Five Goals Lift Biola Over ACU In Sixth Shutout

Recap, photo courtesy of Biola

Biola Men's Soccer has its best scoring night of the season, while blanking its opponent yet again.

LA MIRADA, Calif. --- We've been waiting all season for Biola Men's Soccer to open the floodgates and pour out a fantastic offensive performance. Those floodgates officially opened in a big way on Tuesday night as the No. 12 Eagles won their sixth in a row with a 5-0 victory over Arizona Christian.

Biola came into the day riding a streak of five shutout victories in a row, but had just an 8-1 advantage in scoring through the first six matches of the season. That +7 scoring differential nearly doubled in one night as four different scorers powered Biola to a win in its first Golden State Athletic Conference match.

It took awhile to get going, as a Devin Leon score in the 33rd minute is what opened the scoring and was the only goal of the first half. However, as has become customary this season, the 46th minute on was a rush of offense for this Eagles' team.

Biola got goals in the 51st, 52nd, 56th and 74th minutes to build its five-goal buffer and run away with the match. Through seven games 11 of the Eagles' 13 goals have come after the start of the second half.

Leonardo Contreras, Sammy McKay, Leon again and Keaton Kerr were the Eagles' second half goal scorers. It was McKay's first goal in a Biola uniform and came on his patented header in the box. Kerr's goal, the fifth of the game, came on a penalty kick opportunity and was his second in as many games. This two-goal scoring streak comes after 29 scoreless matches. Again, look for big things from this guy over the next year and a half.

Leon's two goals and Contreras' one help the senior captains move into a tie for the team-lead in goals this season with three a piece.

Igor Puglia and Robert Sams split time in the Biola goal to help lead the team to another shutout victory. Biola is now tied for the tops in the nation with its six shutouts on the season.

The Eagles improve to 6-1 (1-0 GSAC), while the visiting Firestorm suffer their third loss in a row and drop to 4-4 (0-1 GSAC). Biola continues its extended home stretch with a match against Menlo at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.