SAN DIEGO-- Junior Kraig Chiles scored two goals and assisted on another to lead the San Diego State men's soccer team to a 4-2 victory over UNLV Saturday at SDSU Sports Deck. The Aztecs, who started six underclassmen in the match, improved to 3-2 on the season, while the Rebels dropped to 0-4-1.

Chiles got things going for SDSU in the 18 th minute after senior Andrew DiCicco was taken down by UNLV goalkeeper Calvin Bailey in the penalty box. The Aztecs were awarded a penalty kick and Chiles beat Bailey to the lower-right corner to put SDSU up, 1-0.

Lamar Neagle tied the game up for the Rebels at the 20:25 mark. Nicholas Paterson fired a shot inside the six-yard box that was deflected by SDSU keeper Tally Hall. Neagle raced in and knocked in the rebound just in front of the goal mouth.

The Aztecs responded with a goal of their own just 29 seconds later. Sophomore Dennis Sanchez sent a ball up the right side to DiCicco. DiCicco gathered the ball and flicked a shot around Bailey to the left corner of the net.

Chiles struck again for SDSU in the 33 rd minute. Sanchez threw the ball in from the right side. Chiles beat a UNLV defender to the ball and headed it in to give the Aztecs a 3-1 lead.

SDSU went into halftime intermission with a commanding 12-3 lead in shots and 3-0 advantage in corner kicks.

The Aztecs controlled the ball for the majority of the second half and their efforts were rewarded when freshman Nick Cardenas scored on a header off a corner kick by Chiles at 84:13.

The Rebels added a goal in the 90 th minute as Marcos Balladares received a pass in front of the net from Paterson and knocked it into a wide-open right side of the net.

SDSU outshot UNLV, 18-7, for the match and had five corner kicks to the Rebels' 1.

Freshman Evan Toft had a game-high five shots (three on goal) for the Aztecs and four others - Chiles, DiCicco, junior Freddy McDonald and freshman Daniel Ortega - each added two shot attempts.

Hall, a 2005 All-American, made two saves to preserve the win for SDSU.

San Diego State will play in its annual alumni match at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Man of the Match: Junior Kraig Chiles earned the Man of the Match award after playing a part in three of the Aztecs' four goals. He scored on a penalty kick in the 18 th minute, tallied another on header in the 33 rd minute and set up Nick Cardenas for a goal in the 85 th minute.

No. 27 San Diego State 4, UNLV 2

UNLV (0-4-1) 1 1 -- 2

San Diego State (3-2) 3 1 -- 4

Goal Summary

1, SD - Kraig Chiles (1) (PK), 17:39

2, LV - Lamar Neagle (1) (Nicholas Paterson), 20:25

3, SD - Andrew DiCicco (3) (Dennis Sanchez), 20:54

4, SD - Chiles (2) (Sanchez), 32:51

5, SD - Nick Cardenas (2) (Chiles), 84:13

6, LV - Marcos Balladares (1) (Paterson), 89:06

Shots

UNLV 3 4 -- 7

San Diego State 12 6 -- 18

Corner Kicks

UNLV 0 1 -- 1

San Diego State 3 2 -- 5

Fouls

UNLV 11 11 -- 22

San Diego State 12 11 -- 23

Goalkeeper Saves

UNLV: Calvin Bailey 4 0 -- 4

San Diego State: Tally Hall 1 1 -- 2