Men’s Soccer: Roadrunners roll to 5-2 rout of Compton

Sophomores Federico Hurtado and Havier Zaragoza both scored twice to help lead the Rio Hondo College men's soccer team to a 5-2 win over visiting Compton College in a South Coast Conference game on Tuesday.

The win improved the Roadrunners to 5-5-3 overall and 1-0-1 in SCC play. Rio Hondo is unbeaten in six of its last eight games.

Hurtado opened the scoring with the first of his two goals in the 30^th minute. With Rio Hondo up 1-0 at halftime, the Roadrunners broke the game open in the second.

Hurtado broke free for his second goal in the 46^th minute before Compton got one back thanks to a goal by Alfredo Trujillo in the 65^th minute.

Zaragoza and the Roadrunners responded with goals in the 72^nd and 85^th minutes to take a commanding 4-1 lead. Trujillo put in his second goal for Tartars in the 90^th minute before Abraham Figueroa closed out the scoring with his goal for Rio Hondo also in the 90^th minute.

Jafet Salgado posted six saves in goal for the Roadrunners in the win.

Rio Hondo returns to action on Friday (Oct. 18) when they travel to El Camino College for a 4 p.m. conference game.