Two Goals from Erhardt Propels Dukes to Fifth Straight Win

Wednesday, October 6

Emmitsburg, Md.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

9-2-0, 3-0-0

Mount St. Mary's

2-9-0, 0-3-0

James Madison

Mount St. Mary's

Photo by: JMU

Two Goals from Erhardt Propels Dukes to Fifth Straight Win

10/6/2021 9:41:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

EMMITSBURG, Md. – James Madison forward Luca Erhardt scored twice in a three goal first half for the Dukes to help propel JMU past Mount St. Mary's, 4-0, on Wednesday night at Waldron Family Stadium.

The Dukes are now 9-2 and are off to their best 11-match start since the 2004 squad started off 10-0-1. The Mount dropped to 2-9.

The Dukes got out to an early lead as Erhardt scored his first goal under seven minutes into the match. He then added his second goal in the 19^th minute to extend the lead to 2-0. The Offenbach, Germany native became the first Duke since CJ Sapong in 2010 to record back-to-back multi-goal matches after he scored twice against George Washington last Tuesday.

JMU added a third goal in the 25^th minute after Clay Obara took a shot to the left of the goal that was saved by Adam Sivitar. The shot; however, bounced off of the Mount goalkeeper's gloves and ricocheted off of a nearby Mountaineer defender before rolling right into the net for a JMU 3-0 lead. JMU took the three-goal lead into halftime.

The second half started out slow for both teams, but JMU began to heat up after the starting few minutes. The Dukes capitalized in the 58^th minute to take a 4-0 lead as Dennis Mensah found the back of the net from a pass off the foot of Rodrigo Robles. The assist was Robles' league-tying seventh assist, becoming the first Duke with seven assists in a season since Christian McLaughlin in 2011.

The Mountaineers had a chance to get on the board, as Markus Nilsen took a shot on the ensuing kickoff after Mensah's goal, but it hit the crossbar to keep it at 4-0. The Dukes' defense remained strong for the remainder of the match, holding on to take the shutout win.

Game Notes

The Dukes outshot the Mount 18-5 and had a 7-1 advantage on shots on goal.
The shutout was the seventh of the season for JMU.
JMU has now outscored the Mountaineers 43-5 in the all-time series and have produced nine shutouts.
Luca Erhardt has now scored in three consecutive matches, and three of the last four. He's the first JMU player to score in at least three straight matches since Manuel Ferriol scored in five straight during the 2019 season.

Quoting Head Coach Paul Zazenski
"It was a good team win tonight in which everyone contributed. The challenge was to get off to a good start and our guys responded by going up a few goals early. We kept a shutout and had a good amount of the ball. We will have a quick layoff before being back at it against William & Mary."

Up Next
The Dukes will return home for the first time in almost three weeks as they welcome William & Mary to Sentara Park for a 7 p.m. kickoff.