Complete Box Score

COLORADO SPRINGS (Oct. 5) ­ Ignited by an early 30-yard strike from Colin Rigby, 6th-ranked Seattle Pacific University beat UC Colorado Springs 4-0 for its seventh straight men's soccer win Thursday night at Mountain Lion Stadium.

Jeff Hallenbeck (Jr., Redmond, Wa./Inglemoor), James Coggan (Jr., San Jose, Ca.) and Drew Macha (So., Eugene,Or.) got the other goals as the Falcons (10-2-0) scored three times in the first 27 minutes.

Rigby (Sr., Mercer Island, Wa.) got the ball 35 yards out, cut left past a defender and struck a rising ball into the upper corner at 8:27.

In the 13th minute, Hallenbeck ran onto a long through ball from Matt Kemper (Jr., Colorado Springs) to make it 2-0 on a breakaway.

Kellen Rosten (Jr., Colorado Spring, So) made a pivotal first-half save, going full stretch to stop a low drive from Matt Eshbach. Moments later, at 26:22, Coggan hit an 5-yard header for his team-leading fifth goal on a cross from Brandon Crutchfield (Fr., Snohomish, Wa.).

In the second half, Macha closed out the scoring, stealing the ball from a defender and beating UCCS keeper Isaac Kostrow from 15 yards for his first collegiate goal.

It was the first loss in three games for the Mountain Lions (6-8-1).

Seattle Pacific, off to tis best start since 1994, faces Hawaii Pacific in Phoenix Saturday night.

Scoring: 1, SPU, Rigby (Hallenbeck) 8:27; 2, SPU, Hallenbeck (Kemper) 12:06; 3, SPU, Coggan (Crutchfield) 26:22; 4, SPU, Macha (unassisted) 59:09. Shots: SPU 13, UCCS 8. Saves: SPU (Rosten) 2, UCCS (Kostrow) 4.Corner kicks: SPU 3, UCCS 5. Fouls: SPU 11, UCCS 10. Offside: SPU 4, UCCS 0. Cautions: Eshbach, UCCS, 58:19; Coggan, SPU, 60:53; Brehm, UCCS, 67:08.