Christian Martinez scored his first goal of the season and George Pasko stopped six shots, but Pitt-Johnstown fell to Seton Hill, 3-1, in Wednesday's PSAC Western Division match DSG Field in Greensburg.
After a scoreless first 35 minutes, Seton Hill's Ben Conti broke through at 35:43 on a cross from Rafael Santos, sending a shot into the upper part of the net for a 1-0 lead. Conti struck again at 39:12, assisted by James LoCoco and Zachary Angoff, to make it 2-0.
Pitt-Johnstown answered 43 seconds later. Martinez scored at 39:55 to cut the deficit to 2-1 heading into halftime.
Seton Hill got the only goal of the second half at 51:38, when Mikkel Steenstrup converted a penalty kick to make it 3-1.
Pitt-Johnstown (1-9-2, 0-5-1 PSAC West) saw Seton Hill (6-4-4, 4-1-1 PSAC West) outshoot the Mountain Cats, 22-7, including a 9-3 edge in shots on goal.
George Pasko turned aside six of the nine shots on goal he faced. Pasko made saves throughout the second half, including stops on shots from Tomas Gomes and Felix Knorn in the 61st minute and Conti in the 82nd.
Offensively, Holger Lozano and Noah Pawling each put a shot on goal, with Lozano's attempt at 50:07 and Pawling's header at 60:12 both saved by Seton Hill goalkeeper Jannik Reiss. Seton Hill finished with two saves.
Pitt-Johnstown returns home Saturday to host Gannon in a PSAC West match at 2:30 p.m., before hosting Lock Haven in the 2026 home finale next Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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