (Burnaby, BC) wrapped up the match with a goal in the final minute.
Brandon Watson (Victoria, BC) made three saves in the Clan shutout.
With the victory, the Clan improve to 12-1-1 on the season and 8-1-1 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play.
SFU will be back in action on Saturday when they host the Montana State University Billings Yellowjackets at 3:30 p.m. on Terry Fox Field.
