Lake Goal Sinks Gophers at Penn State Harrisburg

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - A goal by host Penn State Harrisburg with 7:01 remaining lifted the Nittany Lions to a 1-0 non-conference women's soccer victory over Goucher College Tuesday evening at Turf Field.

• Penn State Harrisburg (10-3-3) sent the game's first shot wide 1:23 into the contest.
• Goucher (7-5-2) generated a corner kick in the 11th minute.
• A shot off the corner by Taty Jimenez (Modesto, Calif./Enochs) was saved by PSH keeper Sydney Mulka.
• Gopher keeper Marissa Spacht (Marlton, Pa./Garden Spot) made her first save of the game in the 22nd minute.
• The Nittany Lions were awarded a penalty kick just past halfway but the kick was sent high.

• Spacht recorded her second save of the game nine minutes into the second half.
• At the 64-minute mark, Spacht turned aside back-to-back shot attempts by Kylee Altland and Kyla Brossoit, then a third shot went off the crossbar.
• Less than a minute later another Penn State Harrisburg shot off a restart glanced off the post.
• With just over seven minutes left Mackenzie Mowery scored to give the Nittany Lions a 1-0 lead.
• Cassidy Scott (Quakertown, Pa./William Penn Charter School) had a shot saved by Mulka with three minutes left.
• In the final minute, a bid by Arianna Carman (Woolwich, N.J./Kingsway) was stopped by Mulka.

• Penn State Harrisburg held an 11-3 shot advantage and took six corner kicks to Goucher's three.
• Spacht made four saves for the Gophers, while Mulka recorded three stops.
• The Nittany Lions won their third straight game.

• Goucher returns to Landmark Conference action Saturday, traveling to Elizabethtown for a 4 pm contest.
• The Gophers return home Tuesday, October 28, hosting Lancaster Bible at 7 pm at Beldon Field.