BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Birmingham-Southern men's soccer team came out strong in their game against East Texas Baptist. Coleman Jennings had his first career hat trick with the Panthers. 

The Panthers started out strong, scoring the first goal of the game in the 4^th minute. Christian Hernandez put one in the back of the net, from Trey Kirksey to give the Panthers the lead in the first half. Another goal from Trey Hines in the 16^thminute brought the Panthers to a 2-0 lead. 
 
The Tigers put two goals in the net in the 18^th and 22^nd minute to tie it up 2-2. Coleman Jennings came out with the next two goals in the 30^th and 40^th minutes to push the Panthers back into the lead. Jennings two goals were assisted by Pirmin Blattmann and Mitchell Register. BSC finished the first half with a 4-2 lead over ETBU. 
 
Trey Kirksey gave a great pass to Jennings in the second half with to grab another goal in the 57^th minute to complete his hat trick and give the Panthers a 5-2 lead. Alessandro Junior had his first goal of the season, from Christian Hernandez, in the 63^rd minute pushing the Panthers to an even further lead of 6-2. 
 
Freshman goalkeeper Leo Reyes made his collegiate debut coming into the game for Jack Hunt in the 69^th minute. Reyes faced a penalty kick in the 75^th minute and made an amazing save to keep the Tigers from getting another goal. The Tigers did put one in the net in 78^th minute to make the score 6-3, Panthers still with the lead. One more goal from BSC in the 82^nd minute put the score at 7-3. The unassisted goal by Sean Meehan came shortly after a foul on ETBU in the 82^ndminute as well. ETBU put in one last goal in the 83^rd minute. The Panthers finished the victory off 7-4. 

Words from student-athletes


Words from head coach Greg Vinson
His thoughts on the teams assists: "We really talked about attacking and transitioning as a unit. I am very pleased offensively with how we are moving the ball and being dangerous, especially with those final passes. Those are just assists tallying up and goals for guys to finish, so very pleased with our offensive effort."

Records
Birmingham-Southern 3-2 Overall (0-0 SAA), East Texas Baptist 1-3-1 Overall (0-0 ASC)

Scoring Summary
3:31: BSC GOAL (Christian Hernandez, assisted by Trey Kirksey)
15:46: BSC GOAL (Trey Hines)
17:22: ETBU GOAL (Garrett Garvin, assisted by Jose Medrano)
21:26: ETBU GOAL (Juan Cairo)
28:46: BSC GOAL (Coleman Jennings, assisted by Pirmin Blattmann)
39:02: BSC GOAL (Coleman Jennings, assisted by Mitchell Register)
56:24: BSC GOAL (Coleman Jennings, assisted by Trey Kirksey)
62:22: BSC GOAL (Alessandro Junior, assisted by Christian Hernandez)
77:00: ETBU GOAL (Garrett Garvin)
81:08: BSC GOAL (Sean Meehan)
82:02: ETBU GOAL (Gabriel Alvarez)

Up next
The Panthers will be back home at Goldfarb Field on Sunday, Sept. 19 to take on LeTourneau at 12:00 p.m.