ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT (3-6-1, 1-2-0 Liberty League) men's soccer team tallied a season-high six goals, beating Bard College (1-9-1, 0-4-0 Liberty League) 6-0 on a sun-drenched fall afternoon at Tiger Stadium. Junior Nick Simone (Hilton, NY/Hilton) scored the hat trick for the Tigers, the first of his career.

Shots were 18-7 in favor of RIT, while each team took four corner kicks. Simone finished with a career-high seven points on three goals and an assist. Simon Garno (Hilton, NY/Hilton) tallied a goal and an assist, and Jared Short (Grafton, WI/Cedarburg) and Alec Jackson (Virginia Beach, VA/Landstown) each scored. Spencer Raymond-Smith (Stow, OH/Stow-Munroe Falls) won his first game of the season for RIT, making three saves. Gaurav Cheema (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) played the final 23 minutes, making three stops. Logan Leppo took the loss for the Raptors, making three saves.
 
Simone gave RIT the early lead with his goal in the fourth minute. Garno fed Simone with a perfectly weighted pass that he tucked home first time to give the Tigers the lead.

Short gave RIT a 2-0 lead on his goal in the 47th minute. He scored on a diving header inside the Bard penalty box off a free kick from Simone.

Simone tallied his second of the game in the 55th minute on a nice back-heel pass from Mark-Vincent Sansone (Hilton, NY/Aquinas Institute) to make it 3-0, and Garno tallied his fourth goal of the season on a free kick in the 56th minute.

Simone completed the hat trick with his third goal of the game in the 60th minute, and Alec Jackson (Virginia Beach, VA/Landstown) tucked home a penalty shot in the 82nd minute to make it a 6-0 final.

The Tigers return to action on Saturday, Oct. 12, at St. Lawrence University. Kick-off in Canton, N.Y. is 1 p.m.