BERWICK, PA – The Bears men's soccer team scored six goals for the first time since 2017 as they took a 6-2 victory over Penn State Hazelton. Senior tri-captain,
Ivan Maiato scored a career-high three goals during the Friday afternoon road trip and the Bears improved their overall record to 3-3-1 while the Nittany Lions fell to 0-6-2 for the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Bloomfield went down early in the non-conference match when starting keeper, Kevin Salguero gave up a goal in the fourth minute of play. PSU Hazelton took that 1-0 advantage into the halftime break.
- Maiato found his first goal of the afternoon at 53:13 off a ball from Jean Rubio and the teams were knotted up at 1-1 early into the 2nd frame.
- Less than a minute after the restart, the home team scored and regained their one goal lead (2-1).
- The visitors found fortune in the 60th minute when Maiato tied the score again on a penalty kick.
- Rubio put the Bears ahead for good at 62:51 after Maiato returned the favor with an assist to push the score to 3-2. The senior captain capped his career day with a hat trick in the 80th minute of an assist from Arturo Delgado.
- Bloomfield was in full control and added two late-game goals, one from Akwasi Adjei-Seffah off a pass from John Rubio and one unassisted by senior Daniel Tabares just before the full-time horn sounded.
INSIDE THE RESULTS
- In the first half the home team out-shot the Bears 7-3 but in the 2nd half the visitors poured it on with 18 shots to the Nittany Lions 3.
- For the game Bloomfield held an 11-8 advantage in shots on goal.
- Penn State had a slight 6-to-4 edge in corner kicks while the Bears had the advantage in saves, 6-5.
UP NEXT
No rest in sight, Bloomfield is back on the road tomorrow to square off with Vaughn College on Saturday at 6:00 pm.
