SCRANTON NETS LATE GOAL TO ELIMINATE BEHREND FROM NCAA TOURNAMENT
Scranton's Gavin Coutts scored with 3:50 remaining in the game and Scranton held on to the 2-1 lead, defeating Penn State Behrend in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday evening.
November 13, 2016
Scranton's Gavin Coutts scored with 3:50 remaining in the game and Scranton held on to the 2-1 lead, defeating Penn State Behrend in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday evening.
Behrend (17-2-3) came into this evening's game holding the longest unbeaten streak in all of division III (18 games).
The Lions and Royals (15-3-1) exchanged possession in the midfield for the first 15 minutes before the first shots of the game were registered. Behrend had their first scoring chance when senior F Anthony Crivelli found space in the middle of the field and took a shot that went wide left.
At the 36:30 mark, Connor Casey got Scranton on the board making the score 1-0. Michael Bergen played a corner kick inside the box where Casey headed it to the right corner.
The Royals went into the half with a 4-3 margin in shots and a 1-0 lead.
The Lions came out attacking, but failed to push one past Scranton goalkeeper Eric Hintz until the 54:04 mark when Crivelli found the back of the net for his 12th goal of the season.
Sophomore M Nick McKee played a long ball through the middle that Crivelli knocked to his feet. He then dribbled around a Scranton defender and chipped it to the back right corner.
At the 86:10 mark, Bergen picked up his second assist of the night off another corner kick. He played the ball to the right side of the box and Gavin Coutts flicked a shot off his back heal that squeezed just inside the right post.
For the next 3 minutes and 50 seconds, the Royals held on to their lead, knocking Behrend out of post-season play.
The Lions finished the season 17-2-3.