INDIANAPOLIS - The Marian men's soccer team lit up the scoreboard Wednesday night at St. Vincent Field, blowing out IU-Northwest 7-0 in a dominating team win. Seven different players scored for the Knights, and the win brings Marian to 4-0-2 overall on the season.
The Knights headlined the game, dominating possession from the opening kickoff taking six shots in the opening 11 minutes. Marian's seventh shot of the evening started a scoring streak, with Marian tacking on two goals in a four minute window. The first goal of the night came from
Sebastian Gonzalez, who scored in the 13th minute off a pass from
Kyle Alb.
Kelton Hooker scored around five minutes later after he blasted one past the goalie to give the Knights the 2-0 lead.
Marian kept their attacking going, and in the 31st minute
Kent Bailey played a ball to
Agon Hoxha who booted one in the back of the net. The scoring was not done for the Knights as
Evan Dawdy added a fourth goal on the assist from
Keiji Nakamae, extending the Marian lead to 4-0. IU-Northwest put together their first shot attempts of the half, with all coming in the final five minutes. The Marian offense was efficient in the first 45 minutes, posting 18 shots and allowing one three shots for the visiting Redhawks.
The scores kept coming for Marian in the second half, with the Knights adding three more goals to their total.
Alan Tenorio scored the first of the half after executing on the penalty kick in the 53rd minute.The Knights continued to pound shots onto the IU-Northwest defense and eventually picked up the 6-0 lead after
Kameron Hooker beat the keeper to the ball and put one in. With the 6-0 lead at hand, Marian was not done yet as they added one more goal at the 85:36 mark when
Jayden Francis connected with
Donovan Doolittle, who scored his first career goal and topped off a 7-0 win for the Knights.
Marian's offense put together 32 shots on the night, with seven different players scoring. Gonzalez,
Kelton Hooker, Hoxha,
Kameron Hooker, Doolittle Dawdy, and Tenorio all scored. Alb, Bailey, Nakamae, and Francis each dished out an assist, while
Juan Torres grabbed the shutout victory and made one save.
Marian will finish their non-conference schedule Saturday when they make the trip to Campbellsville - Harrodsburg for a 3 p.m. kickoff.
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