BREVARD, N.C. – Seven different Tornados found the back of the net as the Brevard College men's soccer team (1-0) opened its Spring season of competition in emphatic fashion, 11-1, over NCAA DII member Southern Wesleyan on Sunday afternoon at Ives-Lemel Family Field.
Francesco Bonometti, a sophomore transfer from Paderno Franciacorta, Italy, earned a hat-trick in his first contest as a Tornado, scoring three times alongside an assist for seven points in the matchup. Sophomore forward Pedro Herrera added a pair of goals and an assist, while senior forward JP Suarti found the back of the net twice in the first half. Marquis Dickerson, Vinicius Giannaccini, Rami Kadri, and Adam Spencer also scored, while Kadri, Sam O'Callaghan, Igor da Silva, Ryan Sinkamba, and Jose Sanchez also tallied assists in the 10-goal victory.
BC's 11-goal outburst in its season-opener is the most goals scored in a single game in Brevard's NCAA-era, supplanting the previous mark set on September 30, 2017, vs. Berea College. Bonometti tied the single-game NCAA-era record for BC men's soccer with his hat trick of goals, joining Andrew Gallowitch (September 28, 2010) and Jorge Jimenez (September 9, 2017) at the top of the record books.
The Tornados came firing out of the gate, as Giannaccini scored a Bonometti assist within the first minute to give Brevard a 1-0 lead. Herrera followed with a third-minute score to double BC's advantage before Bonometti scored a pair of goals and Spencer put his name on the score sheet to give the Tornados a commanding 5-0 lead 20 minutes into the contest. Dickerson, a senior defender for Brevard, scored his second career goal in the 23rd minute before Suarti put a pair of goals in consecutively to extend BC's advantage, 8-0. Kadri put in his first career just before the intermission to close out a nine-goal first period for the Tornados.
Bonometti concluded his hat trick in the 68th minute, while Herrera closed out Brevard's scoring with a 71'st minute strike. Southern Wesleyan's Tyler Zoucha ended BC's clean sheet in the final minute of action as the Tornados closed out their dominant victory, 11-1.
Brevard opens up USA South Conference play at home on Sunday, February 14 when the Tornados host Piedmont College at Ives-Lemel Family Field, with first touch scheduled for 2 p.m.
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