Wilkes-Barre Soccer Falls to New Kensington

9/22/12 The Penn State Wilkes-Barre(1-4) soccer team came up short in their Saturday afternoon game against Penn State New Kensington by a score of 2-1.

Penn State New Kensington struck first, scoring nine minutes into the game. About one minute later Freshman David Cavalieri kept up his recent scoring rampage with a goal on a ball from Sophomore Mark Bugelholl. In the second half, New Kensington got another goal during the 51th minute to end all scoring for the game.

Even though Wilkes-Barre outshot New Kensington 28-20 for the game, they still came up with the loss. Wilkes-Barre also had an 8-7 advantage on corner kicks. Junior Anthony Aquilina started the game and had seven saves in goal while Freshman Chris Jaworski played the whole second half stopping six shots.

 Wilkes-Barre will be back in action Tuesday night when they travel to Penn State Hazelton for a 6 p.m. match.