Box Score

Penn St.-Abington PSA (9-8-4, 7-0-1)

St. Mary's (MD) SMC (11-6-3, 8-0-0)

Penn St.-Abington PSA

(9-8-4, 7-0-1)

Final

Nov. 09, 2024

St. Mary's (MD) SMC

(11-6-3, 8-0-0)

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Penn St.-Abington PSA	0	0	0
St. Mary's (MD) SMC	1	1	2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | 11/9/2024 12:00:00 AM

Abington Falls to Seahawks in United East Championship Game

St. Mary's City, Md. – The Penn State Abington men's soccer team's championship run came to an end on Saturday afternoon at Jamie L. Roberts Stadium as the Nittany Lions fell short to top-seeded St. Mary's College (Md.), 2-0, in the United East Conference (UEC) Championship game.

Score: St. Mary's 2, Penn State Abington 0
Records: Penn State Abington (9-8-4, 7-0-1 UEC) | St. Mary's 11-6-3, 8-0-0 UEC)
Location: St. Mary's City, Md. (Roberts Stadium)

Goal Scorers
Alex Ochman – SMC (38') | Abdoul Anounkou – SMC (82')

How It Happened

* St. Mary's scored the game's first goal in the 38^th minute to break a scoreless tie right before the half. Alex Ochman connected on his fourth goal of the season to give St. Mary's a 1-0 lead.

* Senior goalkeeper Brendan Werner kept it a one-goal game with his fourth save of the half off a shot by Franco Reyes in the 40^th minute. Werner finished the game with seven stops.

* The score remained 1-0 until the 82^nd minute when the Seahawks doubled their lead. Abdoul Anounkou converted a penalty kick to increase the lead to 2-0 with less than nine minutes to play in regulation.

Inside the Box Score

* Werner totaled seven saves in the game to finish the season with 73; fourth most in a single season in program history. He finished his career with 125 saves which ranks third-most in the program's record book.

All-Time Series
Today marked the eighth meeting between Abington and St. Mary's since the start of the 2015 season. The Nittany Lions are now 1-7-0 versus the Seahawks in the all-time series.

Abington in the Postseason
The Nittany Lions were appearing in their fourth championship game in the program's Division III era (2012, 2017, 2018). Abington is now 10-8-1 all-time in the postseason.

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