The University of Pikeville men's soccer team ended a modest two-game losing streak with a 5-0 win over visiting Bluefield (Va.) University at Bob Amos Park.
 
The match was a makeup of a game postponed by weather on Sept. 23.
 
It was the second time this season the Bears have scored five times in a match, and the fifth time they have recorded a shutout in 2026.
 
The win moved UPike to 5-6-2 on the season, 3-4-1 in the conference. The Rams dropped to 2-10-1 overall, 0-8 in the league.
 
The Bears scored the only goal of the first half. It came in the 10^th minute when junior forward Elvis Simiyu scored off a pass from senior forward Juan Farcas. For Simiyu, it was his third goal of the season.
 
UPike had four shots on goal while Bluefield recorded only two, but only Simiyu found the net in a 1-0 first half.
 
In the second half, UPike exploded for four goals in a nine-minute span to assure itself of the win.
 
The Bears stretched the lead to 2-0 in the 62^nd minute when defender Tobias Bentzen scored off a pass from junior forward Jakob Rus. For Bentzen, a freshman from Snaroya, Norway, it was his first collegiate goal.
 
In the 65^th minute, Farcas scored to make the lead 3-0. It came off a pass from Mahmoud Shech-Ichya, a senior from Tel Aviv, Israel.
 
Four minutes later, Rus himself scored an unassisted goal to make it 4-0. In the 71^st, a save bounced directly to him for another goal. He now has three for the season.
 
The Bears finished with 13 shots on goal for the day, with Farcus and Rus finishing with three each. Sophomore Mohamed Samake added two.
 
Sophomore keeper Alejandro Iglesias recorded the shutout, turning away all three Bluefield shots on goal.
 
UPike will return to the pitch on Wednesday, traveling to Milligan (Tenn.) for a 5 p.m. start.