SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – Powered by the hat trick performance by junior Janum Sailor, the No. 24 ranked Spring Arbor University men's soccer team defeated Aquinas College 5-0 Saturday night at the Cougar Soccer Complex.

THE BASICS

FINAL SCORE: #24 Spring Arbor 5, Aquinas 0

LOCATION: Cougar Soccer Complex | Spring Arbor, Mich.

RECORDS: Spring Arbor 6-2-0, Aquinas 5-2-0

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Spring Arbor wasted little time lighting the scoreboard as Sailor found the back of the net less than four minutes into the contest. Lewis Jones served a perfect ball into the box and Sailor finished with the header past the Aquinas goalkeeper.
• In the second half, the Cougars erupted for four goals in a 13 minute span. Sailor netted his second of the night in the 64th minute, and Morris Kamara scored less than a minute later to put SAU on top 3-0.
• In the 72nd minute, Stephen Gabrielle found Lewis Jones, who slotted a shot past the AQ keeper to extend the lead to 4-0.
• Sailor capped the scoring in the 77th minute, converting on a penalty kick for his third tally.
• Isiah Handspike came up big for the Cougars, making five stops to post his third shutout of the season.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

• Spring Arbor defeated Aquinas for the first time since 2013. The Cougars are 2-3-0 against the Saints over the last 10 seasons.
• Spring Arbor is 2-0-0 against teams from the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference this season.
• The win was the 25th straight home victory for SAU.
• Kamara has notched 10 goals this season, which leads the Crossroads League and ranks second in the NAIA.

FOR AQUINAS

• Alex Mendez registered four of Aquinas' 11 shots.
• Goalkeeper Theoren Collison finished the match with six saves.

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH NATHAN MILLER

• "Aquinas is a very talented and athletic team. They counterattack extremely well, so keeping a clean sheet and really piling on the pressure like that was impressive by our guys."
• "We played so well in the second half and broke them down extremely well. We have such unselfish players who work so hard for each other. It was amazing to see Janum get rewarded with a hat trick after doing so much work people don't see the past couple weeks. He's an amazing teammate."
• "Isiah really stepped up as well and had a great game."
• "We will look to finish this non-conference season strong and then get ready for Crossroads League play."

UP NEXT

Spring Arbor closes out its non-conference slate with a home match against Cornerstone University (1-2-1) on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

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