East Providence, R.I. - Junior Scott Kirchner (Irvine, Calif.) scored a pair of goals to lead the Johnson & Wales University men's soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Rivier in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest at Pierce Stadium on Tuesday evening.  It was the final regular season home game for seniors Gregory Grant (New Milford, Conn.), Jeremiah Schenzel (Carson City, Nev.) and Doug Weiler (Hauppauge, N.Y.).

Kirchner put JWU on the board first when he took a pass from Schenzel and went on a breakaway down the middle of the field.  He then buried a shot into the upper right corner of the net to give the Widlcats the 1-0 lead at the 1:32 mark.  Kirchner's second goal of the game came with an assist to sophomore Edwin Sojos (Deep River, Conn.) at the 10:53 mark, giving the team the 2-0 advantage.  JWU took the 2-0 lead into halftime after an 11-2 advantage in shots on goal.

The Wildcats continued to dominate play in the second half and took the 3-0 lead on an unassisted goal by Sojos at the 69:46 mark to cap off the scoring for the contest.  JWU had a commanding 25-5 lead in shots for the game.

Sophomore Joe Ferraro (Freehold, N.J.) had two saves in goal and for Johnson & Wales while freshman Austin Carpenter (Overland Park, Kansas) helped secure the shutout for the Wildcats, making one save.  Sophomore John Jarvis (St. Albans, Vt.) made eight stops in the setback for Rivier.