COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. – Scoring five goals in the first 16 minutes of the contest, Oregon Tech remained one game back of first place in the Cascade Conference with a dominant 10-0 victory over Walla Walla University.
 
Cade O'Neill recorded a hat track, Kevin Rodriguez scored twice, with Andrew Pasang adding a goal and three assists, as the Owls (6-1-2, 5-1 CCC) tied a school-record for assists in a match and logged their third-highest scoring game in program history.
 
Tech left no doubt early – scoring twice in the opening seven minutes. Ellis Harwood pounced on a rebound of a Brock Rideout shot, slamming it into the net just four minutes into the contest. Moments later, Pasang made a pretty move in the right side of the box, hammering a left-footed blast into the right corner of the net.
 
The lead grew to 5-0 less than 20 minutes in, as Rodriguez scored back-to-back goals – punching home a Pasang corner and touching home a nice back-post cross from Dylan Nakagawa. Rosendo Juarez-Flores capped the early flurry, converting off a pretty Pasang through-ball.
 
O'Neill made it 6-0 in the 33rd minute with an unassisted goal and just before the break, Reilly Combs headed home a Pasang corner.
 
OIT finished with a 32-3 edge in total shots and had all 11 corners in the contest against the winless Wolves (0-7, 0-6). Keepers Joel Witts and Connor Caslin combined on the Owls third-straight shutout.
 
Tech scored three times in the final 20 minutes of the match – as Hunter Hoogerwerf converted off a Logan Miller corner, with O'Neill notching goals off feeds from Brandon Donat and Ian Bermudez.
 
The 10 goals scored by OIT ranked No. 3 in program history – as the 2016 team scored 12 against Walla Walla and the 2015 squad scored 11 vs. Multnomah. The eight assists in the game equaled the mark set in the 2015 win over Multnomah.
 
OIT returns to action on Sunday with a 3 p.m. match-up at Carroll College.