Irvin Zuric scored a pair of first half goals, before East Stroudsburg University broke it open with five more second half goals in a 7-0 PSAC victory over the Pitt-Johnstown men's soccer team, Friday afternoon in East Stroudsburg. With the loss, Pitt-Johnstown fell to 0-11-1 overall and 0-7-0 in conference-play.
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Zuric gave the Warriors a 1-0 lead 10 minutes into the match when he finished Christian Bukowski's assist, before Zuric netted his second goal of the day on a header off of James McMahan's cross.
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East Stroudsburg increased it to 3-0 five minutes into the second half on Keelby Espinola's header off of Bukowski's corner kick.
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The Warriors went on to add four more goals between the 66
th and 81
st minutes to break it open and set the final at 7-0.
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Nate Kleya allowed all seven goals in net for the Mountain Cats. Kleya faced 30 East Stroudsburg shots and made 11 saves.
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The Warriors, who improved to 8-3-1 overall and 5-3-0 in the PSAC, got a shutout in goal from Will Boerema. Boerema saw five Pitt-Johnstown shots and was forced to make two saves.
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The Mountain Cats return home to host a PSAC match against Seton Hill on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Pitt-Johnstown Soccer Field, before hosting a conference match against California (PA) on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
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