LANCASTER, PA - Brandon Corday (Fr., Morton Grove, IL/Niles Township) scored twice and added an assist as the Franklin & Marshall men's soccer team shutout the University of Scranton 5-0 in non-conference action at Baker Campus.
The Diplomats jumped on the board with the game winner at 40:32 of the first half as Corday headed a pass to Wallace Eisenhauer (Sr., New Castle, DE/Wilmington Christian) who finished a shot past Royals' goalkeeper Mathew Richardson for a 1-0 lead. Three minutes later, Alex Sanchez Sierra (Sr., Tangier, Morocco/American School of Tangier) added an unassisted score and Corday scored off an assist from Jose Caballe (Jr., Pittsburgh, PA/Kiski School) with six minutes remaining in the first half to increase the lead to 3-0.
Mike Boyd (So., Naples, FL/Barron Collier) added to the lead with 2:03 left in the half as he converted on an assist from Jared Weiss (So., South Orange, NJ/Columbia) to make the lead 4-0 at intermission.
In the second half, the Diplomats closed out the scoring as Weiss found Corday in front of the net for the fifth and final goal of the game with 4:01 remaining on the clock.
In goal, Ed Stelz (So., Kew Gardens, NY/Loomis Chaffee) made five saves, while Richardson stopped nine shots.
Franklin & Marshall College (1-1, 0-0 CC) will return to action on September 13 at Cabrini College. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m.
Scranton (0-3, 0-0 MAC) 0-0-- 0
Franklin & Marshall (1-1, 0-0 CC) 4-1-- 5
Goals: F&M - Wallace Eisenhauer (Brandon Corday), 4:28
F&M - Alex Sanchez-Sierra (unassisted), 7:38
F&M - Brandon Corday (Jose Caballe), 38:46
F&M - Mike Boyd (Jared Weiss), 42:57
F&M - Brandon Corday (Jared Weiss), 85:59
Goalie Saves: F&M - Ed Stelz, 5 (90 minutes)
US - Mathew Richardson, 9 (90 minutes)
Shots: F&M 15, US 5
Corner Kicks: F&M 7, US 0