MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Sophomore forward
Megan Kurian reached two career milestones despite Penn College dropping its first United East Conference women's soccer contest to Penn State Harrisburg, 3-1, on Wednesday evening. The Wildcats are now 7-3-1 overall and 3-1 in United East matchups. Penn State Harrisburg is 5-5-1, 4-0-0 UEC.
How it happened: The Wildcats and Nittany Lions played even for much of the first half until the Nittany Lions broke through with a free kick goal at the 36:27 mark for a 1-0 lead. The Wildcats created an early corner from
Sierra Klinger and put a shot on goal by
Avery Puderbach at 32:19, while
Harley Oliphant made two saves before PCT went into halftime down 1-0.
The Wildcats cut into a 2-0 deficit in the second half when
Megan Kurian scored from
Camryn Lobb's assist in the 79th minute. A late Harrisburg goal in the final minute closed the scoring in the 3-1 final.
Inside the box: With her goal, Kurian became just the third player in program history to reach 40 career goals and the fourth player to surpass 100 career points. Lobb recorded the assist to reach 20 points on the season.
Abigail Frew, Abigail Mahaffey and Mackenzie Mowery scored for the Nittany Lions while Janae Swartz and Ava Myers were credited with the assists.
The Wildcats recorded five shots (2 on frame) and two corners while the Lions finished with six shots (5 on goal) and two corners.
Up next: The Wildcats host St. Mary's College of Maryland on Saturday at 2 p.m.
