MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - Penn State Harrisburg's men's soccer team battled through rain and wind and came out the other side with a convincing 13-0 victory over Gallaudet in each team's conference opener on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 23.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Noah Cahoon recorded a hat trick, while Marc Rodgers, Brayden Sunho and Colin O'Hara each netted a pair of goals to lead the offensive onslaught for Penn State Harrisburg (3-3-3, 1-0 United East) in Saturday's win over Gallaudet (0-6, 0-1 United East). 

Rodgers set the tone early with back-to-back markers in the opening eight minutes before Liam Gohn pushed the advantage to 3-0 with a goal of his own. The score held that way for 20 minutes but conversions from Cahoon, Ethan Cortes, Daniel Jebri, and Alex Afata during a nine-minute span late in the first half stretched things out before the break.

The Lions opened the second half with consecutive goals from Sunho and O'Hara pushed the lead to 10 with his first marker in the 64th minute. Cahoon added markers in the 70th and 81st minutes, respectively, to completely his hat trick and O'Hara capped the contest's scoring with a goal with less than three minutes to play. 

NOTABLES

- The victory was Penn State Harrisburg's third clean sheet of the season.  

- The offensive output was the team's highest scoring total of the year.

- Thanks to their goals on Saturday, Cahoon, Cortes, and Rodgers now lead the Lions in scoring with three markers apiece.

- Penn State Harrisburg's defense held the Bison to just one shot on the day

- The Lions racked up a dozen corner kicks in the victory.

WHO'S NEXT?

The Lions take a break from conference play when they travel to Shenandoah on Wednesday night.

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