Behrend Welcomes Alfred State on Tuesday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team welcomes reigning AMCC Champion Alfred State on Tuesday, Oct. 15 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Men's Soccer Game of the Week. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the soccer complex.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* Behrend finished last week 1-0-1 in conference play, shutting out Pitt-Bradford 5-0 on Wednesday and tying at Mount Aloysius 2-2 on Saturday
* Blake Cooper (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) recorded a first-half hat trick, which included the game-winner in the victory over the Panthers
* The Lions scored three goals in the first 15 minutes of Wednesday's contest with Cooper finding the back of the net twice in the ninth and 14th minutes
* Seniors Chris Profaca (Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge) and John Ziobro (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) notched their first scores of the season on Wednesday
* Freshman goalkeeper Anthony Scalise (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) earned his second shutout of the season
* Ziobro found the back of the net once again, while Owen Petersen (Erie, PA/McDowell) tallied his fifth goal of the season against the Mounties in a back-and-forth draw on Saturday
* Cooper sits fourth in the AMCC with seven goals and leads the team with 14 points, followed by Petersen's five goals and 11 points
* Junior midfielder Jac Caputo (Pittsburgh, PA/Montour) has dished out a team-high three assists
* In seven starts this year, Scalise has made 28 saves with a 1.57 goals-against average

Alfred State News & Notes:

* The Pioneers enter Tuesday's matchup with an 11-3 overall record and 5-0 record in conference play
* Freshman Travis Scandalis leads the AMCC in goals (10) and is currently second in points (24)
* Midfielder Farhan Abdi is second in the conference rankings with seven assists
* Alfred State has six players this season with 10 or more points
* Goalkeeper Alexander Preston leads the AMCC with nine wins, four shutouts, and a goals-against average of 0.71
* The Pioneers return four 2023 All-Conference selections in Jack Leahy (Co-Defensive Player of the Year/First Team), Jackson Powers (First Team), Henry Leahy (Second Team), and Jean Baptiste-Kadge (Third Team)
* Alfred State was projected to finish third in the 2024 AMCC Preseason Coaches' Poll, while J. Leahy was named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
* Head coach Gabe Kuhn is in his fifth season as the reigning AMCC Coach of the Year

Series History:

* Behrend leads the all-time series 7-1, dating back to 2015
* Last season, the Pioneers defeated the Lions in the AMCC Semifinals by a score of 2-1
* Prior to last year, Behrend was victorious in the previous seven meetings