2012-13 Top Stories
Jake Gamble, Eric Hackworth, and Will Cole, members of the Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team, have been selected to play for the Erie Admirals S.C. in the National Premier Soccer League this summer.
Wow! What an unforgettable experience for our sons. We thoroughly enjoyed it as well. In nine short days we squeezed in Barcelona, Valencia, Peniscola, Toledo, and Madrid. Tapas has become a regular part of our dining experience.
After a visit of coastal Valencia, the team headed inland to the metropolitan city of Madrid. The Spanish capital has a strip reminiscent of Times Square, which is where the hotel was located.
After a long night comprising of a soccer game and then a group of guys staying up to watch the pens game, the team met together in the lobby for our normal Spainish breakfast.
All in all, today was a transition day for the team. A midnight curfew the night before gave players a solid night of sleep before a majority of the team got up early to visit the touristy areas of Barcelona to do some of the more stereotypical shopping and site seeing.
Day 2 started off with a trip to the beach with the whole team. The walk was around an hour or so and along the way we saw many beautiful buildings and many interesting natives.
After a greatly anticipated take off from Pittsburgh, we landed in Atlanta where we connected to Barcelona. We safely arrived in Barcelona via our flight from Atlanta, GA. The eight and a half hour flight, along with a six hour time difference, made for a surprisingly short feeling flight with no difficulty.
In one week, the Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team will embark on their fifth international trip and first-ever journey to historical Spain for a nine-day excursion from May 6-15.
Starting tomorrow and every Wednesday for the next seven weeks from 6-7:30 p.m., the men's and women's soccer teams will host the TOPSoccer program in the Junker Center gymnasium.
Garrett Fiscus has been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District Men’s Soccer Team. The junior midfielder was named to the first teawm and will move onto the All-American ballot.
Penn State Behrend midfielder Eric Vunovic has been named a 2012 ECAC Division III South Men’s Soccer All-Star, announced on Thursday.
Jake Gamble and Eric Hackworth have been named to the 2012 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer All-Great Lakes Region Team.
Penn State Behrend men’s soccer forward Jake Gamble was named a 2012 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division III Men's Third-Team All-America honoree, announced on Tuesday.
The Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team fell to Alvernia 2-0 in the semifinals of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference South Region Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
Eric Vunovic scored one goal and tallied two assists to help the Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team defeat La Roche 3-0 in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region Tournament quarterfinals on Wednesday afternoon.
Six members of the Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team were named to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Team with Jake Gamble and Eric Hackworth earning Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year honors, respectively.
