QUINCY, Mass. -- The Nichols College men's soccer team scored a pair of goals in each half to press on for their 7th win of the season Saturday, a 4-0 win at Eastern Nazarene in The Commonwealth Coast Conference game.  First-year player Brian Sanz (Framingham, Mass.) recorded five points with two goals and an assist, while defender Matt Soderberg (Douglas, Mass.) scored his first career goal in the game.

In what started out as an evenly played match, the Bison struck suddenly in the 24th minute as David Johnson (Cantebury, Conn.) received a throw-in and turned to beat a Crusader defender and then the goalkeeper to open the scoring. Four minutes later, Sanz jumped on a loose ball in the Crusader penalty box and finished a shot to the far post, stealing the game's momentum at the same time.

The second half started out similarly, as Sanz found the Crusaders net again just six minutes into the second stanza to make it 3-0. Then a through ball to an overlapping Soderberg put him in on goal to the far post.

The Crusaders threatened on several occasions during the entire contest, outshooting the Bison, 19-15, but near misses and goalposts prevented them from drawing the game back to within reach. 

Nichol goalie Brendan Hamilton (North Attleboro, Mass.) played the first half to earn the win, making three saves. Crusaders' keeper Andrew Trice shouldered the loss with six saves.

Nichols (7-7-1, 4-5-1) travels to Salve Regina University on the Wednesday for a 3:30 p.m. TCCC game.