Oct. 1, 1999

The University of Kentucky men’s soccer team snapped its three-matchlosing streak in grand fashion on Friday night, blasting Marshall 6-0 atthe UK Soccer Complex.

UK forward Marc Theriault netted three goals for the Cats to notch UK’sfirst hat trick since 1991. Theriault’s three goals were the first of hiscareer, as the sophomore found the nets in the 37th, 43rd and 65th minutes.

Tyler Cook, Brent Rainey and Lee Baker also scored for the Cats and JasonBell tallied a trio of assists as UK opened Mid-American Conference playwith a win.

Kentucky had scored only one goal in its previous three matches, butwasted little time scoring on the Herd as the Cats recorded four goals inthe first half. UK continued to dominate play throughout, holding a 21-4shot advantage for the match.

UK goalkeeper Brian O’Leary recorded two saves and was rarely tested as heposted his third shutout of the season.

UK moves to 5-3, 1-0 MAC on the year, while Marshall falls to 3-6-1, 1-1-1MAC.

The Wildcats return to the pitch on Sunday, when they travel to Ohio totake on MAC rival Bowling Green at 2 p.m.

1 2 FMarshall 0 0 0Kentucky 4 2 6
Goals: UK – Tyler Cook (Lee Baker) 20:17, Marc Theriault (Michael Stickler,Jason Bell) 36:17, Theriault (Bell) 42:20, Brent Rainey (Bell, Stickler)43:16, Baker (Ilkka Jantti, J.D. Stephenson) 45:54, Theriault (Stephenson)64:18