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MSOC - Season Opener Group
2
Winner Neumann NEU (1-0-0, 0-0-0)
1
Penn St.-Abington PSA (0-1-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Neumann NEU
(1-0-0, 0-0-0)
2
Final
1
Penn St.-Abington PSA
(0-1-0, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Neumann NEU 1 1 2
Penn St.-Abington PSA 0 1 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Abington Edged by Neumann in Season Opener

Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington men's soccer fell to Neumann University in the team's season opener by the score of 2-1 on Thursday afternoon at Memorial Field. 
 
Score: Neumann 2, Penn State Abington 1
Records: Penn State Abington (0-1-0) | Neumann (1-0-0)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Memorial Field)
 
Goal Scorers
Chimdi Ekwem – NEU (38') | Arsene Bado – PSA (66') | D. Decker – NEU (75')
 
How It Happened
 
* Neumann's Chimdi Ekwem scored the game's first goal late in the first half to give the Knights a 1-0 advantage.  Ekwem scored off a cross pass from Javier Mejia.
 
* Abington tied the game in the 66th minute when sophomore Arsene Bado fired home a rebounded ball for his first goal of the season.  Sophomore Roan Vadakan made an initial shot which was stopped by goalkeeper Seth Walker. 
 
* Later in the half, the Knights regained the lead in the 75th minute when Daniel Decker scored off a loose ball after a save by Abington's Matt Sheldon.
 
* Minutes later Sheldon came up big for the Nittany Lions in the 80th minute as he made a tremendous save on a penalty kick attempt by Neumann's Chris Siemien.
 
* In the final minute, Abington had a penalty kick opportunity to potentially tie the game, but the PK attempt went just over the top of the goal off target.
 
Inside the Box Score
 
* In the second half, totaled nine shots after only two in the first 45 minutes.  Five of the team's nine second half shots were on-target.
 
* Abington held the advantage on corners by an 8-3 margin totaling four corner kick attempts in each half.
 
* Bado's first half goal was his first career score, while Vadakan, who was credited with the assist, registered his first career helper.
 
* Sheldon finished the game with three saves for the Nittany Lions.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the fifth meeting between Abington and Neumann dating back to the 2017 season. The Nittany Lions are now 1-4-0 versus the Knights in the all-time series.
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Saturday, Sept. 3 as the Nittany Lions host Ursinus College in a non-conference contest.  Game time is set for 1 p.m. at Memorial Field.
 
 
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