In the blink of an eye, senior Corey Meehan had scored his first career goal and, subsequently, lost his contacts from celebrating with his teammates.

“I saw a window and I struck [the ball] with my laces and tried to curl it back post. And I guess that’s what happened,” Meehan said. “All I could think was ‘finally.’ Then I came out to [the Wash. U. bench] and celebrated. And then they knocked out my contacts, so I had to come out of the game for a bit.”

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Senior Corey Meehan celebrates in the Bears’ 4-0 win against #16 Luther. Meehan scored an unassisted goal in the 57th minute.

It was that type of feel-good weekend for the No. 17 Washington University men’s soccer team, who remain undefeated after beating rival Wheaton College 1-0 on Friday and dominating No. 16 Luther College 4-0 on Sunday in a pair of home games.

Facing their first ranked opponent of the season, the Bears scored three goals in a span of 12 minutes after halftime to pull away from Luther. Sophomore Ryan Sproule ignited the offensive fireworks with a breakaway goal in the 49th minute. On a pass from sophomore Marc VandenBerg, Sproule outmaneuvered the goalkeeper and scored an empty net goal, his team-leading third of the season.

“Ryan Sproule is a goal scorer. He has scored goals all his life, and he hustled that [pass] down and turned a half chance into a goal today,” head coach Joe Clarke said.

In the 58th minute, Meehan continued the onslaught with an unassisted goal before graduate student Jack West increased the Red and Green’s lead to 3-0 with a left-footed shot into the far corner in the 61st minute. Junior Kevin Maedomari added a goal in the 70th minute on VandenBerg’s second assist of the day as the Bears maintained the shutout for a 4-0 victory.

Despite the lopsided victory, Clarke praised Luther’s performance and ability to attack the Bears’ defensive front. Wash. U. maintained a slim 17-13 shot advantage, while senior goalkeeper Nick Tannenbaum, who was starting in place of injured senior goalkeeper Daniel Geanon, had to make a career-high five saves.

“Luther is very skilled, the best attacking team and the calmest team with the ball that we’ve played so far. It turned out to be a great result for us, but I hope that we don’t have to play them again,” Clarke said. “I have great respect for their program, and I’m really happy for our guys. They worked very hard in a tough, tough weekend.”

On Friday night, the Bears netted a 1-0 victory against Wheaton in their home opener. Sproule broke a scoreless deadlock in the 37th minute with a header to the near post off West’s corner kick.

In the second half, Wash. U. conceded its first shot on goal in 244 minutes of play this season, but Tannenbaum easily corralled the save as the Bears maintained a shutout streak and earned the win. Behind a stingy defense, the Red and Green have yet to allow a goal in four games this season. According to Clarke, however, the team’s improved offensive attack has played a large role in establishing the Bears’ suffocating defense.

“To be honest, 80 percent of what we’ve done this year is trying to become a more dangerous attacking team,” Clarke said. “We’ve done shooting probably every day as part of our practices for the past two weeks.”

The Bears (4-0) will look to maintain their shutout streak when they conclude their three-game home stand in a regional matchup against Illinois Wesleyan University (3-3-1) Friday night at Francis Field.