Freshman goalkeeper George Pasko turned aside five shots on goal for the Pitt-Johnstown men's soccer team, but Slippery Rock broke open a 1-0 halftime advantage with three second-half goals to earn a 4-0 PSAC West victory, Saturday afternoon at James Egli Field in Slippery Rock.
The Mountain Cats are now 1-12-2 overall and 0-8-1 in the PSAC. Slippery Rock improved to 5-5-6 overall and 3-3-3 in conference play.
Pasko played the full match and kept Pitt-Johnstown within reach through a barrage of Slippery Rock chances. Pasko denied Tom Roantree, Caleb Alldredge, Boele Zwartele and Christopher Merrill. Alldredge was twice stopped from the top right corner.
Noah Pawling led Pitt-Johnstown's offensive effort with three shots, one on goal. Christian Martinez added two shots, one on goal, and Jon-Luc Renaud also had a shot.
Slippery Rock struck first when Roantree scored at 13:19 off assists from Patrick Tierney and Fynn Uebele to make it 1-0.
Pitt-Johnstown trailed by just a goal at the break, but Roantree scored his second of the match, unassisted, at 58:17 to make it 2-0.
Zwartele scored at 72:54 with assists from Alldredge and Massimo Cuda to extend the lead to 3-0, and Alldredge capped the scoring at 82:01 with assists from Jonathan Anthony and Xavier Jackson.
Pitt-Johnstown will end the 2026 season at California (PA) on Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Phillipsburg Soccer Facility.
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