BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Northampton men's soccer team exploded for 9 goals on Saturday afternoon in a 9-1 victory over Delaware County Community College at Spartan Field. 

Ty'Shawn Skinner (Youngstown, OH/Girard (OH)) started the scoring early, finding the back of Phantom net just one minute into the contest, off an assist from Ismaila Jallow (Gambia/West African International School).  

Nic McCoy (Bangor, PA/Bangor) put the Spartans up 2-0 with a goal off a direct kick at the 12 minute mark.

The Phantoms tallied their only goal of the day at the 27 minute mark, beating goalkeeper Colston Jasionowski (Easton, PA/Bethlehem Catholic) with a low drive to the corner. 

Brenden Nye (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua) put the Northampton lead back to 2 with a goal at the 38 minute mark, assisted by Hayden Burns (Bangor, PA/Bangor).

30 seconds later Nic McCoy (Bangor, PA/Bangor) notched his second goal of the game off an assist from Christian Martinez (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central (NJ)) to give the Spartans a 5-1 halftime advantage.

The Spartans jumped on Delaware quickly in the 2nd half, as Gershon Bangura (Greencastle, PA/Greencastle-Antrim) headed home a Ty'Shawn Skinner (Youngstown, OH/Girard (OH)) cross for 6-1 lead just 3 minutes into the second stanza.

McCoy completed his hat-trick in the second half, and Martinez and Jasionsowki added goals to make the final 9-1.

The win moves Northampton to 3-5-1 overall, 2-3-1 in Region 19 and 2-2-1 in the EPAC. 

Delaware falls to 0-12-0 overall, 0-10-0 in the Region and 0-7-0 in conference play. 

The Spartans are back in action on Monday when they travel to Toms River, NJ to face Ocean County College.