EAST CHICAGO, Ind. – The Roosevelt University men's soccer team earned its first CCAC Conference victory of the year in convincing fashion with a 9-0 win over Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.) on Saturday, September 17.  The Lakers are now 1-1 in conference play and 2-3 overall on the year.

Just over twenty minutes into the game, the Lakers erupted for five goals in a ten-minute span to take control of the game.  Oskar Schuster opened the scoring in the 21^st minute on a Valerio Joos assist with Carmel Saboutey Tettey adding a goal three minutes later with Jonathan Hernandez picking up the assist. 

Jose Rivera upped the RU lead to 3-0 in the 25^th minute with Joos earning his second assist of the contest, while Rivera then set up Eduardo Hernandez in the 27^th minute for a 4-0 lead.  Sebastian Rodriguez found the back of the net four minutes later with Raul Mariscal assisting on the play.

Roosevelt added two late first half goals with Otitolouwa Ojo scoring on another Mariscal assist in the 42^nd minute and Rodriguez notching his second goal of the game in the 45^th minute with Luis Arreola assisting on the goal for a 7-0 half-time lead.

The Lakers added two second half goals with Eduardo Hernandez scoring his second of the match in the 56^th minute and Schuster also adding his second on a Rodriguez assist in the 66^th minute for the 9-0 win.

KEY STATS

• Sebastian Rodriguez tallied two goals & an assist to give him three goals on the season
• Oskar Schuster also scored two goals to give him a team leading four on the year
• Eduardo Hernandez scored his first two goals of the season
• Jose Rivera notched a goal and an assist
• Carmel Saboutey Tettey & Otitolouwa Ojo both had a goal each
• Raul Mariscal & Valerio Joos had two assists each
• Mario Graciano earned the shutout in goal & did not have to make a save
• RU outshot CCSJ 31-1 in the victory

NEWS & NOTES

• The Lakers are now 9-2-1 versus the Crimson Wave in the all-time series
• Click here to view the current CCAC Conference standings

NEXT UP

The Lakers continue CCAC Conference action when they take on St. Ambrose University (Iowa) on Wednesday, September 21.  Kick-off is set for 7pm at St. Vincent's Athletic Complex in Davenport, Iowa and fans can watch the game live here.