Alvernia Battles Past Behrend Men’s Soccer In Overtime of ECAC Title Game

READING, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team fell in overtime, 2-1, to Alvernia in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship match.

Score: Alvernia 2, Penn State Behrend 1
Records: Alvernia (13-7-1), Penn State Behrend (13-5-3)

Key Moments:

* Both teams entered halftime in a scoreless tie as Behrend registered four shots on goal and Alvernia notched two shots on goal
* It was much of the same to start the second half as neither team could find the back of the net in a physical contest
* Senior Justin Hockenberger (Spencerport, NY /Spencerport) dribbled past a few defenders and sent a ball out front to the foot of Chris Profaca (Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge) to put the Lions ahead 1-0
* Profaca dished out an assist on the game-winner yesterday against Goucher and today was able to score for the Lions
* The Golden Wolves knotted the score at one apiece with a header score in the 84^th minute
* Behrend's goalkeeper Sam York (Akron, OH/Revere) made two consecutive saves in a row, but the ball was eventually headed past York by Ryan Cogill to force overtime
* The game-winner for Alvernia came in the 92^nd minute of extra time when a shot deflected off York and was deposited in the net by Connor Kraycik
* York finished with eight saves, marking a single-game high for stops by the senior netminder this season
* Blake Cooper (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) and John Ziobro (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) led the Lions with three shots apiece, while Cogill tallied a game-high seven shots for the Golden Wolves
* Cooper, Profaca, and York were named to the All-Tournment Team