St. Paul, MN – The Macalester men's soccer team played a non-conference game against University of Minnesota-Morris. The Scots dominated, defeating the Cougars 5-0. The Scots current season record is now 4-4 (1-1 MIAC).

The Scots attacked strong and early, with a shot from senior Rohit Shah (Sunnyvale, CA/Harker School) in the second minute. Juniors Thomas Dono (Plymouth, Mich./Salem) and Joey Stern (Chicago, Ill./Francis W. Parker), senior Ben Wagner (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) and first year Hans Haenicke (Lisle, IL/Benet Academy) all got in on the attack. Finally, in the 42^nd minute, the Scots had a breakthrough with a goal from junior Silas Southworth (Lancaster, NH/West Mountains Regional) off an assist from sophomore Sam Menicke (Whitefish, Mont./Whitefish), giving the Scots a 1-0 lead going into the break.

The Scots picked up where they left off at the break. In the 51^st minute, Haenicke doubled the Scots lead with an assist from Dono. Just four minutes later, sophomore Branko Sciortino put one in the net off an assist from Shah. Back-to-back goals in the 68^th and 69^th minute from Southworth and Stern rounded out the scoring.
 
Macalester's first year goalkeeper, Sam Price (Chicago, IL/Lane Tech) registered his first start in Scots' uniform, helping to keep a clean sheet. Next up for the Scots will be a conference matchup against St. Olaf. Kickoff will be at 12:30 p.m. in Northfield, MN.