CENTER VALLEY, PA – The Bloomfield College men's soccer team hit the road Wednesday afternoon and scored a 1-0 victory over Penn State Lehigh Valley. The non-conference victory pushed the Bears overall record to 2-3-1 while the Nittany Lions dropped to 5-3-1 on the year.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The away team was on the attack for most of the game and despite the teams playing to a 0-0 stalemate at the half, Bloomfield outshot the home team 6-3 in the opening frame.
- Jean Rubio found what proved to be the deciding goal in the 54th minute of the game when he intercepted a ball from a Nittany Lion defender and squeezed a shot off the home team's keeper into the net.
- Ariel Lopez got his first career start in goal and went 90 minutes for the Bears and collected three saves.
INSIDE THE RESULTS
- The visitors recorded 13 shots in total with 10 of them on goal to Penn State's 5 shots with 3 of them on target.
- The corner kicks were even at three apiece while the home team's goalie picked up 9 saves against Bloomfield's unrelenting offensive attack.
UP NEXT
The Bears hit the road for back-to-back games this weekend, first playing a make-up game from September 4 against Penn State Hazelton on Friday at 3:00 pm. Then a quick turnaround for a 6:00 pm showdown with Vaughn College on Saturday as Bloomfield tries to complete a season-sweep of the Phoenix.
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