The Lancaster Bible College men's soccer team had to wait five extra days to start its season due to torrential rains in Lancaster this past weekend, and while the Chargers showed glimpses of solid play in their season opener, Penn St. Harrisburg was the more consistent team over the course of 90 minutes on Wednesday, and left Charger Field with a 3-0 victory. The Nittany Lions improved to 3-0 with the win, while the Chargers dropped to 0-1.

Game Recap: Lancaster Bible and Penn St. Harrisburg split possession of the ball over the course of the first 15-20 minutes of the first half, though neither team had a quality scoring chance. From the midway point of the half however, the Nittany Lions began controlling the ball, and finally made it pay off with a goal at 39:35 on a goal by Alexander Wardle. Wardle took a crossing pass from Creasy Lopez and deposited the ball into the back of the net.

The Chargers fought to tie the game early in the second half, and just missed knotting the contest at 65:34, when Estiven Saldarriaga's shot from 30 yards out went just over the crossbar.

Less than two minutes later, Penn St. Harrisburg doubled its lead to 2-0 on a goal from Joey Aman at 67:30. Aman collected a ball off a free kick and was able to dive and chip the ball over Lancaster Bible goalkeeper Jake Deterline. Just 1:16 later, Toma Nichik made it 3-0, as he took a pass off a free kick and slipped the ball into an open net.

By the Numbers: Penn St. Harrisburg held an 8-7 lead in shots, including a 3-1 edge in shots on goal...The Nittany Lions had seven corner kicks, while the Chargers had just one.

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible still leads the all-time series with Penn St. Harrisburg, 15-13-1, but has now lost seven straight games to the Nittany Lions...The last time Lancaster Bible defeated Penn St. Harrisburg was during the 2009 season...The Chargers are just 1-3-1 in their past five season openers.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible opens North Eastern Athletic Conference play on Saturday, as the Chargers will host Penn St. Berks at 3:15 p.m...The game was originally to be played in Reading, Pa., but due to a sinkhole on the Nittany Lions' field, the men's and women's soccer games have been moved to Lancaster.