The Cougars (5-3-2, 2-1-2 AMC) roared out to start the match when sophomore midfielder Jake Reber scored his first goal of the year just 3:11 in for a 1-0 lead. Freshman forward Chris Allen (left) sent a cross to senior forward Adam Worrall whose header rebounded off the crossbar to Reber, who knocked it home.

In the 12th minute, Worrall struck with a goal of his own after taking a through ball from junior defender Brady Swanson as the lead grew to 2-0. The goal was Worrall’s team-leading 10th in 10 matches this year and the 32nd of his career as he moved into a tie for seventh place on MVNU’s all-time list with former Cougar standout Todd Pearce.

The score remained that way until just a minute and a half after halftime when Shawnee State’s Steven Cox drilled a shot from 25 yards out on the right side to cut the deficit to 2-1.

In the 60th minute, MVNU got the goal back when Allen took a cross from Worrall and one-timed it into the net to push the lead to 3-1. It was Allen’s second goal of the season.

The lead grew to 4-1 in the 66th minute when junior midfielder Chris Mast beat a defender and crossed the ball to freshman midfielder Kyle Maxam, who scored his second goal of the season. The assist was Mast’s team-best fourth of the year.

In the 87th minute, freshman defender Tony Yoder scored his first career goal when he took a bending ball from senior forward Sheldon Tugman and blasted a left-footed shot home to move the lead to 5-1.

Then, with 16 seconds left in the match, Yoder set up sophomore forward Wade Foley for his first career goal as Foley settled a cross and fired it into the back of the net to close out the 6-1 victory.

MVNU held a commanding 32-7 lead in total shots including a 21-2 margin in shots on goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Tyson Porter saw his first action of the year for the Cougars and registered a save, while Bobby Krauss stopped 14 shots for Shawnee State (1-8-0, 0-4-0 AMC).

“It was nice getting a conference win on the road today.” said MVNU coach Paul Furey. “A lot of our younger players stepped up and did a nice job for us helping out in the goal production. Jake, Chris, Kyle, Tony, and Wade each had nice goals, and Tyson did a nice job in goal getting his first collegiate win. Adam continues to be consistent in scoring for us and that is going to be important as we head into some tough road matches next week.”

The Cougars will return to action next weekend with conference matches at Houghton (N.Y.) College at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and at Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) College at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.