DENVER, CO – No. 2 ranked Arizona Western Men's Soccer (2-0) scored six first-half goals and was led by an Ayumu Kimura hattrick on its way to an 8-1 win over Laramie County (0-1) on Saturday afternoon in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Arizona Western opened the scoring in the sixth minute thanks to Rezhis Koxhaj's first goal of the season on a pass from Erick Mejia, giving the Matadors a 1-0 lead. Paolo Grizzetti scored his first goal of the season in the 13^th minute, gathering a ball of a deflection and burying a shot from the top of the box to push the lead to 2-0.

Mejia scored for the second consecutive game in the 24^th minute on an assist from Grizzetti, bumping the advantage to 3-0. The Matadors would score the next three goals in the span of three minutes, getting a goal from Kimura in the 28^th minute and one from Karim Nlamu in the 29^th before Kimura added the sixth of the half in the 30^th.

Kimura finished the hattrick in the 50^th minute and Yves Sisse scored his second of the season in the 69^th minute to give the Matadors an 8-0 lead. Laramie County scored their lone goal in the 70^th minute.

The Matadors are back in action on Thursday, August 24, taking on College of Southern Nevada in North Las Vegas at 7:00 PM MST at Cheyenne Sports Complex.