Behrend Men's Soccer Blanks Altoona

Courtesy of John Leisering

ALTOONA, Pa.  The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team scored three goals in the first nine minutes of the game and went on from there to defeat Penn State Altoona  5-0 Saturday afternoon. 

Score: Behrend 5, Altoona 0
Records: Behrend (9-2-4, 3-0-1 AMCC), Altoona (3-7, 1-3 AMCC) 

Key Moments: 

* Behrend has now won five straight, all by shutout, and has outscored the five opponents 17-0
* John Ziobro (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) scored his fourth of the season on a deflection at the 5:18 mark
* Nick Laskey (Charleroi, PA/Charleroi) collected his first of the year on a free kick at 7:55 and Cole Thomas cashed his second 38 seconds later on a deflected shot from the left line to mak it 3-0
* All the damage was inflicted on Altoona goalkeeper Alexander Ferry
* The lead grew to 4-0 at 24:20 when Ziobro notched his second of the game from 30 yards out
* Behrend had 18 first half shots (nine on goal) to just two (zero on goal) for Altoona
* Sasha Mohoruk (State, College, PA/State College) replaced Sam York (8-2-4) in the Behrend goal to start the second half
* Evan Dougal (Gibsonia, PA/Pine-Richalnd) then replaced Mohoruk with about 18 minutes left
* Mason Le (Canonsburg, PA/Canon McMillian) finished the scoring with his second of the year at 65:36
* Overall, the Behrend Lions finished with 25 shots, 13 on goal, while Altoona totaled three

Noteworthy: 

* The Lions have 10 shutouts overall
* The last goal given up by Behrend came at Mt. Aloysius in a 1-1 tie October 1.
* The five Behrend goals are the second most in a game this season (6 vs. LaRoche on October 8)
* The five markers are the most allowed by Altoona this season
* Behrend has allowed only six goals in 15 games
* Altoona started the season 2-1 but is 1-6 since

Next Up:

* The Lions will face Hilbert at home on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.