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Men's Soccer Takes Down Canisius

Kruse, Porter, Kopp score for the Panthers.

October 21, 1998

Pittsburgh - The Pittsburgh Panther men's soccer team defeated Canisius tonight, 3-1, in non-conference soccer action at Pitt Stadium. The Pathers, who outshot their opponent 29-9, improve their record to 5-6-3 overall.

Defender Travis Kruse (Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls) netted the first goal for Pittsburgh 41:08 in to the game. The Golden Griffins tied it up four minutes later off a goal by Nate Fillmore. Tony Mermigas was credited with the assist.

The Panthers' Chad Porter (Irwin, Pa./Penn-Trafford) scored the game-winning goal three minutes into the second half. Defender Jeff Dyer (McMurray, Pa./Peters Township) recorded his first points on the season with the assist. Drew Kopp (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) wrapped up the scoring for Pittsburgh off a feed by Porter at the 57:53 mark.

With one goal and an assist on the night, Porter moves into second place on the team in scoring with 11 points. Kopp is the current leader with 15.

The Panthers return to Big East soccer action when they go on the road to 10th- ranked St. John's on Saturday, Oct. 24. Pittsburgh then travels to St. Francis on Wednesday, Oct. 28.

1998 PITTSBURGH MEN'S SOCCER STATISTICS
Overall Record: 5-6-3/Big East Record 1-6-2

ALL GAMES BIG EAST PLAYER GP/GS S G A PTS GWG GP/GS S G A PTS GWG Drew Kopp 14/14 38 6 3 15 1 9/9 17 3 0 6 0 Phil Matilla 12/12 30 3 3 9 1 7/7 16 2 2 6 1 Chad Porter 10/10 21 4 3 11 1 5/5 4 1 1 3 0 Reagan Bender 14/14 43 3 1 7 2 9/9 26 0 0 0 0 Spencer Barton 14/12 22 1 5 7 0 9/9 10 0 2 2 0 Travis Kruse 12/12 16 2 0 4 0 7/7 7 0 0 0 0 Ben Garry 14/14 6 1 0 2 0 9/9 2 0 0 0 0 Mark Sikora 14/0 8 1 0 2 0 9/0 5 0 0 0 0 Tim Montgomery 14/14 1 1 0 2 0 9/9 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Dyer 14/13 8 0 1 1 0 9/8 1 0 0 0 0 Keith Blass 12/12 6 0 0 0 0 8/8 2 0 0 0 0 Billy Hicks 13/8 12 0 0 0 0 9/6 4 0 0 0 0 Peter Veltri 12/2 7 0 0 0 0 8/0 3 0 0 0 0 Todd Migliore 11/0 4 0 0 0 0 6/0 2 0 0 0 0 Jason Smathers 9/1 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 0 0 0 0 0 Chris McGonigle 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Pine 5/0 1 0 0 0 0 3/0 1 0 0 0 0 Jason Thackery 7/3 7 0 0 0 0 6/3 5 0 0 0 0 Ryan Costic 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Harris 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Andrew Light 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Katrancha 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Whitman 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Sebastian Avendino 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Toure Weaver 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Myles Schwartz 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Jorge Rivera 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 PGH TOTALS 14 232 22 16 60 5 9 107 6 5 17 1 OPPONENTS 14 188 21 20 59 6 9 160 17 18 49 5

GOALKEEPERS GP/GS W L T SO MIN SAVES GA AVG. Chris Hanlon 11/11 4 5 1 4 926:45 44 13 1.263 Big East 7/7 1 5 1 1 656:45 37 12 1.645 Mike Norris 6/3 1 1 2 0 445:00 24 8 1.618 Big East 3/2 0 1 1 0 235:00 18 5 1.915 Joe Conlan 0/0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0.000 Big East 0/0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0.000 Joe Gomez 0/0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0.000 Big East 0/0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0.000 PGH TOTALS 14 5 6 3 5 1296:45 68 21 1.458 OPPONENTS 14 6 5 3 6 1296:45 89 22 1.527

SCORE BY PERIODS 1ST 2ND OT TOTAL PITTSBURGH 10 12 0 22 Big East 3 3 0 6 OPPONENTS 13 6 2 21 Big East 9 6 2 17

GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION SCORE (TIME) GWG OVERALL BIG EAST* Sept.1 Niagara Home W 3-0 D. Kopp 1-0-0 0-0-0 Sept 4 Duquesne Home T 0-0 (OT) ---------- 1-0-1 0-0-0 Sept.6 Quinnipiac Home W 3-0 R. Bender 2-0-1 0-0-0 Sept. 9 Robert Morris Away W 7-3 R. Bender 3-0-1 0-0-0 Sept. 13 Notre Dame* Away T 2-2 (OT) ---------- 3-0-2 0-0-1 Sept. 18 Villanova* Away W 1-0 P. Matilla 4-0-2 1-0-1 Sept. 20 Rutgers* Away L 0-1 (OT) B. Piesner 4-1-2 1-1-1 Sept. 27 Providence* Home L 0-2 K. Jones 4-2-2 1-2-1 Sept. 30 West Virginia* Home L 0-3 C. Patton 4-3-2 1-3-1 Oct. 3 Boston College* Away L 0-3 K. McDonald 4-4-2 1-4-1 Oct. 11 Georgetown* Away L 0-2 J. Partenza 4-5-2 1-5-1 Oct. 16 Seton Hall* Home T 3-3 ---------- 4-5-3 1-5-2 Oct. 18 Connecticut* Home L 0-1 (OT) C. Gbandi 4-6-3 1-6-2 Oct. 21 Canisius Home W 3-1 C. Porter 5-6-3 1-6-2 Oct. 24 St. John's* Away Oct. 28 St.Francis (PA) Away Nov. 1 Syracuse* Home Nov. 3 California (PA) Home