Kaden Reynolds accounted for the only two goals of the match to lift Slippery Rock to a 2-0 PSAC Western Division victory over Pitt-Johnstown on Senior Day at the Pitt-Johnstown Soccer Field. The Mountain Cats slipped to 6-4-1 overall and 1-3-1 in conference-action.
Prior to the match, Head Coach
Eric Kinsey and the Mountain Cat soccer program recognized nine seniors:
AJ Getsy,
Alex Henne,
Jaeger James,
Tristan Mbakop Moutio,
Jonathan Merli,
Anson Portzline,
Marshall Richter,
Jacob Tichnell, and
Oscar Trilles Monferrer.
Reynolds finished an assist from Cornelius Dedecker in the 27
th minute to give Slippery Rock a 1-0 halftime advantage.
The Rock quickly increased it to 2-0 on Reynolds' second goal of the afternoon less than two minutes into the second half.
After being limited to one shot in the first half, Pitt-Johnstown outshot Slippery Rock, 12-1, in the second half, but wasn't able to beat Rock goalkeeper Alvey Kaufman to cut into the deficit.
Mountain Cat goalkeeper
Jacob Tichnell saw six shots from The Rock, made a pair of saves, but allowed both goals, while Kaufman faced 13 shots from Pitt-Johnstown and made three saves to record the shutout.
With the win, Slippery Rock improved to 6-5-1 overall and 3-2-0 in the PSAC West.
The Mountain Cats travel to conference matches at California (PA) on Wednesday and Gannon next Saturday, before returning home to host a PSAC West match against Lock Haven on Oct. 29 at 3 p.m.
