Box Score

Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. (0-2-0, 0-0-0)

Manhattanville MVILLE (1-1-0, 0-0-0)

Penn St.-Abington PENN ST.

(0-2-0, 0-0-0)

Final

Aug. 30, 2025

Manhattanville MVILLE

(1-1-0, 0-0-0)

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST.	0	0	0
Manhattanville MVILLE	0	1	1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | 8/30/2025 12:00:00 AM

Abington Edged by Manhattanville, 1-0

Next Game:

at Rutgers-Camden

9/3/2025 | 7:00 p.m.

Next Game

Full Schedule

Sep. 03 (Wed) / 7:00 p.m.

at Rutgers-Camden

History

Recap
Roster

Purchase, N.Y. – The Penn State Abington men's soccer team fell short by the score of 1-0 against Manhattanville University in its second of two road games to open up the 2025 season on Saturday afternoon.

Score: Manhattanville 1, Penn State Abington 0
Records: Penn State Abington (0-2-0, 0-0-0 UEC) | Manhattanville (1-1-0, Skyline)
Location: Purchase, N.Y. (GoValiants.com Field)

Goal Scorers
Nico Del Vescovo – MU (63')

How It Happened

* In a defensive battle, Abington had its chances early in the game. In the fifth minute, sophomore Frankie Rafferty had a header-shot stopped by the Valiants keeper, AJ Lucas. Minutes later Lucas made another save off a shot by senior Jayden Barragan. The Nittany Lions didn't have another shot until the 36^th minute but sophomore Temur Temirov's shot was saved by Lucas. All three of Abington shot's in the first half were on-goal.

* Senior goalkeeper Brendan Werner made two saves in the first half and finished with three in the game. Werner made a clutch stop in the 44^th minute of a header shot from Manhattanville's Johnny Antolino to keep the game scoreless heading into the half.

* Abington pressured the Valiants' defense to start the second half. The Nittany Lions fired off three shots and had two corner kick opportunities within the first five minutes but was unable to find the back of the net.

* In the 63^rd minute Manhattanville broke the deadlock score with a score by Nico Del Vescovo for his first goal of the season.

* Abington had chances to tie the game but Lucas made two more saves on shots by sophomore Nick Golter (67') and junior Dylcan Walker (76') to keep the score at 1-0. The Nittany Lions produced a corner kick opportunity in the 88^th minute, however they were unable to get off a shot in attempt to tie the game.

All-Time Series
Today marked just the second meeting between Abington and Manhattanville. The Valiants also defeated the Nittany Lions last year at Memorial Field by the score of 1-0.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Wednesday, Sept. 3 as the Nittany Lions travel to face Rutgers-Camden in a non-conference contest. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

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