MENOMONIE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville men's soccer (7-4-2, 3-0-0 WIAC) team used three second half goals Saturday afternoon to cruise to a 4-0 victory over UW-Stout Polytechnic (5-7-2, 0-3-0 WIAC) at Nelson Field.
Sophomore
Caden Wits got the Pioneers on the board right away with a goal in just the second minute of play off an assist from senior
Brady Harwood. UW-Platteville went on to total an 8-1 advantage in shots in the first half, but the score would stay at 1-0.
It was not until the 62
nd minute when junior
Aiden Hatleberg doubled the Pioneers' lead with a goal assisted by both freshman
Niall Hagen and junior
Westley Hankes.
Junior
Cooper Stengel then joined the fun in the 72
nd minute, scoring UW-Platteville's third goal of the day off an assist from senior
Thomas Gaither. Sophomore
Liam Holtzen then scored his first career goal in the 78
th minute, assisted by senior
Justin Williams, to round out the Pioneers' lead to 4-0.
In all, the Pioneers totaled 19 shots with 11 on goal compared to the Blue Devils' two shots.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Connor Waite kept a clean sheet for his fourth shutout of the season.
The Pioneers will return to action on Tuesday when they hit the road for Luther College; a non-conference match up starting at 7 p.m.
