Abington Downs Harrisburg in United East Contest

Box Score

Penn St.-Abington PSA (6-4-3, 5-0)

Penn St.-Harrisburg PSH (4-7-2, 3-1-1)

Penn St.-Abington PSA

(6-4-3, 5-0)

Final

Oct. 10, 2026

Penn St.-Harrisburg PSH

(4-7-2, 3-1-1)

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Penn St.-Abington PSA	0	1	1
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSH	0	0	0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | 10/10/2026 12:00:00 AM

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10/13/2026 | 4:00 p.m.

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History

Recap
Roster

Middletown, Pa. – Sophomore Joe Mahon scored the game's lone goal in the 73^rd minute to lift the Penn State Abington men's soccer team to a 1-0 triumph at Penn State Harrisburg in United East Conference (UEC) action on Saturday afternoon at the Harrisburg Turf Complex. Abington is now the only undefeated team in conference play as the Nittany Lions sit atop the standings with a 5-0-0 mark.

Score: Penn State Abington 1, Penn State Harrisburg 0
Records: Penn State Abington (6-4-3, 5-0-0 UEC) | Penn State Harrisburg (4-7-2, 3-1-1 UEC)
Location: Middletown, Pa. (PSH Turf Complex)

Goal Scorers
Joe Mahon – PSA (73')

How It Happened

* Junior Frankie Rafferty led the team with six shots, including three on-goal. Rafferty put the pressure on the Harrisburg defense early with shots on target in the fifth and sixth minutes. However, each time Harrisburg keeper Jimmy Shensky made the stop.

* Later in the first half, sophomore Aramis Shire nearly broke the scoreless tie but Shensky came through with another save. In the 44^th minute, Shensky made a stop on a shot by junior Nico Anagnostopoulos to keep Abington off the board for the half.

* Freshman Hector Ortiz made two of his three saves late in the first half. Ortiz rejected shots by Harrisburg in the 36^th and 39^th minutes to keep shutout in tact.

* The score remailed deadlocked at 0-0 until the 73^rd minute. Sophomore Liame Attis crossed the ball in front of the goal and found Mahon waiting as he fired a shot toward the net for the score. It marked his first goal of the season.

* Harrisburg had opportunities late to find the equalizing goal but couldn't connect. Back-to-back corner kick attempts in the 83^rd and 86^th minutes came up short with a header shot on the second attempt by Addis Tafese went over the net high.

* Abington made one last stop in the final seconds with Harrisburg's Josiah Shamberger shot being blocked by the Abington defense.

* Ortiz made his third and final save of the game in the 63^rd minute denying a header shot by Kristopher Lage.

Inside the Box Score

* Both teams finished with 12 shots with each squad recording seven shots in the first half and five shots in the second half. However, Abington was more accurate with seven shots on-goal to just three by Harrisburg.

* Attis recorded his first assist of the season with his helper on Mahon's goal.

* Ortiz finished with three saves and recorded his third shutout of the season. With the clean slate, Ortiz lowered his goals against average to 0.63.

All-Time Series
Today marked the 12^th meeting between Abington and Harrisburg since the start of the 2011 season. Abington is now 4-5-3 versus Harrisburg in the all-time series. The win marked the team's first victory over Harrisburg since 2012.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Tuesday, Oct. 13 as the Nittany Lions travel to face Notre Dame of Maryland University in a United East contest. Game time is set for 4 p.m.

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