Lancaster Bible 2, Penn St. Abington 0
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How it Happened
The Lancaster Bible College Men's Soccer team earned a 2-0 road shutout win over Penn St. Abington Saturday afternoon. The Chargers move to an impressive 5-1-1 in United East play with just one conference contest to go.
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Lancaster Bible got on the board early when freshman
Andrew Cox found
Clark Shreiner in the box for the first score of the game, giving LBC the early advantage. The two teams traded ends of the field for the remainder of the first half, with several shots that just missed the mark. A few yellow cards were distributed throughout the half, but the break came with the Chargers up 1-0.
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The second half involved quite a few shots from Cox before the Chargers took advantage of another opportunity. In the 65
th minute,
Kedric Yoder took the ball in himself to score his eighth goal of the season, extending the lead to two. The Lions were unable to put another shot towards the goal, resulting in a 2-0 victory for Lancaster Bible.
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By the Numbers
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Clark Shreiner opened up the scoring with his eighth goal of 2022
- Graduate student
Kedric Yoder added to his conference-leading point total with a second-half goal and his 25
th point
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Andrew Cox dished his second assist of the year
- Goalkeeper
Isaac Barrow made three saves
- Lancaster Bible put more shots on goal (4-3) and drew more corner kicks (5-4)
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Information to Know
The Chargers have won five conference games this season, and each win has been a shutout victory, scoring a total of 22 goals in those contests.
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Up Next
The men's soccer team will return to Lancaster to take on the Flying Squirrels of Mary Baldwin University in non-conference play on Monday, October 17
th at 4:00pm.