LEXINGTON, KY. -- One goal was all it took for the Rose-Hulman men's soccer team to take early control of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference standings by defeating conference rival Transylvania 1-0.

Senior Rhys Evans (Lake Bluff, Ill/Lake Forest) had the lone goal on two shots to give the Fightin' Engineers the lead and first place in the HCAC in a hard-fought game that featured a 12-7 shooting advantage for the Engineers. 

Junior Paul Bouagnon (St. Charles, Ill/Burlington Central) and junior Mitch Buffington (O'fallon, Ill) also chipped in with two shots each.

Sophomore goalie Eric Davenport (New Lennox, Ill/Lincoln Way-Central) had three saves on his way to his first career shutout.

The team improves to 3-4-1 and comes back Sunday to face Spalding Sunday afternoon in nonconference action.