Brandywine Defeats Lehigh Valley; Reaches Fourth-Straight PSUAC Title Match

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Top-seeded Penn State Brandywine scored twice in a three-minute span late in the first half to take control and defeated No. 4 Penn State Lehigh Valley 4-0 in a Penn State University Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament semifinal match Saturday night.

Brandywine's 13^th shot of the first half found the back of the net off the foot of Dom Scrivano (Essington, Pa./Interboro), giving Brandywine a 1-0 edge with 3:45 to play in the opening half. Scrivano collected the rebound after Gavin Birch's (Media, Pa./Strath Haven) initial shot was turned away, and blasted in his seventh goal of the fall.

Just under three minutes later, Liam Pheiffer's (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom) crossing pass was tapped in by Luke Segner (Cochranville, Pa./Octorara), doubling the Lions' lead before the break.

Brandywine will now set its sights on a fourth-straight PSUAC title and sixth in the last seven years. The Lions will face No. 2 Penn State Beaver Wednesday in State College at 6:30 pm for the championship. Brandywine owns a 1-0 home victory over Beaver just two weeks ago.

The Lions, who outshot Lehigh Valley 39-0, put the game away at the 68:46 mark, when Brandon Rochester (Chester, Pa./The Christian Academy) headed in the Lions' third goal of the match. Walton Tucker (Garnet Valley, Pa./West Nairobi School) capped the scoring, netting a goal late in the second half.

Brandywine goalkeeper went untested to record his seventh shutout of the year, playing all 90 minutes. Trevor Rockwell stopped 10 shots for the visitors.