Behrend Men Battle Grove City Through
Double Overtime 1-1
The
Penn State Behrend Lions faced off against the Grove City Wolverines
Wednesday, September 19th at the Behrend fields. The 110 min match
ended with hard fought battle and a 1-1 tie.
The Behrend Lions started the first half dominating the Wolverines.
Only three minutes into the first half sophmore forward Jerry
Tortella (Pittsburgh/Thomas Jefferson) found the net from a long
deep pass from defender Adam Cline (Jefferson Hills/Thomas
Jefferson) to go ahead 1-0.
The two teams continued to battle it out
throughout the rest of the first half and well into the second.
Play became very physical into the second half, with three Grove
City players receiving yellow-card cautions. The score
remained 1-0 Behrend until the 84th minute, when forward Jake Kern
(Fairfield/Fairfield) scored the even up goal and sent the game to
overtime.
The overtime minutes did not seem to tire the blue and white as they
battled hard against the Wolverines. The last five minutes was
full of Behrend offense, but was stopped by a fighting Grove City
defense. Dustin Walker (Apollo/Kiski) had eight saves on the
day. Behrend out-shot the Wolverines 23 to 16.
Next up for the blue and white they
will face the Thiel Collge Tomcats on Friday, September 21st at 4:00 p.m. on
the Behrend fields. Last year the Behrend Lions defeated the Tomcats
3-0.
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