The No. 3-ranked York Lions shut out the Brock Badgers 5-0 at Brock Alumni Field on Saturday.

"They make teams pay for their mistakes and that's why they're a nationally-ranked squad," said head coach Lucio Ianiero. "The work rate is there in our team. The guys never dropped their heads and they continued playing while they trusted and believed in each other."

Brock outshot York 16-15, but couldn't solve goalkeeper Mike Argyrides, who made seven saves including a penalty kick save versus Badgers striker Jared Agyemang early in the first half.

"There's a lot of positives to be taken from this game," said Ianiero. "We can't let the score line be an indication to how we played. An indication of how things are going is listening to how an opponent argues with themselves when our guys are dominating possession of the ball. It speaks volumes to our play."

The Lions had five different scorers find the back of the net as Cristian Cavallini, Merci Yuma and Vaughan Bianchi each scored in the first. Christopher Jacovou and Milan Beader each tallied a marker in the second.

Up next, the Badgers (4-2-3) will host the division-leading Guelph Gryphons on Friday, Oct. 11 at 3:15 p.m.