NORTHFIELD, Minn. – No. 9 Luther College scored once in the first half and twice in the second to defeat the St. Olaf College men's soccer team, 3-0, in a non-conference contest on Wednesday afternoon at Rolf Mellby Field.

Joao Pedruzzi scored the lone goal of the opening half for Luther (12-3-1) before Ben Keller and Ben Sizelove added second-half goals for the visitors. St. Olaf (8-7-0) was looking for its first win against a top-10 opponent since a 2-1 win at No. 8 Gustavus Adolphus on Sept. 14, 2011.

Junior Hamza Osman made a pair of saves in the opening 20 minutes before Pedruzzi opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Following a cross from the right by Marcos Vila, Pedruzzi re-directed the ball inside the left post and just over the line from in front of goal.

Luther doubled its lead in the 50th minute when Keller collected a pass from Steven Johnson and fired a right-footed shot from 20 yards out on the right side into the lower-right corner. The goal was Keller's 11th in 16 games this season.

In the 56th minute, St. Olaf nearly got one of the goals back, but first year Max Stauffer saw his shot saved at the back post after a free kick was swung in by senior Keith Loukas from the right side.

Sizelove stretched Luther's lead to 3-0 in the 78th minute, tapping in a cross from Will Overberg in front of the goal. Junior Jacob Stauffer came close to getting the Oles on the board shortly after Sizelove's goal, but Carson Davenport leapt to parry Stauffer's drive from near the top of the box out for a corner.

St. Olaf returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) play on Saturday, Oct. 26 when Bethel visits Rolf Mellby Field for a 1 p.m. kickoff.