PSB Works Through CMU

The Lions played their toughest game of the regular season at Carnegie Mellon University on Tuesday. Carnegie Mellon University is ranked 4th in the NSCAA national rankings poll and 1st in the Great Lakes Regional Rankings Poll. Penn State Behrend now holds a record of 13-4-1 vs Carnegie Mellon's record at 11-1. In the past two years, CMU has made it to the NCAA playoffs and qualified for the NCAA quarterfinals in 2012.

With that being said, the Lions knew they had a tough game to play against the Tartans. Unfortunately PSB fell behind early in the game from a corner kick goal 3 minutes into the game to put the Tartans up 1-0. The second goal came in the 19th minute of play from a quick cross into the box that was put away by the Tartans to go ahead 2-0. Although the Lions were playing hard to end the first half they were unable to stop a free kick that ripped into the top left corner of the goal from a free kick, giving CMU the 3-0 lead going into halftime.

After some words from Coach Patrick and a few changes in the Lions system, the Lions took the field to begin the second half.

The second half went very well for the Lions, PSB outshot CMU 2-1 and had the better of the play. PSB was able to shut down the Tartans offense and create chances on the counter attack. Ally Lonas and Leah Morra were able to keep CMU's outside attackers from creating goal scoring chances. The changes that PSB made were executed by the team and made for a very even matchup during the second half. By keeping the Tartans to one SOG, the Lions ended the game with the 3-0 loss but came off the field having played a great second half against a very good CMU team.

The Lions return to action this Saturday at home against La Roche as they look to win their first conference playoff game of the 2014 season.