Middletown, Pa. The Penn State Harrisburg men's soccer team looked to beat Christopher Newport on Saturday October 22nd in order to move up in the standings as conference playoffs approach. Harrisburg tied the game up, 2-2, in the second half but two late goals by the Captains pushed the visitors to a 4-2 win. 

Penn State Harrisburg 2 Christopher Newport 4

Penn State Harrisburg Starters

Brandon Hoover, Little, Weaver, Ethan Hoover, Panuccio, Majin, Brown, Morgan, Rohrbach, Okonkwo, Palmer

Pedini, Blosser, Nodwell, Grace, Zeitoun, Ballard, Seifert, Boone, Maeso, Douglass, Durbin

Records: Harrisburg (11-6, 5-3 CAC) Christopher Newport (14-2-1, 7-0-1 CAC)

Shots: Harrisburg 12 Christopher Newport 7

Shots on Goal: Harrisburg 8 Newport 7

Corner Kicks: Harrisburg 6 Newport 3

Saves: Harrisburg 3 Newport 6 

How it Happened:

-The Captains grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the first half with back to back goal in the 7th and 15th minute of play

-Victor Weaver scored his fifth goal of the season in the 21st minute off of a free kick to bring Harrisburg within one of Newport

-In the second half, the Lion's struck first with Chase Vilga finding the back of the net with assists from Ethan Hoover and Mena Rezkalla

-Vilga's goal tied the game up at 2 each before Newport finished two goal in the final twenty minutes of play

Individual Leaders:

Penn State Harrisburg

Victor Weaver: 1 goal, 3 shots, 3 shots on goal

Chase Vilga: 1 goal, 1 shot, 1 shot on goal

Alex West: 3 shots, 2 shots on goal

Christopher Newport

Jimmy Grace: 2 goals, 2 shots, 2 shot son goal

Patrick Burns: 2 shots

Stephen Durbin: 2 shots, 2 shots on goal

What's Next?

Penn State Harrisburg will finish out the regular season on Wednesday October 26th when they travel to Mary Washington. Kick off is scheduled for 3:30 pm