Harrisburg, Pa. – The Penn State Harrisburg Men's Soccer team used two first half goals from Joey Aman to pick up a 4-0 victory over Farmingdale St. Aman would strike in the 27th and 30th minutes and Luis Velasco would add late first half goal to put the Lions up 3-0. The Lions would control play in the second half adding a fourth goal from Zach Hambleton.
The Result:
Penn State Harrisburg 4 vs Farmingdale St. 0
Penn State Harrisburg Starters:
Nicholas Guglielmetti, Shammah Gahomera, Mason Jones, Ethan Hoover, Joey Aman, Toma Nichik, Christian Schmoyer, Aaron Cummings, Jared Brewer, Dustin Rohrbach, and Eric Caldwell
Farmingdale St Starters:
Flores, Velasquez, Gino, Juarez, Chapoteau, Vasquez, Castano, Destefano, Lonetti, Grajales, and Hamel
Inside the Numbers:
Team Records: Penn State Harrisburg (2-0) vs. Farmingdale St (0-1)
Shots: Harrisburg 23 vs Farmingdale St 3
Shots on Goal: Harrisburg 13 vs Farmingdale St 2
Corner Kicks: Harrisburg 2 vs Farmingdale St 2
Saves: Harrisburg 2 vs Farmingdale St 9
How it Happened:
Penn State Harrisburg pressed the attack from the opening minutes, putting pressure on the Rams defense and creating several quality scoring opportunities. The Lions finally broke through in the 27th minute, when Shammah Gahomera found Joey Aman in the box. Aman blasted a shot off the right post and into the back of the net. Moments later Toma Nichik would find Aman free in the box and he would drive the ball into the net, giving the Lions a 2-0 advantage. The Lions would strike one more time in the half when goalkeeper Nicholas Guglielmetti would punt the ball past the Rams defense finding an open Luis Velasco who would bury the shot in the back of the net.
Second half play was fairly even with the Lions continuing to create scoring opportunities. Mohamed Kotby would a launch a shot of the goal keeper in the 88th minute and Zach Hambleton would gather the rebound and drive the ball into the back of the net.
Individual Leaders:
Joey Aman- 2 Goals
Luis Velasco- Goal
Zach Hambleton- Goal
What's Next:
The Lions will be back in action when they travel to face Lancaster Bible on Wednesday September 5th at 4PM