DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's soccer team, led by two goals from junior Michael Donald, improved to 3-0 in The Sun Conference with a 3-0 victory over Florida Memorial, Wednesday at the Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium. The Eagles are 5-3 overall, while the Lions fall to 4-8 overall and 2-3 in league play.

The Eagles looked to be the better of the two teams offensively early in the game as they were able to break through the Lions' back line for two clear shots on goal. Both chances missed by inches, but the Eagles continued to pressure the FMU defense, putting up nine shots to the Lions two.

The Blue and Gold finally broke through in the 13th minute when Donald ran onto a ball played into space. After a quick turn he played the ball in behind the Florida Memorial defense to Ryan Maloney running into the box. Maloney's shot was stopped by FMU goalkeeper Daniel DeSouza, but DeSouza was unable to hold onto to the ball and the rebound went to Donald who chipped a perfectly weighted ball over the FMU keeper to put the Eagles up 1-0.

ERAU's second goal came in just under five minutes into the second half.  Sam Litchfield's initial shot attempt took a slight deflection off a Lion defender. The ball fell to Maloney lurking at the post and the senior beat DeSouza low for his ninth goal of the year to increase the Eagle lead to 2-0.

Embry-Riddle maintained the offensive advantage throughout the second half, outshooting the Lions 13-2 in that frame. The Eagles had several close calls with ball sailing just high of the mark or being stopped by DeSouza. The Lions also put ERAU netminder Kile Kennedy to the test, but Kennedy was up to the challenge, coming up with three big saves to keep Florida Memorial off the board.

After a 30 minute period marked by back-and-forth play from both sides, Donald added the exclamation point with 36 seconds remaining as took the ball into the box by himself and hit a low shot for his third tally of the year.

Kennedy totaled three saves on the night en route to the Eagles' second straight shutout, while DeSouza finished with seven stops for the Lions.

The Eagles' next game will be at 7 p.m. on Saturday when they host St. Thomas at the Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium