Box Score Their all-star midfielder may have been on international duty in Taiwan, but the Marauders were not lacking in quality on Saturday, as they opened their OUA season.

McMaster poured six goals past the Waterloo Warriors, and rookie goalkeeper Tristan Joyce kept the first clean sheet of his Marauders career in a 6-0 rout at Ron Joyce Stadium.

The hosts boasted six different goal scorers in the win, with Antonio Sereno, Yordan Stojanov, Carlo Difeo, Dusan Kovacevic, Nikola Brtan and Matt Monteiro each finding the back of the net.

Veteran winger Sasha Ricciuti had a pair of assists in his 45 minutes of action in the first half.

Starting well, the Marauders were rewarded with the early goal, as Ricciuti's pass deflected to Sereno in the box, who was clinical in dispatching the chance in the 12th minute.

Eager for an equalizer, the Warriors pushed back immediately, and nearly had their opener when a deep cross to the far post fell to a Waterloo foot. Marauders goalkeeper Tristan Joyce got down well to deny the first shot, and bounced up in time to bat away a second and erase the danger.

Instead, it was the Marauders who doubled their advantage just five minutes later.

Alex Matsubara's long ball found Stojanov, who controlled well and calmly slotted the ball inside the far post for 2-0.

The misery continued for Waterloo in the opening half, as McMaster showed no signs of letting up on the offensive end.

Riccuiti was the architect once again, as his cross was picked out by Carlo Difeo, who touched past the goalkeeper for Mac's third goal of the half in the 33rd minute.

The one-way traffic of the first half continued into the second, as Nikola Brtan added to the lead just minutes after the reset with his first career goal as a Marauder, making it 5-0 in the __ minute.

Without urgency to attack and salvage something from the match, the Warriors were punished yet again in the 59th, when Monteiro got on the end of a cross with his back to goal, and chipped a high header past the goalkeeper for 6-0.

McMaster was largely content to stand on the ball from there, and Waterloo had few chances to grab a consolation marker.

Their best came in the 87th minute, when Nik Paradis saw a well-struck free kick at the edge of the McMaster box parried aside by Joyce.

NEXT UP: McMaster complete the back half of their season-opening home slate, with a 3:00 p.m. kickoff against the Laurier Golden Hawks at Ron Joyce Stadium on Sunday, August 27.