ERIE, Pa. – Zak Schwarzel (South Park, PA/South Park) tallied a pair of goals to lead the No. 1 Penn State Behrend men's soccer team past No. 4 Pitt-Greensburg 4-0 in the 2022 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) semifinals on Wednesday.
Final Score: Behrend 4, Pitt-Greensburg 0
Records: Behrend (13-2-4), Pitt-Greensburg (9-6-4)
Key Moments
* Schwarzel netted his first goals of the season for the Lions, the game winner and an insurance goal in the second half
* The eventual game winner came in the 16th minute off a direct kick that bounced in front of the goal and in for a 1-0 lead
* The Bobcats fired off the first two shots of the game and Behrend took the next 29 of the game
* The Lions second-half goals all came within five minutes
* Justin LeDonne (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) made it 2-0 at the 51:25 mark with a header off a pass from Andrew Cassano (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) that resulted from a corner kick
* Schwarzel got his second goal off a pass from Blake Cooper (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) two minutes later
* Cooper registered his second assist in the 57th minute on a pass to Jac Caputo (Pittsburgh, PA/Montour)
* Caputo fired a shot from 30-yards out for his first collegiate goal
* Sam York (Akron, OH/Revere) played all 90 minutes, making two saves including a diving stop in the first few minutes off a shot by Vinney Treonze
* Danny Rodgers made 11 saves for Pitt-Greensburg, keeping the Bobcats in the game in the first half
Noteworthy
* Behrend will be making its 23rd out of 26 appearance in the AMCC finals on Saturday
* The Lions are still in the eighth spot in the regional rankings
* Behrend recorded their ninth shutout in a row
* It is the third straight game the Lions won by a score of 4-0
* The shutout marks the 14th of the season
* Behrend has not give up a goal in 851 minutes and 17 seconds
Up Next:
* Behrend returns to action on Saturday, hosting Mt. Aloysius in the AMCC Finals at 1 p.m.