AMCC MEN'S SOCCER GAME OF THE WEEK: BEHREND @ LA ROCHE
The Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team will head to La Roche College on Saturday, September 22 to kick off Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference play. Penn State Behrend is off to a solid start in 2018, owning an overall record of 4-2-1, while the Redhawks enter the AMCC Game of the Week at 2-6.
AMCC Men's Soccer Game of the Week
Penn State Behrend @ La Roche College
Saturday, September 22 at 4:15 p.m.
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The Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team will head to La Roche College on Saturday, September 22 to kick off Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference play. Penn State Behrend is off to a solid start in 2018, owning an overall record of 4-2-1, while the Redhawks enter the AMCC Game of the Week at 2-6.
PSB has a shutout win over No. 24 John Carroll University to its credit this season. The Behrend Lions have also topped Houghton, Hiram and Allegheny. Penn State Behrend has been ranked for two consecutive weeks in the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region rankings. Midfielder Christian Eckberg and forward Dakota Lange lead the Lions with two goals a piece. Senior goalkeeper Chris Ralph leads the conference with an .867 save percentage and a 0.55 goals-against average.
La Roche coach David Day became the Redhawks’ all-time leader in wins after his squad defeated Thiel last Friday night. Coach Day picked up win number 86, passing Weston Hawley, who coached at La Roche from 1999-2008.
Junior midfielder Firas Abduljawad had a quality week and leads the Redhawks with three assists and seven points. Abdjuljawad is tied with senior midfielder Ximo Vicent and junior forward Dante Nicholas for the team lead with two goals. Goalkeeper Austin Gorman is 2-4 on the season.
The AMCC preseason favorites to win the league, Penn State Behrend has an all-time record of 29-4-0 against the Red Hawks. Kickoff at LRC is scheduled for 4:15 p.m.