The University of Mary Washington men's soccer team used
Braeden Kelly's hattrick and goals from six other Eagles to down Regent on Tuesday evening, 9-3, in Fredericksburg, Va. For UMW, it scored the most goals in a game since the 2022 season.
The Eagles started off the match quickly in the 6' when
Elliot Berg and
Michael Lenhard found
John Maggio in the box for the first-year's first career goal to put UMW up early, 1-0. In the 15', UMW notched its second goal after
Luis Argueta kicked the ball from the defensive zone and found a streaking Berg, who put the ball into the net to increase the lead to two.
The Royals notched their first goal of the night in the 21', but UMW countered with another in the 28' as
Sean Lowry found
Gerrard Valoyi, who put the third Eagles score in the back of the net for his third of the season. The Eagles added two more goals before the half concluded as
Dylan Pham was able to find an open Kelly for his first goal of the evening to add on to the lead, 4-1, in the 41'. Then in the 45',
Micah Davis booted a ball that skipped off of a Regent defender's leg and into the back of the net to add another just 30 seconds before halftime to add another, 5-1.
UMW started the second half off as quick as you can as just 12 seconds into the half,
Andrew Brittain took the ball after receiving the kick-off to the Regent box before finding Kelly for his second goal of the evening to add to the lead, 6-1.
The Royals netted another goal in the 57', but UMW responded with its seventh score the night as Ronan Quigley found Brittain in the box to add another goal to the Eagles' total in the 63. After a Regent turnover, Quigley passed the ball to Brittain, who then found an open Kelly, who notched his third score of the night and added to the lead, 8-2. And finally, the Eagles capped off the big night as
Daniel Calderon and Quigley teamed up to get the ball to Rutley Heniemann for Heinemann's first goal of the season, 9-2, in the 68'.
Regent added another goal in the 85' to cut into the gap, 9-3.
The Eagles controlled possession for virtually the entire evening as they took 35 shots (17 on goal), while Regent had five total shots, three of which were on goal. UMW led in corners, 5-3.
Mary Washington is back in action for the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Tournament from Novemeber 5 through November 8.
