PULASKI, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Southern men's soccer team used a battery of goals to defeat Brescia 8-nil on Wednesday.

UT Southern (5-1) scored three times in the opening period to lead 3-nil at the half. In the 25^th minute, Manuel Flores (Konstantinos Theodorakis assist) rifled a shot past the Brescia (0-5) keeper netting the game winner. Flores (Louise Alexandre-Merabli assist) would complete a brace netting the second Firehawk goal in the 37^th minute. With less than a minute left in the half, Kenshin Yasujima intercepted a Bearcat pass and lit the scoreboard for his first go of the match. UT Southern would lead 13-3 in shots at the half.

In the second half, the Firehawks would tack on five more goals in the rout.  Louise Alexandre-Merabli would finish the Manuel Villena lag in the 49^th minute. Manuel Silva scored in the 54^th minute from a Yasujima pass. Three minutes later Yasujima would net his second once again from a Brescia turnover. Newcomer Noah Stahlfest would score in the 80th minute. Once again, the Firehawks would find the net in the final minute. George Grice would chip in a corner kick and find the head of Dakota Jackson who found a wide-open Ezekial Opie for the final Firehawk goal. UT Southern held the shot advantage 31-6 and led in shots on goal 18-2.

Ajay Murray (5-1) recorded two saves and shared the clean sheet with Michael Anderson.

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The Firehawks will travel to Blue Mountain, Miss., on Saturday, September 16. The action opening SSAC play will kickoff at 3:30 p.m.

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