Men’s Soccer Season Ends In Overtime of NCAA First Round at No. 15 Johns Hopkins

BALTIMORE, MD – The first round of the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Tournament went to extra time with Penn State Behrend falling to No. 15 Johns Hopkins 1-0 in overtime.

Score: No. 15 Johns Hopkins 1, Penn State Behrend 0
Records: No. 15 Johns Hopkins (13-3-4), Penn State Behrend (10-7-4)

Key Moments:

* The Blue Jays controlled possession time in the first half, but the Lions were able to string together a few good scoring chances early
* Five of Behrend's six shots were on goal with John Ziobro (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) sending two shots on goal in the first 45 minutes, while Johns Hopkins tallied 10 shots with only one coming on goal
* Johnathan Swann (Allison Park, PA/North Allegheny) fired a shot in the third minute that Johns Hopkins' goalkeeper Simon Turner made a  full extension save on
* In 15^th minute, the Lions recorded back-to-back shots with a diving save made by Turner on Blake Cooper's (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) shot
* John Hopkins tallied their two best chances in the first frame in the 38^th minute with two consecutive shots, Behrend goalkeeper Anthony Scalise (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) punched the second attempt away to keep the game scoreless
* The Lions began the second half with a set piece, booting a free kick to Andrew Cassano (Bethel Park, PA /Bethel Park) with his shot being sent high in the 46^th minute
* Johns Hopkins had several chances to take the lead in the middle part of the second frame
* The Blue Jays put a ball into the box in the 63^rd minute that was deflected, but a quick reaction by Scalise kept the ball out of the net
* Junior Brock Kiefer (Eighty-Four, PA/Canon McMillan) made a team save in the 74^th minute, heading the ball away off a corner kick to keep Johns Hopkins off the board
* Scalise made another reactionary save in the last minute of the second half on a shot right in front of net by Jason Pan to send the game to extra time
* Johns Hopkins controlled possession in overtime with multiple chances to start the extra 10 minutes, eventually the game-winner was delivered with an unassisted score by Pan in the 99^th minute
* Pan finished with a game-high eight shots for the Blue Jays, while Ziobro led Behrend with two shots on goal
* Scalise had a good showing in his first collegiate NCAA Tournament game, making four key saves. His counterpart Turner notched five saves in net