HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle men's soccer team notched their eighth win of the year Saturday night, decisively defeating conference opponent Johnson & Wales 14-0. The win matched the largest margin of victory in ERAU history, which occurred last year when the Eagles blanked the same Wildcats 14-0. The win also helped improve the Eagles to 8-5 overall and 5-2 in The Sun Conference.  

The Blue and Gold dominated the pitch for 90 minutes, scoring early and often on the Wildcat defense. The first goal came in the fifth minute of play when a Matthias Klatt shot was blocked leading to an Eagle corner kick. Michael Donald lofted the corner to a leaping Alexis Pradie who headed it into the back of the net for his fourth goal of the year.

The Eagles kept the Wildcats pinned in their territory and tallied five more goals in the next 25 minutes and added a sixth in the 34^th minute to go into the locker room with a 7-0 halftime lead.

Four minutes into the second half, senior Ryan Maloney blasted his 18^th goal of the year into the top right corner of the net past the diving Wildcat goal keeper.

Less than two minutes later Sam Litchfield took an intercepted pass up the right side of the pitch and crossed it to Donald who was wide open in the front of the net. Donald took the pass with one-touch and put it in the net to put the Eagles' up 9-0.

Once again, the Blue and Gold dominated the offensive side of the ball scoring three goals in the next 19 minutes making the score 12-0.

The final two Eagle goals came in the 74^th and 87^th minute, with the final score being 14-0.

For the Eagles, Donald led the way with four goals and one assist. Maloney added a hat trick putting his season goal total at 18 on the year. Litchfield scored twice for the Eagle while Pradie and Aaron Applebee scored once. Ross Carmichael, Alvaro Burgos and Erik Norburg also scored once, all three marking their first goal of the 2010 season.

Ryan Woods and Luis Velazquez also contributed for the Blue and Gold, each having two assists.   

The Eagles didn't allow a single shot to the Wildcats as they fall to 0-14 overall on the year and 0-9 in conference play.

The Embry-Riddle men will return to the pitch on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. as they travel to Northwood for the last regular season and conference game of the year.