BILLINGS, Mont. – The seventh-ranked Rocky Mountain College men's soccer team closed out its home slate of games with a 3-0 win over Eastern Oregon on Sunday afternoon at Wendy's Field.
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After honoring its senior class before the game, it was a Rocky (14-1, 10-1 CCC) senior that opened the scoring.
Matthew Thomas got his head on a free kick played in by
Marco Kummerle and redirected back across the goal and in for his fifth goal of the season in just the third minute of the game.
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Eastern Oregon (7-7-1, 4-6-1) kept the kept the Rocky offense off the board the remainder of the first half, but the Battlin' Bears extended the lead to 2-0 in the 57th minute as
Milo Downey rebounded a shot from San Davidson and scored his first career goal.
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Davidson would get his fourth goal of the year in the 78th minute to push the Rocky advantage to 3-0.
Alexander Taylor played a cross into the box for Davidson to redirect past the keeper.
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The Battlin' Bears took 19 shots in the game with nine of them on goal. They limited Eastern Oregon to seven shots and only one after halftime.
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Thomas, Davidson and
Chasen Lashure led Rocky with two shots on goal apiece.
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Cole Catlin earned the win in goal with three first half saves. His sixth shutout of the season and 17th of his career comes in his 37th career victory.
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Rocky has now won a school-record 10 straight games and they sit atop the Cascade Collegiate Conference standings with 30 points. They control their own destiny with two games remaining as they look for a third straight CCC regular season title.
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The first of those final two regular season games comes on Friday at 3:30 p.m. MT when they face Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash.