La Plume, PA – Keystone College's men's soccer team got points from seven different players including six multi-point efforts in a 7-0 victory over the University of Valley Forge on Tuesday night in the Giants' final non-conference tune-up before opening Colonial States Athletic Conference play on Saturday.
Eddy Enowbi (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook) and
Sal Turelli (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) had two goals apiece while
Matthew Sim (Tomball, TX/Tomball Memorial) dished out three assists to power the Giants' offense against the Patriots.
Alex Buchholz (Mountain Top, PA/Crestwood) and
Elmer Ramos (Kissimmee, FL/Lakenheath American) had a goal and an assist while
Vitor Nunes (Glen Gardner, NJ/Voorhees) had a pair of assists for Keystone (3-3-1).
Ciaran Ward (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) also scored a goal in the victory.
Keystone opened the scoring in the 17
th minute of Tuesday's contest on a penalty kick.
Kouassi Kouadio (Mount Pocono, PA/Pocono Mountain East) drew a foul in the 18-yard box and Enowbi made no mistake in burying the 12-yard chance. Enowbi doubled the Giants' lead three minutes later after taking a pass from Nunes, turning onto his left foot, and burying a low shot past Valley Forge goalkeeper Alan Verone Jr.
The hosts extended their advantage to 3-0 in the 24
th minute with a beautiful goal. Buchholz fed a pass to Nunes on the right flank, who drove a cross to the back post that Ward headed home powerfully to the back post for the first goal of his collegiate career.
Turelli got into the act with his first goal in a Keystone uniform after taking a pass from Sim and burying a shot from 10 yards. The duo teamed up again with just 52 seconds left in the half as Turelli knocked home a rebound off a shot from Sim that was originally saved by Verone for his second goal of the game to give Keystone a 5-0 lead at halftime.
Ramos scored the Giants' sixth goal of the day in the 74
th minute, taking a thru-ball from Sim and firing a shot just inside the far post. Ramos then set up Buchholz in the 76
th minute by flicking a ball onto to Buchholz, who dribbled around Verone before depositing the ball into the empty net to make it a 7-0 game and put an end to the scoring.
In addition to the lopsided score line, the Giants dominated statistically, outshooting Valley Forge by a 36-1 margin and holding a 13-3 advantage in corner kicks.
Keystone starting goalkeeper
Steven Heintz, Jr. (Ardsley, PA/Abington) picked up in the win in goal without being forced to make a save.
Jake Mitchell (Wellsboro, PA/Wellsboro) made his collegiate debut in the second half and also went 45 minutes without facing a shot on net.
Verone made nine saves in the loss for the Patriots, who remain winless in nine contests this season.
Keystone will open conference play on Saturday afternoon at Gwynedd Mercy University. Opening kickoff against the Griffins is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania.