SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – For the second time in as many matches, the Spring Arbor University men's soccer team delivered a shutout win as the Cougars defeated Trinity Christian College 4-0 Saturday night at the Cougar Soccer Complex.

THE BASICS

FINAL SCORE: Spring Arbor 4, Trinity Christian 0

LOCATION: Cougar Soccer Complex | Spring Arbor, Mich.

RECORDS: Spring Arbor 4-2-0, Trinity Christian 1-5-0

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Josh Fines got the scoring started early for Spring Arbor, finding the back of the net just over three minutes into the match. A perfectly delivered corner kick from Michael Procopio found the head of Fines just outside the goal box and Fines tucked the ball inside the post.
• Janum Sailor scored twice in the game. The first came in the 16th minute off a cross from Cole Russell. Then, 15 minutes later, Sailor put away a cross from Jacob Crull.
• Freshman Mario Colella capped the scoring with his second career goal in the 86th minute.
• Goalkeepers Zach Weidman and Michael White combined for three saves in the shutout.
• Spring Arbor outshot Trinity Christian 24-5 and had eight corner kicks to TCC's one.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• For the second straight season, Spring Arbor defeated Trinity Christian – both by 4-0 finals.
• The shutout was the third of the year for the Cougars – tied for the most in the Crossroads League.
• Sailor recorded the fourth multi-goal game of his career.

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH NATHAN MILLER

• "I thought the guys played an extremely clean game and executed extremely well. The counter-pressing and extending of attacks in the opponent's half was excellent. The work rate was off the charts."
• "Trinity will become a good team. They have good coaching, so it was a different type of test for us tonight. We had to work hard to break them down, but we really solved all the situations and created tons of chances."
• "The support in the stadium was amazing - falls here at SAU are pretty special."

UP NEXT

Spring Arbor will look to remain unbeaten on its current homestand when it hosts No. 12 Cardinal Stritch University (3-0) on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m.

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