The Irvine Valley men's soccer team is on a roll at the perfect time.
The Lasers won their fifth straight match, dominating Imperial Valley in a 6-1 win on Tuesday afternoon at home.
Irvine Valley finished with a season-high 27 shots on the day, including 16 on goal in the victory.
"We started really strong," IVC coach Conor Ward said. "It was another good performance from them. In our recent games, we've scored early goals and it has helped us build good momentum."
Sophomore forward Adem Toskic finished with three goals and one assist, freshman midfielder Jacob Edwards added two goals and freshman forward Martin Fabatia contributed a goal late for the Lasers.
IVC sophomre midfielder Julian Svoboda had three of the assists and freshman forward Grant Miller, freshman defender Gabriel Velasco and freshman midfielder Moises Delgado added an assist each.
Freshman keeper Tygo Steenvoorden played another sharp game in goal, making two saves on the day through 75 minutes of action.
The six goals were the Lasers' second most in a game this season. IVC defeated Southwestern, 7-2, on Sept. 9 at home.
During Irvine Valley's five-match win streak, the Lasers have out-scored opponents, 19-3.
"I just said to the players that it is not too often that a team goes five in a row," Ward said. "I am happy for that. The biggest thing now is to get them thinking that every game is like the playoffs. You want to be a team that is a contender at the end of the year. We have the talent, but we are going to be dealing with some tough teams coming up."
On Tuesday, the Lasers scored five goals in the first half to take control.
It started early in the fifth minute when Edwards scored off a cross from Miller that bouned off the Imperial Valley goalie.
IVC took a 2-0 lead five minutes later when Svoboda was taken down in the box. Toskic converted the penalty kick shot.
Just three minutes later, Edwards scored again. The play started with a cross from Miller off of the right side. The ball bounced around in the box with Toskic having a chance to finish, but the ball being cleared off of the line. Edwards was in the right spot on the backside to put the ball away.
In the 19th minute, Irvine Valley went ahead, 4-0.
Velasco took the ball twoard goal and crossed into the box where Svoboda stepped over the pass for Toskic to knock it home on a one-time shot.
And the Lasers made it a 5-0 game in the 34th minute when Svoboda played a nice through ball to Toskic, who hit the back of the right corner of the net with a left-footed shot.
Irvine Valley is back in action on Friday, taking on a solid Taft squad at 3 p.m. It is part of a doubleheader with the IVC women's team. The Laser women take on Taft at 1 p.m.
