The Lancaster Bible College men's soccer team gave everything it had on Saturday at Charger Field, but the best team in the North Eastern Athletic Conference was just too much, and Penn St. Abington earned a 2-1 overtime victory over Lancaster Bible in the regular season finale for both teams. Lancaster Bible finishes the regular season with a 9-9-2 overall record and 6-3-1 mark in NEAC play, while Abington improved to 12-6 overall and 10-0 in conference action.

How it Happened: Penn St. Abington got on the board first on Saturday when Thomas Vessels scored at 13:39 for his first goal of the year. Vessels took a pass from Michael Albers and was able to chip the ball up and over top of Lancaster Bible goalkeeper Thiago Naque to give the Nittany Lions an early lead.

The Chargers got very little started offensively in the first half, though had their best chances midway through the half when they had a shot and two corner kicks in a span of 44 seconds. The chances came up empty and the Chargers went to halftime trailing by one.

Penn St. Abington looked to bury the Chargers early in the second half, and after applied pressure to begin the second frame, Vessels hit the crossbar at 52:20. Lancaster Bible continued to press for the equalizer throughout the second half, but the Nittany Lions had another chance late in the second half to put the game away, but Jordan Anderson's shot was partially blocked as it headed towards the net and basically did everything but go over the goal line before it was cleared by Lancaster Bible.

Just over a minute after Anderson's shot wouldn't go in, the Chargers finally tied the game on sophomore Joel Hughes' first collegiate goal off a feed from Edward Bills. Bills was able to dribble down the near sideline past a Penn St. Abington defender and as he worked into the left side of the box, Bills crossed the ball towards the middle and Hughes was there to redirect the ball towards the right post. The ball hit off the post and spun into the back of the net to knot the game at 1-1.

Penn St. Abington had almost all of the scoring chances in overtime and the Nittany Lions were rewarded for their efforts at 96:55 when Vessels took a lead pass from Hernando Villamil and scored into the lower right-hand corner to win the game.

By the Numbers: Penn St. Abington outshot the Chargers, 18-9, including 7-4 in shots on goal...The Nittany Lions had 11 corner kicks, while the Chargers had seven...The assist by Bills on Hughes' goal was his team-leading eighth of the season...Naque made five saves for the Chargers, many of them coming at critical times and he helped keep the Chargers in the game for much of the day.

The Coach Says: "I'm proud of how hard we competed today, but our guys are hungry for more," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Tom Ardt said. "We'll need to be at our best on Tuesday at Penn St. Berks if we are going to win. The opportunity is there, and it's up to us to execute and dominate the things we can control."

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 3-4-2 all-time against Penn St. Abington...The Chargers lost 2-0 to the Nittany Lions in last year's matchup...Lancaster Bible will finish the season 5-4-1 at home...The Chargers tied Penn St. Berks, their NEAC Quarterfinal opponent, 4-4 on Sept. 27 of this season...Penn St. Abington will host Wilson in the other NEAC South Division Quarterfinal.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible heads to Reading, Pa. on Tuesday to battle Penn St. Berks at 2 p.m...The winner advances to the NEAC Final Four which will be held next weekend, November 4-5 at the highest remaining seed.