FT.LAUDERDALE, Fla. ? Embry-Riddle freshman Sam Litchfield scored a goal in each half of play to lead the Embry-Riddle men's soccer team to a 6-0 blanking of NCAA II foe Nova Southeastern, Saturday at the NSU Soccer Complex. The Eagles improved their record to 5-7-2 overall, while the Sharks, coached by former Embry-Riddle men's assistant coach Joe DePalo, fell to 9-5-1 on the year.

The Embry-Riddle men outshot the Sharks 9-4 in the first half and 17-13 in the match. Senior netminder Ian Levine earned his second clean sheet of the season, pulling in five saves on the night.

Matthias Klatt opened the Eagles' scoring in the 28th minute, heading home a Hugh Davey corner kick.

Litchfield netted his first goal of the night at the 42:00 mark to give the Eagles a two-goal lead heading into the halftime break.

Sophomore Dieter Ritz tallied the first goal of his collegiate career 14 minutes into the second with a blast from 35 yards out to extend the cushion to 3-0.

Litchfield and Eagle scoring leader Joe Yoffe each added a goal in the 74th and 76th minutes, respectively.

At the 81:52 mark, ERAU sophomore Jacob Belli entered the game for Richard Genge. Less than two minutes later Belli made the most of his collegiate debut and sealed the win with the first goal of his career.

“We had another quality performance tonight,” ERAU head coach David Gregson commented. “It was nice to score a lot of goals. We're starting to play good football at the right time of the year. There's a nice mentality to our play and we need that going into our game against Webber on Wednesday.”

Wednesday's match against Webber International marks a return to conference play for the Eagles. Game time is slated for 3:30 p.m. in Babson Park.