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Men's soccer rebounds with two straight victories

By Erin Fisher
Rocket Contributor

Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: Sports
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Eddie Mocarsky plays the ball up field during Saturday's 2-0 shutout of Kutztown. The Rock defeated Shippensburg 4-1 Tuesday, grabbing sole possesion of second place in the PSAC.
Media Credit: Phil Swartzlander
Eddie Mocarsky plays the ball up field during Saturday's 2-0 shutout of Kutztown. The Rock defeated Shippensburg 4-1 Tuesday, grabbing sole possesion of second place in the PSAC.
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The Slippery Rock men's soccer team moved into second place in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference on Tuesday after defeating Shippensburg 4-1.

Shippensburg jumped out ahead of the Rock in the 26th minute of play when Jason Miller tapped one past Rock goalie Greg Blum.

It didn't take long for the Rock men to retaliate. Senior defender Joe Ross evened the score at 1-1 with his first goal of the season. He managed to get a head on a free kick from teammate Steve Perri.

"The game just goes to show that when we take our chances, we can score from all over the field like Joey (Ross) did," Rock sophomore Iain Langstone said.

Less than 10 minutes later, Langstone put Slippery Rock ahead, scoring off a ball from sophomore Lucas Feathers.

The first half of play ended with Shippensburg leading 7-5 in shots, but down by one goal.

Minutes into the second half, Langstone got the ball in Shippensburg's defensive third of the field. Langstone beat the defender, beat the keeper and put the ball firmly into the back of the net, giving the Rock a 3-1 lead.

In the 71st minute of play, senior Jeff Hamley secured the Rock victory, scoring his second goal of the season. The assist came from Feathers and freshman Toby Bowser.

Shippensburg tried frantically to get back into the game, managing four shots in the last five minutes of the game, but Blum and the Rock defense stayed solid.

Slippery Rock came out of the contest with 16 shots. Langstone recorded three of them, while Ed Mocarsky added another three.

Hamley, Feathers, Shaun Reid, and Mitch Walters contributed two shots each. Blum recorded six saves for the Rock.
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