Penn State-Schuylkill’s men’s soccer team is a win away from reaching a national championship match.
On Saturday, Pine Grove Area grad Peyton Renninger recorded a clean sheet and Sean Brown scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win for the Lions over Andrews University at Montour Junction Sports Complex in Coraopolis, Allegheny County.
The win was Renninger’s seventh consecutive shutout in net for PSU-Schuylkill.
It’s PSU-Schuylkill’s first win at the USCAA Small College National Championships in the program’s history. On Sunday, the Lions take on Southwestern Adventist University with the winner advancing to the national championship game on Monday at F.N.B. Stadium in Pittsburgh.
PSU-Schuylkill earned an automatic bid to the USCAA Division II National Championship after it defeated Penn State-Scranton for the PSUAC championship on Nov. 2, the first conference win in the program’s history.
The men’s team at PSU-Schuylkill is stacked with local talent: Jamison Brant, F (Pottsville, Pottsville Area); Johnny Burke, CB (Shenandoah, Shenandoah Valley); Shane Fessler, FB (Minersville, Minersville Area); Brady Gehres, FB (Donaldson, Pine Grove Area); Tanner Kolb, F (Pine Grove, Pine Grove Area); Mario Ortiz, MF (Saint Clair, Pottsville Area); Daniel Paniagua-Perez, D (Shenandoah, Shenandoah Valley); Gino Pompei, CB (Pine Grove, Pine Grove Area); Michael Prestileo, F (Pottsville, Pottsville Area); Peyton Renninger, GK (Pine Grove, Pine Grove Area); Chad Schwartz, D (Pine Grove, Pine Grove Area); Derik Silva, W (Shenandoah, Shenandoah Valley); Luke Smith, MF (Schuylkill Haven); Beckett Teresavage, FB (Pottsville, Pottsville Area); Angel Torres, F (Girardville, North Schuylkill); Connor Troutman, MF (Orwigsburg, Blue Mountain); Cole Wagner, D (Pottsville, Nativity BVM); Kevin Wakefield, GK (Orwigsburg, Blue Mountain).
PSU Women Fall to ACPHS
In its first match at the USCAA National Championship on Saturday, the women’s soccer team from PSU-Schuylkill fell, 3-1, to Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Services.
The Lady Lions are scheduled to play Sunday against Southwestern Adventist University. SWAU defeated ACPHS, 4-1, in each team’s first match in pool play.
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