Huntingdon, PA – Sophomore goalkeeper Jason Vela made a season-high seven saves, but the SUNY Canton men's soccer team dropped the second game of their Pennsylvania road trip 3-0 to the Juniata Eagles Sunday afternoon.

THE BASICS

• Result: Juniata 3, SUNY Canton 0
• Location: Gibbel Stadium – Huntingdon, PA
• Records: SUNY Canton (1-4) | Juniata (3-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Eagles struck first in the eighth minute after a ball crossed near the endline was deflected off a SUNY Canton defender and right to the foot of Nathan Weick, who put it into the top right of the net for a 1-0 Juniata lead.
• The Eagles continued to pressure the Roos the next 10 minutes, but SUNY Canton fought off four corner kicks and three shots.
• However, the Roos conceded a goal in the 18^th minute after they committed a foul in the box. A penalty shot ensued, and Gavin Rauhut placed it into the bottom left and Vela dived bottom right given the Eagles their second goal of the game.
• After only one shot attempt in the first 29 minutes, the Roos had five shots in the last 16 minutes of the first half, including two on goal from Demetrius Blake Jr. and another on net from David Bermeo but all were saved by Eagles goalie Maxwell Mattioni.
• The half ended with Juniata ahead 2-0 winning the shots 10-6 as well as shots on goal 5-3.
• In the 54^th minute, Jayden Gaynor for the Eagles came in down the left corner before cutting in along the endline. Gaynor found Weick about eight yards in front of the net who touched it once before putting it in the bottom right corner as Juniata went up 3-0.  
• The Eagles were solid in all aspects of the game the rest of the way, as the Roos could not get a shot attempt in the second half and fell 3-0 to round out the Pennsylvania road trip.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Blake Jr. led the Roos with two shots, both of which were on target. David Bermeo had the other shot on net for the Roos.
• Weick had two goals for the Eagles while Rauhut had one. Jayden Gaynor added an assist in the match.
• Juniata poured on the shots with 24 total, 10 of which were on goal. The Roos managed six shots with half of those on target.
• Vela ended the day saving seven of 10 while Mattioni for Juniata was a perfect 3-for-3.
• The game was a homecoming for Roos head coach Tim Penrod, who graduated from Juniata in 2007 where he was a goalkeeper for the Eagles for four years.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos will next be in action on Wednesday, September 10 for a local game at Clarkson with kickoff slated for 6 p.m.
 
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