The Shippensburg University men's soccer team fell in a hard-fought 2–1 match on the road against Lock Haven on Saturday night at Hubert Jack Stadium.
Lock Haven. (3–5–3, 1–3–2 PSAC East) got out to an excellent start with plenty of attacking pressure. The Bald Eagles took five shots in the first 20 minutes and scored an early goal in the 16th minute.
Senior
Avery Warrick prevented an early goal with a goal-line clearance in the 11th minute. A dangerous cross found the foot of Ryan Fosky who placed his shot into the bottom right corner past senior
Cody Willoughby while Warrick jumped in at the last moment to clear the ball out. Warrick has had two goal-line clearances in the previous three games.
A mistake by Shippensburg (4–4–2, 1–4–1 PSAC East) gave the Bald Eagles the first goal of the match. Connor Swope raced onto a short back pass to Willoughby, beating the keeper to the ball and tapping in for an easy 1–0 lead.
The match slowed down the rest of the half as Willoughby was forced to make two saves while the Raiders did not manage any shot in the half.
Lock Haven opened the second half as they did in the first half with attacking pressure inside the first 10 minutes. Willoughby made an easy save on a hard shot and cleared away a dangerous corner with a big hand just minutes later.
Tom Pombor doubled the Bald Eagles' lead in the 60th minute with a beautiful goal. Swope got on the scoresheet again, setting up Pombor who curled his effort into the far corner for a 2–0 advantage.
The Raiders got one back moments later as senior
Dalton Shifflett turned one after a scramble from a set-piece. The initial delivery was headed away to senior
Nathan Weldon (York, Pa./Susquehannock) who put a low cross back into the box. Shifflett controlled the ball off of a defender's deflection and put it away to cut the deficit in half.
Shippensburg pressured on the attack in the final 10 minutes forcing goalkeeper Brady Freiwald to come out of his goal twice to get a hand to crosses, but the Raiders could not find the equalizer.
SU looks to bounce back with another conference match at Millersville on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
