LYCOMING MEN’S SOCCER DEFEATS VALLEY FORGE

PHEONIXVILLE, PA – The Lycoming College men’s soccer team traveled to Valley Forge Christian College, Thursday afternoon, for a non-conference match. The Warriors got back on the winning track, defeating Valley Forge 5-2.  Lycoming improves to 4-3-2 with the win, while Valley Forge falls to 3-3-1.

Chris Mason (Fr./Mechanicsburg, PA; Cumberland Valley) got the Warriors on the board first, scoring a breakaway goal off a pass from Jeff Kocher (Fr./Churchville, MD; C. Milton Wright). Paul Zippel (Fr./Cherry Hill, NJ; Cherry Hill) added a second goal to put Lycoming up 2-0. Mason assisted on the play.

Valley Forge broke the shutout with a first-half goal of their own, but Ian Kauffman (Jr./Lewisberry, PA; Red Land) gave the Warriors a 3-1 advantage at the half by connecting on a direct kick from 25 yards out.

In the second half, the Warriors extended their lead to four on goals by Kocher and Andrew Rampulla (Fr./Mechanicsburg, PA; Cumberland Valley). Kocher scored off a corner kick by Brad Martin (So./Annapolis, MD; Broadneck), and Rampulla put home an assist by Joe Balduino (Jr./Washington, NJ; Warren Hill Regional).

Valley Forge scored on a penalty kick to bring the final score to 5-2.

Jason Fesler (So./Carlisle, PA; Cumberland Valley) played the first half in goal for the Warriors, making four saves. Will Anthony (So./Schuylkill Haven, PA; Nativity) and Sean Cunningham (Fr./Pitman, NJ; Pitman) split the second half each making two saves.

Lycoming returns to conference play on Saturday when they travel to Drew University. Drew is the defending conference champion and is currently ranked 18^th in the nation.

Scoring                 1                2                Final
Lycoming                3                2                5
Valley Forge                1                1                2

Scoring Summary:
LC – Chris Mason (Jeff Kocher)
LC – Paul Zippel (Mason)
VF – Mark Domsic
LC – Ian Kauffman
LC – Kocher (Brad Martin)
LC – Andrew Rampulla (Joe Balduino)
VF – Domsic (penalty kick)

Shots: LC-16, VF-10
Corners: LC-3, VF-0
Saves: LC-8