The UHA Blazers picked up their fourth shutout of the season Tuesday night. With another strong defensive effort and timely scoring, the Blazers cruised past Hopkins County Central 5-0. To date, University Heights has allowed only one goal this season, that coming Saturday night against Webster County.
The margin Tuesday night would have been even larger except for some exceptional play in goal by the Storm’s Trevor Weldon, who made several spectacular stops on shots by the Blazers that appeared to be headed for the net. Central also got exception defensive play from Tim Clevenger and Tyler Dunlap.
The Blazers got two first half goals from William Bryan to take a 2-0 lead into the break. Bryan scored on a direct kick at the 13:30 mark from the left front corner of the box. He would add another goal less than nine minutes later when he took a pass from Connor Dill and found the net to extend the lead to two goals.
Sophomore Preston Thomas scored the first goal of the second half for the Blazers, this one coming off another assist from Connor Dill to make it 3-0 at the 51:30 mark. Thomas added a second goal at the 71:00 mark when he spun a shot through the goalie’s legs to extend the margin to 4-0.
William Bryan then wrapped up another hat trick with a goal at the 79:00 mark of Connor Dill’s third assist of the night to finish the scoring and give the Blazers the 5-0 win.
In addition to the trio of Dill, Bryan, and Thomas, the Blazer got outstanding up front pressure from Elvin Wagner, Noah Shouse, and Ethan Hale, who returned to the lineup after being injured in the final seconds of the Blazers win over Webster County Saturday night.
The win improves UHA to 5-0 on the season. The Blazers have outscored their opponents 35-1. UHA heads to Murray on Thursday evening for a sectional matchup against the Tigers in the All A Classic.
