KEENE, N.H. 9/5/07 - Junior forward Alex Horne (Harvard, Mass.) had two goals to lead the Keene State men's soccer team to its first win of the season, a 3-0 non-conference shutout over Springfield College in Keene on Wednesday night.

KSC improves to 1-2.  Springfield drops to 1-2.

Horne's (Harvard, Mass.) goals, which gave KSC a 2-0 lead, came four minutes apart early in the first half.  His first goal was set up after Mike Vitone (East Greenwich, R.I.) won a head ball at the middle of the field.  Horne's second goal came after a fine passing play from Caleb Patterson (Barrington, N.H.) and Mike Cooley (Northboro, Mass.).  

KSC Coach Butcher said the difference between this weekend's games and tonight was heart.  "We had a tough practice and were ready for tough, physical game," he said.  "We played to our strength which is our two strikers and it paid off."

 "We were caught off guard this weekend," said Horne.  "Everyone knew we had to pick up the intensity.  We had to start our season sometime. This is a good start for us."
 

Scott Cluff (Kington, Mass.) scored on a rebound later in the half to make it 3-0.
 

Horne had an opportunity for his third goal of the game when he blasted a shot off the crossbar with 20 minutes to play.
 

Making his first college start, junior goalie Scott Panone (Wolcott, Conn.) finished with four saves to notch the shutout.  Starting goalie Cal Mintz (Westport, Conn.) and Ralph Rocco (Groton, Mass.) missed the game with injuries.
 

Springfield goalie B.J. Sturdivant (Bear, Del.) turned aside nine Owl shots.
 

KSC travels to Wheaton College on Saturday for a key regional game.