Behrend Too Much for Carlow On Senior Day

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team picked up its fourth shutout win a row with a 4-0 victory over Carlow Saturday afternoon.

Score: Penn State Behrend 4, Carlow 0
Records: Penn State Behrend (8-6-3, 5-0-2 AMCC), Carlow (3-12, 0-7 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Lions had two scoring opportunities early in the first half off shots by Andy Jones (Girard, PA/Girard) and Owen Petersen (Erie, PA/McDowell) in the 12^th and 14^th minutes that Carlow's goalkeeper Alex Remington made diving saves on
* Behrend got on the board first in the 18^th minute with a goal from John Ziobro (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) in the 18^th minute
* Nate Coleman (Vandergrift, PA/Kiski Area) sent a crossing ball to the foot of Ziobro for his third score of the season
* Jones extended the Lions lead with his first goal of the year in the 23^rd minute off a pass from Blake Cooper (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional)
* Ziobro (five shots) and Cooper (four shots) combined for nine shots to go along with Behrend's 17 first half shots
* Junior Cole Thomas (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) netted his first goal of the season in the 71^st minute, thanks to the first assist and point of the year by fellow junior Mason Le (Canonsburg, PA/Canon McMillan) to give the Lions a 3-0 advantage
* On senior day, senior Jaren Beigh (Enola, PA/East Pennsboro) got in on the scoring action with his first goal of the season and second of his career off a pass from Johnathan Swann (Allison Park, PA/North Allegheny) to secure Behrend's eighth win and fifth conference victory of the season
* The Lions defense held Carlow to zero shots and only one corner kick for their seventh shutout of the year and fifth shutout of the season for goalkeeper Anthony Scalise (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin)
* Cooper tallied a game-high seven shots, followed Ziobro's five shots
* Behrend outshot the Celtics 30-0 and finished with a 10-1 advantage in corner kicks
* Ziobro, Cooper, Beigh, Swann, Chris Profaca (Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge), Aaron Kovatch (Caracas, Venezuela/Madison Learning Center), Jacob Gajewski (Akron, NY/Clarence), and Andrew Cassano (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) were all honored in a senior ceremony prior to Saturday's contest

Up Next:

* The Lions close out the regular season with a matchup against Hilbert on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Kickoff at the soccer complex is scheduled for 7 p.m.