FREDERICK, Md.--The University of Mary Washington Eagles (7-2, 2-0 CAC) shut out the Hood College men's soccer team (3-6, 0-4 CAC), 4-0, Wednesday in a Capital Athletic Conference contest at Thomas Athletic Field.

Mary Washington has shutout the opposition in all seven victories this season. The Eagles' seven shutouts are also a league high.

The Eagles jumped on top in the first minute of the game when Luke Hostetter fed a through ball to Vincent Kooijman on the left side for the score.

Mary Washington missed a prime scoring opportunity in the 33rd minute when Hood was whistled for a foul resulting in an Eagle penalty kick. Kooijman was selected to take the kick but he booted it to the right of Hood keeper Shawn Fernholz who stuffed Kooijman for the save.

Then, as the final seconds of the half ticked down, Ryan Taibl blasted a high, arcing shot from about 15 yards out into the upper left corner of the net as the horn sounded, but the officials waved off the goal and the one-goal difference stood at the intermission.

But in the second half, the Eagles struck early once again when Taibl scored his first of two unassisted tallies at the 47:45 mark.

Later in the stanza, Mary Washington netted a pair of goals just 1:04 apart for the final margin. Darrien Ruggles headed in a throw-in from Michael Johnson for UMW's third tally, and Taibl dribbled through two Blazer defenders down the middle and fired a shot past Fernholz for his second score of the day.

Fernholz made a career-high 15 saves in the losing cause while Eagle keeper Greg Savage turned away six shots on the day.

Mary Washington outshot Hood 32-8 and took 10 corner kicks on the afternoon.

Hood looks to end its four-match losing skid Saturday at CAC foe Gallaudet University at Noon.