Jensen Peake (Staffordshire, England/) and Sverre Orten (Orsta, Norway/Aalesund vgs) each scored twice as the Gannon men's soccer team delivered a dominant 4–0 road victory over Slippery Rock on Wednesday afternoon.
The Golden Knights, who remain unbeaten and in first place in the PSAC West, improved to 4-2-3 overall and 2-0-1 in conference play, while the Rock dropped to 3-5-1 overall and 1-2, respectively.
Peake struck first to give Gannon the early advantage before adding a second tally later in the match. Orten continued his strong senior campaign by netting his sixth and seventh goals of the season to help the Knights pull away for their second conference win and fourth shutout of the year.
THE KNIGHT CAP
• Double trouble: Both Jensen Peake (Staffordshire, England/) and Sverre Orten (Orsta, Norway/Aalesund vgs) scored twice to power Gannon's offense.
• Orten stays hot: The senior midfielder now has seven goals on the season.
• Peake steps up: The junior defender's brace marked his first multi-goal match of the year.
• Team connection: Enzo Rekka (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Gymnasium of the Catholic School Centre "Sveti Franjo") and Per Kristian Lauvstad (Nesoya, Norway/) each provided assists in the win.
• Defensive lockdown: Samuel Alarcon (Madrid, Spain/Colegio el Valle II) recorded three saves for his second shutout of the year.
• Unbeaten streak: Gannon extended its unbeaten PSAC West run to three matches (2-0-1).
Up Next
The Golden Knights return home on Saturday, October 11, hosting second-place Lock Haven at 5:30 p.m. inside McConnell Family Stadium.
This story was written using the support of AI.