PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Five goals in the second half guided the University of Wisconsin-Platteville men's soccer team (9-4-3) to a 6-0 victory over St. Scholastica (7-10-1) on Tuesday from Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium.
Five Pioneers accounted for the six goals and it was junior
Westley Hankes who broke through in just the fourth minute with his fifth goal of the season to put the Pioneers on the board. The score would hold 1-0 until the halftime break.
Sophomore
Caden Wits scored his fourth goal of the year in the 50
th minute on an unassisted shot. Senior Zach Monnett doubled the Pioneers' lead four minutes later with a pair of goals scored within less than a minute of each other, bringing his season total to six goals. Wits tallied an assist on each of Monnett's goals and senior
Justin Williams also assisted on the fourth goal of the game, after already having an assist on Hankes' goal in the first half.
Senior
Thomas Gaither scored off a penalty kick in the 66
th minute and freshman
Holden Smith brought the score to 6-0 on his first career goal, assisted by freshman
Bryker Langfald.
Junior goalkeeper Theodore collected his first shutout in the win while tallying one save.
Overall, the Pioneers outshot the Saints 24-3 and placed 14 on frame compared to just one on goal for St. Scholastica.
The Pioneers will return to competition on Friday, Oct. 30 when they wrap up the conference slate and regular season when UW-Whitewater rolls into Platteville for the Shaymus Guinn Cup at 7 p.m.
