Wheeling Jesuit (WV) University broke open a 2-0 halftime lead with four more goals in the second half to earn a 6-0 non-conference victory over the Mountain Cat soccer Wednesday afternoon at the Pitt-Johnstown Soccer Field. With the loss, Mountain Cats fell to 0-4-1.
 
Wheeling Jesuit's Owain Hawkins' tallied a penalty kick goal in the 8^th minute after Pitt-Johnstown was called for a handball in the box to give the Cardinals an early, 1-0 lead.  The Cardinals made it, 2-0 with nine minutes left in the have minute on an own goal when a shot from the top of the deflected off a Mountain Cat player into the net.
 
Wheeling Jesuit increased it to 3-0 in the 58^th minute when Trey Tucker took Sullian Sauzanet's throughball and chipped it over Pitt-Johnstown goalkeeper Nate Kleya.
 
The Cardinals would go on to add three more goals in the final 32 minutes.
 
Kleya took the loss for the Mountain Cats surrendering all six goals while facing 25 shots and making nine saves. Wheeling Jesuit's Tyler Shotwell and Josh Zimmerman shared the shutout win for the Cardinals.
 
The Mountain Cats return to action Friday at 3:30 p.m. at the Pitt-Johnstown Soccer Field when they take on West Chester University in a PSAC matchup, before traveling to Erie to face Mercyhurst University on Sunday.