LATROBE, PA – Led by a 4-goal performance from freshman Jesse Detweiler, the Saint Vincent men's soccer team cruised to a 10-1 win over La Roche on the sun-splashed UPMC Field Turf.
 
Seven different players scored at least one goal for SVC (1-4), while 12 different Bearcats were credited with at least one point, as Saint Vincent posted its highest single-game offensive output in nine seasons.
 
In the dominant offensive performance, Saint Vincent out-shot La Roche 41-5 on the afternoon.
 
The visiting Redhawks scored the game's first goal in the 13^th minute, when Ryan Truax burst through the defense and capped off a long run with a breakaway goal.
 
From there, it was all SVC. Three minutes after La Roche's strike, Saint Vincent tied it on David Rahaman's second goal of the season, as he headed in a perfect through pass from Alejandro Martinez.
 
In the 21st minute, La Roche's goalkeeper was whistled for a foul inside the box, and Joel Quiroz Mansilla put SVC up 2-1 on the penalty kick goal.
 
Just 90 seconds later, Detweiler scored his first goal of the afternoon on a header in front directly off of a Jose Hurtado free kick. Detweiler then added his second tally of the afternoon in the 29th minute, as he caught up to an entry pass from Quiroz Mansilla and tapped it into the net to make it 4-1, which is how the score would remain through halftime.
 
Detweiler and the Bearcats wasted little time in extending the gap in the opening moments of the second half, as he competed the hat trick 88 seconds into the second frame when he again caught up to a through ball from Quiroz Mansilla and sprung free for the breakaway goal. Four minutes later, Detweiler scored his fourth goal in similar fashion, with another assist from Quiroz Mansilla, to push the SVC advantage up to 6-1.

Roberto Fulweiler and Sean Knipp would score their first goals of the season three minutes apart to up the lead to 8-1, before Brandon Brock netted his first career tally at the 77:37 mark, assisted by Leo Iacovangelo, and Josue Cruz potted his first tally 53 seconds later, assisted by Caedon Seeger, to close out the day's scoring.
 
The 10 goals scored by Saint Vincent are its most since a 14-0 win over Penn State-New Kensington on Sept. 11, 2012, which was also the last time an SVC player scored four or more goals, when Brody Ruffner potted a school-record six. Detweiler is also the first Bearcat to score a hat trick since Zack Kocak's three-goal performance in a win over Waynesburg on Oct. 12, 2015.
 
The Bearcats will now have a quick turnaround before returning to action on Saturday, Sept. 18, when they travel to Frederick, Maryland, to take on Hood College in a noon match.