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5
Winner Gannon GAN-M (9-1-0, 2-1-0 PSAC)
1
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-M (1-7-1, 0-3-1 PSAC)
Winner
Gannon GAN-M
(9-1-0, 2-1-0 PSAC)
5
Final
1
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-M
(1-7-1, 0-3-1 PSAC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Gannon GAN-M 3 2 5
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-M 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Kayla Peterson, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Ludwik Scores Two Goals In Gannon's Win At Pitt-Johnstown

THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: Gannon 5, Pitt-Johnstown 1
Records: GU (9-1-0, 2-1-0 PSAC), UPJ (1-7-1, 0-3-1 PSAC)
Location: UPJ Soccer Field  |  Johnstown, Pa.
The Short Story: The Golden Knights soared to their ninth win of the season with a 5-1 PSAC win over Pitt-Johnstown Saturday afternoon. Anthony Marafioti (Melbourne, Australia/Penleigh & Essendon) scored the game winner in the 31st minute, while Austin Ludwik (Gold Coast, Australia/The Southport School) and James Randall (Brampton, Ontario/Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School) got their first goals of the season.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Pitt-Johnstown struck first in the 16th minute of play to take a quick 1-0 lead over Gannon. Brady Brown finished on a cross pass sent into the box from Josh Briscoe to score for the Mountain Cats.
  • The Knights responded by scoring three unanswered goals to end the first half. Ludwik scored his first goal of the match in the 19th minute. Alex Lee Yaw (Jamestown, N.Y./Mercyhurst Prep) tallied the assist on a throw in. Ludwik connected on the throw to tie the game 1-1.
  • Marafioti gave Gannon the lead with a goal in the 31st minute. Layton Bingham (Gold Coast, Australia/The Southport School) sent a cross into the box where Marafioti finished with a shot into the left side of the net for a goal.
  • Ludwik scored his second goal of the season and of the game off a Lee Yaw corner kick. He headed the ball past the UPJ goalkeeper for a 3-1 lead into halftime.
  • Abdullah Say (Ruesselsheim, Germany/) scored less than two minutes out of the break putting the Knights up 4-1. Say used a header into the left side of the net to score his second goal of the year. Lee Yaw and Ludwik each with an assist on the play.
  • James Randall (Brampton, Ontario/Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School) scored his first goal of the year in the 54th minute on a shot inside the box on a pass from Marafioti. The Knights went up 5-1.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Ludwik's two goals vs. UPJ surpasses his career total. He scored his only previous goal last season.
  • Randall also scored his first goal of the season with the final goal of the match.
  • Marafioti's goal in the 31st winner goes down as the game winner.
  • Lee Yaw took a match-high and tied his season-high with seven shots. He tallied an assist on three goals in the match.
  • Ludwik finished with all three of his shots on goal. He also finished with an assist.
  • Sergio Del Castillo (Madrid, Spain) added three shots, while Randall and Marafioti had two shots.
  • Six other Gannon players recorded one shot each in the match.
  • Chandler Hallwood (Halifax, England/Woodhouse Grove) made two save and faced nine shots in 74 minutes of play.
  • Georgios Koutroulis (Monchengladbach, Germany/Bischofliche Marienschule) logged 16 minutes in net.
  • Brown finished with a team-high three shots for the Mountain Cats.
  • Jonathan Reboton faced 23 shots in goal and made six saves over the 90 minutes for UPJ.
 
UP NEXT
  • Gannon returns home Wednesday for an evening match vs. Seton Hill.
  • Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m. at McConnell Family Stadium.
  • The team's played twice last season. Gannon won the first game 2-0 and they tied 1-1 in the quarterfinals of the PSAC tournament.
  • The Knights lead the all-time series 8-2-3.
 
 
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