By: Athletic Communications Student Assistant Shanielah Kirk '28
BETHANY, W.Va. - The Bethany College men's soccer team won against Chatham (Pa.) University by a final score of 3-2 in a Presidents' Athletic Conference game at Hoag Field.
Bethany (2-5-3, 1-2-1 PAC) scored the first goal during the first half while courageously keeping the ball rolling, and by halftime the Bison were still in the lead by a score of 1-0. In the second half, both teams were going head-to-head on both defense and offense when Chatham (2-7-3, 0-2-2 PAC) tied the game 2-2 until the Bison broke the tie in the final three minutes ending the game 3-2.
Bethany Leaders
- Senior midfielder Pablo Aguilera (Madrid, Spain/Colegio Brains) made two out of three Bison goals
- Freshman Academic All-PAC midfielder Alessio De Pippo (Conroe, Texas/The Woodlands College Park) helped with an assist and took three shots
- Senior forward Ian Stempler (Buenos Aires, Argentina/ Farmingdale College) was the first to score for the Bison to put them in the lead
- Junior goalkeeper Adam Imhulse (Cincinnati, Ohio/Finneytown) in total made two saves on the day
Chatham Leaders
- Josiah Lewis - scored one of these two goals this game. With also 3 shots two goals
- Domenic Mannario - made one of these two scores this game.
- Justin Teufel - made four saves in today's game
First Half (Bethany 1-0)
Second Half (Bethany 3-2)
- 68:28 - Mannarino scored with the assist by Ronan Edris
- 77:44 - Aguilera makes the go-ahead goal, no assist
- 83:15 - Lewis makes the goal tying both teams 2-2
- 87:05 - Aguilera makes the last goal assisted by De Pippo
The Bison are back in action on October 7 as they travel to Steubenville, Ohio for a Presidents' Athletic Conference game against the Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio) at 5 p.m. at Trinity Health System Field.
