TERRE HAUTE, Indiana -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's soccer team cruised to a 9-1 win over Franklin thanks to a pair of hat tricks from AJ Yilmaz and Takezo Kelly. The Fightin' Engineers improve to 11-1-2 on the season and a perfect 7-0-0 in the HCAC.

The Fightin' Engineers came out of the gate slow as they were unable to score in the first 30 minutes of action. However, once the first goal went in, the flood gates would open.

Takezo Kelly broke the seal for the Fightin' Engineers with a goal in the 33rd minute following a pass across the box from Tyler Eldridge.

Then, in the 35th minute, Kelly would score his second goal on a scissor kick off of a pass from AJ Yilmaz and cross from Elijah Hardersen.

In the 37th minute, Yilmaz would keep the pressure on with a goal following a pass from Kelly.

Franklin would get on the board in the 39th minute off of a set piece. Eddy Yousak took a shot that was saved by Trinh in goal, but Cooper Gross followed up with the rebound and scored it.

Not phased by the goal, the Fightin' Engineers would grab two more goals before the half as Kelly would grab his hat trick in the 41st minute off of a pass from Yilmaz, and Yilmaz would score his second off of a cross from Caleb Urban and flick from Eldridge.

In the second half, it was more of the same for the Fightin' Engineers as Matthew Schwartz slotted home a goal from Eldridge in the 65th minutes.

Eldridge would put one home in the 67th minute following a great pass from Jacob Dirienzo.

Yilmaz would complete his hat trick in the 70th minute off of a pass from Schwartz, and Connor Patton would finish off the scoring with a strike from outside the box in the 78th minute.

Michael Trinh and John Biederstedt combined for the shutout. Trinh made a pair of saves in addition to his goal allowed.

The Fightin' Engineers would outshoot Franklin 28-4 in the win.

Rose-Hulman will return to the pitch on Saturday at 3:30 PM as they host Transylvania for their home finale and Senior Day.

Scorers:
33', 35', 41' - Takezo Kelly - 6th, 7th, and 8th of season - 32nd, 33rd, and 34th of career
37', 45', 70' - AJ Yilmaz - 6th, 7th, and 8th of season - 15th, 16th, and 17th of career
65' - Matthew Schwartz - 3rd of season - 3rd of career
67' - Tyler Eldridge - 3rd of season - 5th of career
78' - Connor Patton - 1st of season - 1st of career

Assists:
33', 45', 65' - Tyler Eldridge - 6th, 7th, and 8th of season - 11th of career
35' - Elijah Hardersen - 4th of season - 6th of career
35', 41' - AJ Yilmaz - 3rd and 4th of season - 15th and 16th of career
37' - Takezo Kelly - 4th of season - 15th of career
45' - Caleb Urban - 7th of season - 24th of career
70' - Matthew Schwartz - 1st of season - 1st of career