SAN RAFAEL, Calif.— Dominican men's soccer improved their winning streak to 7 games as they shutout Notre Dame de Namur University, 3-0 Saturday afternoon at Kennelly Field. 
 
Senior forward Luke Raley carried the Penguins on the offensive end, earning two goals on the day. Raley is now tied with Wilson Briggs in goals scored in a single season (15), in Dominican's NCAA DII era. Junior midfielder Roberto Garcia earned a goal and an assist on the day, helping Dominican to tally their eighth win of the season. Goalkeeper Ruben Raygoza earned his first shutout of the season, recording six saves along the way. 
 
Dominican created the pace of play right out of the gate, and in the eighth minute a long throw into the box setup Garcia with a shot on goal. Mendoza rejected the attempt, and Garcia recovered the deflection to send it to the back of the net, giving Dominican the 1-0 lead. 
 
The Penguins created another attempt for Garcia in the box on their next attacking possession, but Garcia's shot missed inches high of the crossbar. 
 
Later in the 36^th minute, the penguins attacked the box again as Eddie Silverbush and Raley played a give-and-go upfield and crossed it to Khalil Means on the far end of the box, but Mendoza rushed Means to make the sliding block. Garcia recovered the deflection and sent a shot at goal, but missed high once more. 
 
In the 42^nd minute of play, freshman defender Louie Galdamez beat his defender to the box on a break-away and shot across his body, but the attempt landed wide of the left post to take the game into the half with the Penguins leading, 1-0.
 
The Penguins looked to redeem themselves in the second half as Garcia sent a cross to Raley in open field. Raley sent a shot across his body into the top right corner of the box to extend Dominican's lead to 2-0 in the 49^th minute.
 
In the 54^th minute, Garcia and Raley connected on an identical attempt to lead Raley into the box, creating a 1 v. 1 with the keeper. Raley beat Mendoza to send a shot at goal, but hit the side post.
 
Dominican continued to apply offensive pressure on the Argos, and in the 60^th minute, Arturo Carrillo Contreras muscled around his defender to create an advantage in the box. Carrillo Contreras sent a shot at goal that slipped under Mendoza in a diving save attempt, and Raley bolted in from the left side to tap in the slow roller before Mendoza could recover for Raley's second goal of the game to make it 3-0.
 
The Argos were finally able to break Dominican's backline in the 69^th minute as Ventura slipped behind his defender to create a 1 v. 1 with Raygoza. Ventura chipped a shot over Raygoza, but senior defender Matt Albert slid in to make a crucial save behind Raygoza that would allow the Penguins to record their first shutout of the season.
 
The Penguins return to the pitch Thursday to host Concordia University of Irvine at 1:30 p.m. PDT. Live video and stats will be available online.