Box Score AUSTIN, Texas – The St. Edward's men's soccer team busted out for three goals as they downed its arch-rivals St. Mary's, 3-0, Friday afternoon at Lewis-Chen Family Field. The victory gave the Hilltoppers another half of a point in the annual “Battle of the Saints” competition. St. Edward's now leads 2-0.5. It also broke their 10-match winless streak.

St. Edward's (4-7-4, 2-3-1 HC) opened the scoring in the 18th minute when Peter Gordon (Junior, Kansas City, Mo.) found Bryan Booth (Senior, Colleyville, Texas) behind the back line of St. Mary's (3-11, 2-5 HC). Booth beat the goalkeeper from 10 yards out far post for his first career goal.

Hilltopper goalkeeper John Kaschak (Sophomore, Allen, Texas) was on top of his game as he kept the Rattlers out of the back of the net, making four saves as St. Mary's outshot St. Edward's, 7-5 in the first half. The biggest save came at the 32:18 mark when Rattler midfielder Chris Ramirez ripped a shot from about 30 yards out and Kaschak got his hand on the ball and deflected it off of the crossbar.


In the second half, the Hilltopper offense came out firing. In the 52nd minute, Gavin Bruce (Junior, Sugar Land, Texas) tapped home a one-timer from Andrew Fox (Freshman, Cambridge, England) to make the score 2-0.

Fox would create another goal when he found Tyler Miles (Junior, Houston, Texas) 52 seconds later for the final goal of the match.

The St. Edward's defense clamped down on the Rattlers in the second half, not allowing St. Mary's a single shot. For the match, St. Edward's outshot the Rattler, 16-7.

The Hilltoppers will be back in action Sunday when they host Heartland Conference leader Texas A&M-International. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Lewis-Chen Field. Live stats and audio will be available on the St. Edward's Athletic Website. The match will be “Senior Day”, as four seniors will be playing their final home game on the hilltop.