Layton Bingham picked a most opportune time to score his first goal of the season Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Binghams late goal helped the 19th-ranked Gannon University mens soccer team open Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference tournament action with a 2-1 victory over Seton Hill at McConnell Family Stadium.<\/p>\n
On the womens side, Gannon also prevailed, beating visiting Slippery Rock, 5-3, in a quarterfinal game to earn a semifinal berth against the winner of Tuesdays Kutztown-Millersville game. Fridays game will be played either at Kutztown ranked No. 3 in Division II and the top seed in the PSAC East or Millersville.<\/p>\n
On the mens side, Bingham headed home Toby Gowers long free kick in the games 78th minute to snap a 1-1 tie and move the No. 2 seed Knights into Fridays 4:30 p.m. semifinal match against Lock Haven. The game will be played at Mercyhurst, which finished first in the PSAC West regular season and is the tournament host.<\/p>\n
The winner of Fridays match will advance to the tournament championship match Sunday at Mercyhurst.<\/p>\n
Seton Hill, which finished 9-8-2, opened the scoring with a goal by Wilfred Munn in the 10th minute of play. But Gower pulled the Knights now 15-2-2 overall even with a goal off an assist from Magnus Clausen a little more than a minute later. Gowers goal also was his first of the season.<\/p>\n
Gannon dominated play throughout, holding a 20-7 advantage in shots, six of which were on goal, and the Knights added seven corner kicks to none for Seton Hill.<\/p>\n
Gannon goalkeeper Maximiliano Rocco had just one save, but it was a big one as he stopped a point-blank shot in the 62nd minute, and teammate Bautista Corti deflected a follow-up shot that Rocco ultimately cleared from the box.<\/p>\n
Tuesdays womens game was a rematch of Saturdays regular-season finale, which wound up in a 0-0 double-overtime tie. Goals were not as hard to come by Tuesday, however.<\/p>\n
The Knights jumped to a 1-0 lead a little over three minutes into the game as Taylor Lewis put one past Slippery Rock goalkeeper Emma Yoder.<\/p>\n
But The Rock came back to tie the score at 1-1 in the games fifth minute, with Minda Jordyn converting a corner kick from Katy Ericson.<\/p>\n
Gannon snapped the 1-1 tie 10 minutes later when Megan McCartney converted a penalty kick, and Kayla Bevacqua made it 3-1 when she scored in the games 28th minute, getting an assist from Lewis.<\/p>\n
Lewis set up the Knights next goal as well, assisting on a shot by Sarah Falls that found the upper left part of the net at the 51:53 mark, making it 4-1.<\/p>\n
Falls added her second goal of the game 15 minutes later, this time getting an assist from Bevacqua to increase the lead to 5-1.<\/p>\n
Slippery Rock trimmed that lead to 5-2 less than a minute later when George Nagucki got one past Gannon goalkeeper Kennedy Solymosi.<\/p>\n
The Gannon men finished regular-season play Saturday with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over visiting Slippery Rock.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Charlie Petersen was the deciding factor as he netted an absolute rocket of a shot from 35 yards out in the 34th minute of the first half.<\/p>\n
Petersen was assisted by redshirt junior Sergio Del Castillo.<\/p>\n
Del Castillo scored a few minutes earlier in the match to answer back a third-minute Slippery Rock goal by freshman Joey Moeller.<\/p>\n
Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper David Syntelien got the start for Gannon over Rocco since Rocco was booked the prior match.<\/p>\n
Syntelien recorded three saves for Gannon in the winning effort.<\/p>\n
The Knights outshot Slippery Rock 17-7 and had four more corner kicks than The Rock (6-2).<\/p>\n
On the womens side, Gannons scoreless tie with Slippery Rock enabled the Knights to lock up second place in the PSAC West.<\/p>\n
Gannon got off to a fast start, pushing The Rocks limits as it forced nine shots and five corner kicks within the first 22 minutes of the match.<\/p>\n
Slippery Rock held its ground with a bend-but-dont-break mentality and kept the game scoreless.<\/p>\n
Gannon defender junior Leah Bermudez got a red card in the 39th minute of the half, giving Slippery Rock all the momentum.<\/p>\n
However, the Knights didnt let that be a factor and went into the break scoreless.<\/p>\n
The next 65 minutes of the match were much of the same for both squads as neither team could break the scoreless tie.<\/p>\n
The Knights outshot The Rock 25-11 and held the edge in corner kicks 8-6.<\/p>\n
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