NORTON, Mass. – Four different players scored for the Wheaton College (Mass.) men's soccer team in a 4-0 shutout victory over host Worcester Polytechnic Institute this evening in a New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference match at H. Carr Field in Worcester, Mass.

The Lyons are unbeaten in four of their last five games and improve to 8-2-4 overall and 3-1-1 in league play, while the Engineers fall to 2-6-5 and 2-1-2.

Wheaton held a 13-10 shot advantage, including 10-5 in shots on frame. The Lyons also topped WPI with a 6-3 margin in corner kicks. 

Wheaton received goals from senior back Jacques Violette (Madison, Conn.), sophomore forward Vinny McGann (Chelmsford, Mass.), sophomore midfielder Paco Polo (Madrid, Spain) and first year forward Harry Converse (Cape Elizabeth, Maine). First year forward Mason Fasoli (Weymouth, Mass.) registered a pair of assists for the Lyons. Senior goalie Nick Phinney (Gorham, Maine) stopped all five shots he faced to record his second blank sheet of the season and fifth of his career.

Wheaton netted a goal in the opening half, before exploding for three more markers in the second session.

Junior back Austin Hoadley (South Kent, Conn.) tossed a long throw-in from the right sideline into the box, where Violette was able to collect the ball and turn for a shot that resulted in his first goal of the season in the 19th minute.

It was the last marker of the half, before the Blue and White took a 1-0 lead into the break.

Wheaton doubled its lead with another score in the 63rd minute of play in the second half. Senior forward Declan Rhatigan (Holderness, N.H.) lifted a long serve from 40 yards out to McGann on the right side, who took the ball down to the right slot, before firing a shot into the upper far corner of the net for his third goal of the season and a 2-0 lead. 

The Lyons added a pair of insurance goals in a span of six and a half minutes to give them a comfortable 4-0 lead in the final 10 minutes of the contest. 

Fasoli lifted a well-placed cross from the right sideline over the midfield and onto the head of Polo, who finished with a header into the far right post for his fifth goal of the season with 9:38 to go in the game. Fasoli facilitated the final score for Wheaton, sending a free kick from the right sideline with a serve that curled in toward the goal mouth, before Converse ran onto it and beat the keeper to the ball for a shot that ended up in the upper right corner of the net for his first collegiate goal with just 3:06 to play in the match. 

The Engineers' best chance to score came in the 74th minute when first year midfielder Anir AitDowd (Harvard, Mass.) fired a shot from five yards out, but Phinney was up to the task to deny the try. 

Sophomore midfielder Nathan Araujo (Holliston, Mass.) and senior forward Nikolas Previte (Andover, Mass.) each paced the WPI offense with two shots apiece. Junior goalie Savio Ketnouvong (Worcester, Mass.) finished with six saves for the home team.

The Lyons return to the pitch on Saturday, October 24 when they host NEWMAC foe United States Coast Guard Academy at 2:00 p.m. on Keefe Field, while the Engineers host Babson College in NEWMAC play on the same day at 3:00 p.m.