Emmanuel Aboagye scored twice in the first nine minutes of action as 18th-ranked Carson-Newman College picked up a 4-1 victory over Tusculum College in a South Atlantic Conference men's soccer match Tuesday night at McCown Field.

The Eagles led 3-0 at halftime en route to improving to 9-2-1 overall and 6-0-0 in the SAC, while the Pioneers suffered their third straight loss and fell to 2-7-3 overall and 1-4-0 in conference action.

Robert Hill had a goal and an assist for the Eagles in the win, while Matthew Finlay converted a penalty kick in the 21st minute. The Pioneers scored their lone goal of the match in the 60th minute off the foot of Janik Bold.

Aboagye scored at 2:29 as he took a pass from Daniel Zitt and eluded the defense at the top of the box, then added his second of the night and fourth of the year at 8:20 following a feed from Hill.

Finlay tallied at 20:36 on a penalty kick to give Carson-Newman a 3-0 lead into halftime, then Hill notched his eighth goal of the season at an even 50 minutes by heading home a corner kick by Ben Backstrom.

Bold spoiled the clean sheet of the Eagles at 59:03 with his first career goal, as he finished off a cross from Javier Portillo in front of the Carson-Newman net.

The Eagles finished with a 22-8 advantage in shots over the Pioneers, and held a 6-4 edge in corner kicks. The match was a physical contest, featuring 27 fouls (18 to Carson-Newman) and seven cards. Andy Goellner made eight saves in goal for Tusculum, while Carson-Newman's Jordan Moore finished with two stops.

Tusculum returns to action Saturday afternoon at home against Anderson, with a revised game time of 5:00 p.m.