ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team scored a dominate victory, 8-1, in the Alleghany Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) opener against La Roche Saturday afternoon.

Final Score: Penn State Behrend 8, La Roche 1
Records: Penn State Behrend (4-2-2, 1-0 AMCC), La Roche (1-7, 0-1 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* Seven different Lions got in on the scoring action in Saturday's contest
* Eight different players notched their first point of the season
* Freshman Lucas Pittman (Plum, PA/Plum) led the way with five points, tallying an unassisted goal in the 44^th minute and another score in the 62^nd minute off a pass from fellow freshman Andy Jones (Girard, PA/Girard). This marks the first collegiate point for Jones
* Pittman also assisted on Tyler Vandemerwe's (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) first goal of the 2023 campaign
* The Lions jumped out to a 5-0 advantage in the first 25 minutes of the game thanks to scores from Johnathan Swann (Allison Park, PA/North Allegheny), Nate Coleman (Vandergrift, PA/Kiski Area), Andrew Cassano (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park), Justin Hockenberger (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport), and Mason Le (Canonsburg, PA/Canon McMillan)
* Blake Cooper (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) led the way with three assists for Behrend, making several crosses that found the foot of teammates that resulted in scores
* Other Behrend helpers came from Justin LeDonne (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional), Nate Rondinelli (Karns City, PA/Karns City), and Dylan Akut (Pittsburgh, PA/Plum). Akut recorded his first collegiate point with his assist
* The Lions' defense held La Roche to only two shots and one corner kick the entire 90 minutes, while outshooting the Redhawks, 35-2
* For La Roche, Miles Jackson delivered the lone goal for his third score of the season and goalkeepers Kyle Rizzo and Logan McQueen combined for 14 saves

Up Next:

Behrend wraps up its three-game homestand with a conference matchup against Wells on Tuesday, Sep. 26. Game time is slated for 4:00 p.m.