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Men?s Soccer Celebrates Senior Night With 11-0 Win Over Southeastern

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's soccer team closed out its 2010 home slate with an 11-0 conference win over Southeastern, Wednesday at the Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium. The match was the final home contest for seniors Ryan Woods, Ryan Maloney, Sam Litchfield, Matthias Klatt, Alexis Pradie and Alvaro Burgos and the senior class led by example tallying 23 of the Eagles' 24points as the Blue and Gold improved to 6-4 overall and 4-1 in The Sun Conference

The Eagles had an offensive mindset from the first whistle getting their first shot on target just 12 seconds into the contest. The Eagles outshot the Fire 6-0 in the opening minutes of the game and the pressure finally paid off in the 13th minute. Woods won the ball in the midfield off a Southeastern goal kick and after bringing it under control with one touch, he played a diagonal ball to Maloney on the right side with the next. Maloney used deft footwork to elude the Fire's last defender and he struck the ball with the outside of his right foot causing it to bend around Southeastern goalkeeper Bo Giles for a 1-0 Eagle lead.

Just one minute later Maloney was brought down just outside the penalty area. Woods' quickly taken free kick caught Giles off guard to put the Eagles up 2-0.

Woods second goal of the night was a solo shot to the lower right corner that put the Blue and Gold up 3-0 and Maloney added the Eagles' fourth goal with just two minutes left in the first period to give the Eagles a 4-0 cushion heading into the halftime break.

The second half of play saw much of the same from the Eagles as the Southeastern defense was unable to find an answer for the potent ERAU offense. Woods finished with a game-high four goals and an assist on the night. Maloney totaled three goals and two assists and Michael Donald and Sam Litchfield contributed a goal apiece.

Embry-Riddle's Alfredo Diaz was tested three times in the match and came up with a solid plays to record three saves in his first start of the season. Giles managed eight saves for the Fire who fall to 5-8 overall and 3-4 in league play.

The Eagles will play the rest of the regular season on the road, starting with a 7 p.m. match at SCAD Savannah on Saturday.

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