VICTORIA – It was all UBC Thunderbirds all the time in their 5-0 win over the host UVic Vikes men's soccer team on Oct. 5 at Centennial Stadium.
 
Kyle Sohi, Zach Verhoven, Mihai Hodut, Ryan Arthur and Rylan Sangha all scored for the T-Birds in the game, as the team from Vancouver dominated in both shots and possession.
 
The win bumps the T-Birds record to a Pacific Division best 7-2-1 on the season as they continue to battle it out for top spot in the Canada West conference.
 
Meanwhile, it's back to the drawing board for a Vikes team that now holds a record of 3-6-1 on the season and remain in a tight race for the final few playoff spots available with four games left on their schedule.
 
It didn't take long for the T-Birds to get on the scoreboard.
 
In the 11th minute of action, Sohi played the ball short off a corner kick, collected the quick return ball and lifted it up and over Maxwell Branyk-Gill in the Vikes net.
 
The Vikes responded well after the goal and worked their way back into the game but in the 34th minute the T-Birds struck again.
 
Verhoven got in behind the Vikes defence and while Branyik-Gil made a nice save on the initial shot, the rebound bounced right back to Verhoven, who made no mistake in putting the T-Birds up 2-0.
 
Any hopes of a Vikes comeback were dashed right before halftime when Hodut scored his first goal of the year off of a nice pass from Patrick Izett.
 
The second half continued in the same vein as the first.

Any time the Vikes enjoyed a spell of possession and looked to be gaining some momentum, the T-Birds would end up being the team putting their name on the scoresheet.
 
Both of these teams will now travel to Vancouver for the second half of their home-and-home games on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 2:15 p.m.