Men’s Soccer Advances To Herb Lauffer Memorial Championship Game

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team advanced to the Herb Lauffer Memorial championship game on penalty kick, winning by a 4-2 advantage.

Final Score: 1-1 (4-2 PKs won by PSB)
Records: Behrend (0-0-1), Alfred (0-0-1)

Key Moments:

* After a scoreless first half, Blake Cooper (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) got Behrend on the board first with an unassisted goal in the 52^nd minute to being the second half
* Alfred quickly answered with a goal from Gavin Culley that was assisted by Xavier Bowman
* Mason Le (Canonsburg, PA / Canon McMillan) had a chance to give the Lions the lead in the 80^th minute, but his shot was sent wide
* Justin LeDonne (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) and Justin Hockenberger (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport) began penalty kicks for Lions by beating the Saxons' goalkeeper. They were followed up by a successful penalty kick by Zak Schwarzel (South Park, PA / South Park)
* Senior goalkeeper Sam York (Akron, OH / Revere) made a big save on a penalty kick by Alfred's Chase Freeland who was third up in the order for the Saxons. York's save led to a successful penalty kick from John Ziobro (Westtown, NY / Minisink Valley) to advance to tomorrow's championship game
* The Lions outshot Alfred by a 14-8 margin, led by Cooper who recorded four shots, two of which that were on goal
* In net, York finished with four saves, while Saxons' goalkeeper Tyler Mulholland tallied two saves

Up Next:

* Behrend will play North Central in the championship game tomorrow. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.