The Pitt-Johnstown men's soccer team fell behind by three goals in the first-half and suffered a 4-0 PSAC loss to Slippery Rock University, Wednesday afternoon at Pitt-Johnstown's Soccer Field. The Mountain Cats fell to 0-8-1 overall and 0-5-0 in the PSAC.
Tyler McCarthy opened up the scoring for Slippery Rock on a header assisted by Kyle Boyer in the 16
th minute, before George Oakley scored on a shot from the top of the box five minutes later to make it, 2-0.
With just two minutes left in the opening half, Kenton Keeslar scored his first goal of the year on a shot from the middle of the box off of Oakley's to give The Rock a 3-0 halftime advantage.
Slippery Rock then added a fourth goal in the 80
th minute when Brady Sittinger tapped in Keesler's assist.
Pitt-Johnstown goalkeeper
Nate Kleya took the loss for the Mountain Cats. Kleya faced 27 shots, made 10 saves, and allowed four goals.
Slippery Rock's Jonathan Sharp and Matt Hunsberger teamed-up in net to shutout the Mountain Cats. The two combined to see eight Pitt-Johnstown shots and make ne save.
The Mountain Cats travel to a PSAC match at Shippensburg University on Saturday, before traveling to Amherst, NY for a non-conference match at Daemen College on Tuesday.
