SALEM, Va. - Carter Laatsch of the Roanoke College men's soccer team led the squad to victory as he tallied a trio of goals in the Maroons' 4-1 victory over the Brevard College Tornados on Saturday afternoon. 

Game Information 
Roanoke 4, Brevard 1 
Records: Roanoke (3-0, 0-0), Brevard (0-2-1,0-0) 
Location: Salem, Va. (Donald J. Kerr Stadium) 

How It Happened 

• The Maroons opened the scoring in the 7th minute as Ryan Pidgeon sent a ball on the ground into the middle from the left side of the box. The ball found an on-running Carter Laatsch who finished the ball just past the keeper. 

• In the 38th minute, Parker Laatsch made a run down the right wing and put a low ball into the box that ended up at the foot of Cameron Viator. Viator took a touch and put the bouncing ball into the lower left corner to double the advantage. 

• Brevard opened the scoring in the second half, earning one back off a free kick just outside the box. 

• C. Laatsch picked off an errant pass by Brevard about 20 yards out from goal. He then took his open space and slotted home a left footed shot into the bottom right corner from the top of the box in the 72nd minute to make it 3-1. 

• Not even two minutes later, Adam Shaia sent a ball behind the Tornado defense that C. Laatsch was able to run onto, take a touch past the keeper, and easily finish into the open net to round out his hat trick. 

Notes and Notables 

• C. Laatsch's hat trick was the first of his career as well as the first multi-goal game of his career. 

• Cameron Viator also picked up a career milestone as his goal was the first of his time with the Maroons. 

• Parker Laatsch earned his first career point and assist with his helper on Viator's goal. 

• Chase Rubincam and John Carter Austin made their first career appearances for RC in the match. 

• Aidan McHugh picked up his second win of the season in his first career start. McHugh posted three saves in his 85 minutes of play. 

• Grey Morris and C. Laatsch led the team in shots with four each. Peyton Mancini, Slate Danforth, and Logan Lavinder also had multi-shot games with two each. 

• The Maroons had the advantage in shots, 22-9, shots on goal, 9-5, and corners 7-5. 

Up Next 
The Maroons are back on the road on Tuesday (Sep. 9) as they make the trip to Methodist in game two of their four game stretch of USA South opponents. Kickoff is set for 6:00 pm.