Soccer: Men's

The No. 19 Nittany Lions (4-1-0) defeated the St. Peter Peacocks 3-0 Friday night.
Both teams went into the half tied 0-0 and play was suspended for an hour due
to lightning. Coming out of the prolonged half, the Lions were fierce and were
aggressive in attacking the Peacocks defense. Two minutes into the pouring second
half, Hasani Sinclair headed a ball into the back of the Peacocks net and the Lions
were up 1-0. Thirteen minutes later, the Lions scored again, but this time it was
Jordan Tyler, the teams leading goal scoring returner from a season ago. Tyler would
eventually score again fifteen minutes later putting the Lions up 3-0 and ensuring
their fourth victory of the season. Andrew Wolverton posted another shutout,
thanks to the fearless play from Matt Smallwood, who made a team save on a ball
that had gotten past Wolverton. The Lions are now 3-0-0 at home and have yet to
allow a goal at Jeffrey Field. The team’s next game will be against rival St. Francis
(PA) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

NOTES
401 career victory for coach Bob Warming

Defender Matt Smallwood had as many saves as St. Peter’s goalkeeper (1)

Penn State had eight fouls, half as many as the Peacocks

The Lions outshot the Peacocks 14-8 and won the battle of corner kicks 8-3

The team scored zero goals in the entire first half, but scored three in 28
minutes in the second half

PSU played 17 of their players, allowing fresh legs to constantly be on the
field, while St. Peters only played 12

John Gallagher got a yellow card, while two St. Peters players received yellow
cards