Trent Rickard scored three goals and had two assists, and The Master's University men's soccer team scored five times in 13 first-half minutes to beat Life Pacific 7-2 on Saturday at Franson Field in Azusa.

Trent Rickard had a hat trick for the second straight game. He also had one in Thursday's 4-3 win over Park-Gilbert.

The Mustangs improve to 10-4-3 overall and 9-2-1 in GSAC play, with one regular-season game left. TMU has won two straight and is unbeaten in its last four. The win also completed a season sweep of the Warriors, after a 13-1 win at Reese Field on Sept. 19.

TMU outshot Life Pacific 38-11, had 27 shots on goal to the Warriors' four, and won the corner-kick battle 7-4. Life Pacific's two goalkeepers combined for 16 saves.

Life Pacific scored first, on a Josue Sanchez penalty kick in the 10th minute. The Mustangs then took over the game. Adiel Kaduya tied it 1-1 at 15:54 off a Rickard assist. One minute later, Rickard set up Hunter Phelps for a 2-1 lead. Phelps then returned the favor, assisting Rickard's first goal at 24:11. Kaduya scored his second goal 56 seconds later, and Andrew Sorto made it 5-1 on a penalty kick at 28:13. That was five goals in 12 minutes and 19 seconds.

David Marin scored for Life Pacific in the 34th minute, and TMU led 5-2 at halftime.

Rickard finished off the hat trick early in the second half with two unassisted goals in under two minutes, at 58:01 and 59:51. TMU kept attacking after that, taking 21 second-half shots. Kaduya hit the crossbar twice within seven seconds in the 73rd minute.

Rickard scored three goals on nine shots, seven of them on target, and played 60 minutes. Kaduya had two goals on seven shots. Phelps had a goal and an assist, and Sorto scored on a penalty kick and took nine shots. Zenden Berbari had five shots off the bench, four of them on target. Silas Chavez added two shots on goal.

Franco Barba made two saves in goal for TMU.

The Mustangs close the regular season at Soka University on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Aliso Viejo.