Oct. 18, 2006

Box Score

FAYETTE, Iowa - A hat trick by Cory Mastey powered the Lewis University men's soccer team to a 3-2 non-conference victory over Upper Iowa Wednesday afternoon.

Mastey's performance boosted his team-leading totals to 11 goals and 25 points. The hat trick is the Flyers' first since Cathal Brady scored three times in a 5-0 win over Saint Joseph's last season.

Upper Iowa (2-12-1) struck first as Craig Signorin, assisted by Jacob Rasbeck, scored at 18:01.

Ryan Doody tallied his second assist of the season on Mastey's first goal at 36:06. Mastey took a feed from Joey De Francesco, who also registered his second assist, and made it 2-1 Flyers with just 15 seconds remaining in the first half.

Charlie Bucio collected his first collegiate assist on Mastey's third goal at 61:50. A goal by Upper Iowa's Steven Fellhauer (Signorin, Rasbeck) at 72:21 made it a game again, but Lewis tightened its defense and held on for the victory that improved its record to 12-5.

Winning goalkeeper Brian Byrne made four saves before being relieved by Anthony Szymel. The Flyers earned advantages of 14-9 in total shots and 12-3 in corner kicks.

Lewis travels to Rockhurst on Sunday for a Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship first-round game.