Offense explodes for 7-0 win at Fisher

Men's Soccer 8/31/2015 12:00:00 AM Aaron Sagraves

Offense explodes for 7-0 win at Fisher

Box Score

MEDFORD, Mass. – The men's soccer team completed their week long stay outside of Boston with a commanding 7-0 win against Fisher College (Mass.) on Monday afternoon. The victory lifts the Golden Eagles to 2-1-0 on the season as they return to action on Saturday in Chicago when they take on Saint Xavier University (Ill.) at 2 p.m. EST.

Game Flow
The first meeting ever between Cornerstone and Fisher quickly became lop-sided as the Golden Eagles put up six of their seven tallies in the opening 45 minutes. CU got goals at the 5:44 mark from David Mutembezi and just 51 seconds later from Gareth Flynn (JR/Elk Grove, Ill.) to take the 2-0 lead.

Mark Rougas (SR/Wheaton, Ill.) then scored the first of his two goals on the day at the 16:26 mark and CU got three more in the opening half from Caleb Colp, Rougas and Kevin Nimmo (SO/Livonia, Mich.). Gareth Flynn scored the lone goal in the second half just 5:36 in to finish the scoring.

Nick Hopkins (JR/Ada, Mich.) got the win in net for Cornerstone as the junior made three saves in the 68:15 of game action while Thomas Bowes (SO/Grand Rapids, MIch.) finished out the shutout for the Golden Eagles.

Quotable
"It was great to get the road win here in Boston. We have been preparing all week for this match with two scrimmages against Eastern Nazarene and Curry. Today we showed ourselves that we can put the ball in the back of the net and we look forward to bringing the momentum back with us." – Senior Mark Rougas

Inside the Box
- Cornerstone finished with 19 shots of which 14 came on net
- David Mutembezi scored his first collegiate goal and was credited with the game winner
- 10 different field players and one back up goalkeeper saw action for the Golden Eagles

What's on Tap?
Cornerstone will head to Chicago for their next regular season match against CCAC foe Saint Xavier (Ill.) on Saturday at 2 p.m. EST.

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