#8 Tartans Win Another Road Match, Top Penn State Behrend 4-1

(ERIE, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University men's soccer team, who moved up to eighth in the national rankings this week, traveled to Penn State Behrend in Erie, Pennsylvania, for a non-conference matchup. The Tartans topped the Lions 4-1 behind four first-half goals.

Sophomore Jordi Long (Silver Spring, Md. / Montgomery Blair) opened the scoring in the ninth minute with his third goal of the season off an assist from senior Jamie Wheaton (Lexington, Mass. / Lexington). The Tartans (8-0-2) were controlling the action prior to Long's goal as they had two corner kicks and two shots in the first eight minutes of action.

Long then made the score 2-0 in the 32nd minute off a feed from sophomore Patrick Kollman (Little Silver, N.J. / Christian Brothers Academy). Three minutes later, junior Elliot Cohen (Solana Beach, Calif. / Canyon Crest Academy) put in a shot off an assist by senior Jack McCambridge (Bethlehem, Pa. / Moravian Academy).

Another strike by the Tartans came in the 38th minute when senior Philip Petrakian (Redwood City, Calif. / Sacred Heart Preparatory) put in a rebound off a save the Behrend's keeper. Junior Nicolas Poveda (Miami, Fla. / Coral Gables) earned the assist on the play as he took the shot saved by Chris Ralph.

The Lions (6-3-2) broke up the shutout with a penalty kick goal in the 39th minute.

The game's score stayed the same through the final 45 minutes with senior Alec Lam (Upper Saddle River, N.J. / Northern Highlands Regional) earning his fourth win of the year in net for the Tartans.

Carnegie Mellon will return to University Athletic Association (UAA) action on Saturday, October 6 when Brandeis University (5-4-1) comes to Pittsburgh for a 11:00 a.m. contest.