GUELPH, ON – Find a way to limit the Gryphons potent offensive attack. That was the primary focus on Sunday afternoon for the visiting Brock Badgers men's soccer team. For the first 75 minutes of the match, it seemed to be working as the Gryphons were held to just one goal. The final 15 minutes of the match were a different story. The Gryphons scored four goals over an 11-minute stretch in the second half and cruised to a 5-0 victory at home over a winless Brock squad at the Gryphon Soccer Complex. With the win, the Gryphons improve to 3-0-1 (wins-losses-draws) on the season while the Badgers fall to 0-4-1.
 
The Badgers came out with a very defensive mindset with Guelph enjoying the bulk of the possession early on. In the 21^st minute, the Gryphons would open the scoring when Owen Botelho's cross was volleyed home by second year winger Youssef Zaghoul who showed some great skill to side-foot home on the first touch to put Guelph up 1-0.
 
The match would stay that way until the 75^th minute when second year striker Tomasz Skublak showed some great patience in front of the Brock net before finishing with his weaker left foot by curling a perfect placed shot into the back of the net. For Skublak, it was already his third goal of the season.
 
Following the goal by Skublak, the Badgers decided to pull a defender in favour of an extra striker. The game opened up from that point. And that was bad news for the Badgers.
 
With more time and space to work with, the Gryphons were able to pour in a trio of goals to blow the game wide open. Gryphons second year left midfielder Atchu Siva (Brampton, ON) was unable to capitalize on a glorious chance earlier in the match, but would more than make up for it in the 78^th minute. Cutting in from the left, Siva would unleash a strike from 25-yards out that would soar into the top corner to give the Gryphons a 3-0 lead.
 
In the 81^st minute, Youssef Zaghoul would score his second of the match to extend the lead to 4-0. Zaghoul and Skublak now share the team lead with three goals on the season.
 
In the 85^th minute, rookie midfielder Alex Zis would produce a beautiful individual effort, dribbling around several Brock defenders before pulling the ball back to Jalen Noronha who would side-foot home his first goal of the season. Noronha in the process also became the eighth different Gryphon player to score this season in what has quickly become a balanced attack for the Gryphons through the first four games.
 
Up next for the Gryphons, a Wednesday night trip to Hamilton to face the Marauders. The Gryphons and Marauders battled to a hard fought scoreless draw when they met a week ago during the Gryphons home opener (Sept. 2). Wednesday night's match in Hamilton kicks off at 8pm.