ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – Penn State Harrisburg's men's soccer team went on the road and knocked off No. 3 St. Mary's 3-2 to secure a vital United East victory on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 25.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Penn State Harrisburg (5-1 overall, 3-0 United East) used a pair of goals from Joey Aman and a strong defensive effort to defeat No. 3 St. Mary's (8-2 overall, 2-1 United East) on Saturday afternoon.

Aman wasted little time putting the Lions on the board first when he took advantage of a bad pass deep in Seahawks territory and booted an attempt past St. Mary's goalkeeper Liam Delone-Bellsey just 62 seconds into the game.

The Blue & White took the one-score advantage into halftime and quickly doubled it after the break when Sebastian Krysztofowicz found the back of the net off an assist from Aman to make it 2-0 in the 50th minute.

The home team cut the deficit in half 10 minutes later when Isaac Ekobo found twine off a feed from Roshawn Panton with 29:28 left to play.

Things remained close until Aman struck again with less than six minutes left to play, burying his second goal of the afternoon off a find from Zach Ullum with just 5:07 remaining.

Jacob Breslauer made things interesting when he netted a marker to pull the Seahawks within one with 1:42 left but that's as close as they would get as the Lions held on for their biggest win of the young season.

NOTABLES

- St. Mary's (Md.) is the second nationally-ranked opponent the Lions faced this season after hosting No. 2 Franklin & Marshall earlier this month.

- Penn State Harrisburg outshot the Seahawks 21-10 overall and 10-4 in shots on target.

- Each team earned five corner kicks on the day.

- Thanks to his pair of markers, Joey Aman earned a share of the team lead with four goals on the year.

- Aman's assist was his third of the season, increasing his point total to 11 on the fall.

- Zach Ullum's helper was his third of the year.

- Nicholas Guglielmetti made two saves in goal to earn his fifth win of the season.

- St. Mary's goalkeeper Liam Delone-Bellsey made seven stops in a losing effort.

WHO'S NEXT?

The Lions will look to keep rolling when they travel to Neumann for a non-conference tilt on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 28. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m.

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