Behrend Lions Face Grove City in Men's Soccer

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team hosts the Grove City Wolverines in non-conference action. Game time is 4:30 p.m.

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Penn State Behrend News & Notes:

* The Behrend Lions are 1-0-3 on the season
* Behrend competed in the Mt. Union Invitational this past weekend
* The Lions got their first win of the season, a 3-1 decision over Waynesburg
* Behrend had three different goal scorers and a pair of assists from Johnathan Swann (Allison Park, PA/North Allegheny)
* Swann tallied his first collegiate assist on the Lions first goal of the game thanks to John Ziobro (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley)
* Chris Profaca (Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge) and Blake Cooper (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) each recorded their first goals of the season
* Sam York (Akron, OH/Revere), Justin LeDonne (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional), and Jac Caputo (Pittsburgh, PA/Montour) and Swann were named to the All-Tournament Team
* York collected his third shutout in a scoreless draw against Mt. Union on Sunday
* York made three saves bringing his season total to 10 stops in four contests

Grove City News & Notes

* The Wolverines are looking to bounce back from a two-game skid and improve on their 2-2 record
* Grove City is coming off a pair of one-goal losses
* The Wolverines fell 3-2 to Oberlin on Wednesday and dropped a 2-1 decision to Denison on Saturday
* Sam Belitz has three of the teams nine goals for six points
* Grove City is 1-for-4 on converting penalty kicks this season
* Goalie Jesse Greyshock has made 16 saves
* The Wolverines recorded 11 points in the season-opening win against Houghton (5 goals, 1 assist)

Series History

* Behrend and Grove City are meeting for the 52nd time since the series began in 1965
* The Wolverines are 26-20-5 against the Lions
* Behrend has won seven of the last 11 contests vs. Grove City
* Last time out, the Lions tallied a 2-0 win on Sept. 15, 2021