Box Score

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Five different Lycoming College men's soccer players scored, including three from freshmen, as the team picked up its first victory of the year, 5-0, over Pitt-Bradford on Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Shangraw Athletic Complex.
 
The Warriors (1-2 overall) outshot the Panthers (2-3 overall), 21-2, and came alive in the second half, scoring four of the five goals.
 
The Warriors got on the board in the 29^th minute, as freshman Jason Coles (Logan Township, N.J./Kingsway Regional) got the ball at the top of the box on a corner kick from freshman Moises Lazo (Bowie, Md./Bowie) and fired it into the lower right corner.
 
The goal ended a series of near misses at the beginning of the game for the Warriors. Junior Luke Klingler (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) gave the Warriors an early chance, as he took a pass at the 12 and forced a diving save from the Pitt-Bradford keeper in the 10^th minute. Five minutes later, junior Adam Kuntz (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) got a look just outside the box, connecting on a shot high over the crossbar. Another near miss came in the 20^th minute, when a free kick floated into the box before it was headed into the right corner, but the resulting shot sailed high.
 
A pair more chances came in the 25^th minute, as senior Connor McNiff (Marietta, Pa./Donegal) headed a corner that forced the Panther keeper to make another diving save. After a foul, a cross opportunity in the box was just missed.
 
In the second half, Lycoming kept the pressure on, as Klingler lifted a shot over the crossbar from 15 yards out in the 50^th minute. Kuntz had another opportunity five minutes later, breaking in front of the defense, but his shot sailed just over the net.
 
The early pressure paid off big with four goals late in the half, starting in the 59^th minute, as junior Kevin Seymour (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) broke free down the left sideline and as a defender approached, he delivered a perfect strike to Klingler, who fired it into the left corner.
 
Seven minutes later, junior Nate Smith (Ulster, Pa./Troy) added another tally, finding the upper right corner on a breakaway after receiving a give from Klingler. Freshman Bill Kerr (Bowie, Md./Bowie) added a penalty shot goal in the 71^st minute and freshman Alfonce Mutuku (Beltsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic) scored a breakaway goal in the 76^th.
 
Klingler led the way for Lycoming with a goal and an assist, as the Warriors posted their largest margin of victory since a 5-0 win over Penn State York in the 2012 opener.
 
Junior Connor Keenan (Exton, Pa./Downingtown East) made one save in 71 minutes for the Warriors before yielding to freshman Josh Gildea (Center Valley, Pa./Southern Lehigh), who played the last 19 minutes.
 
Adam Forster allowed three goals for the Panthers in 66 minutes before Colin Frownfelter gave up two in the final 24.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Tuesday, Sept. 10, when they host Penn State York at 4:30 p.m. at the Shangraw Athletic Complex.