Men's Soccer Shuts Out Penn State, 3-0

Wednesday, September 27

Temple Sports Complex

7:00 p.m.

Temple University

3-5-1

Penn State

2-5-2

PSU

Temple

Photo by: Carli Showmaker

Men's Soccer Shuts Out Penn State, 3-0

9.27.17 | Men's Soccer

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PHILADELPHIA - On Wednesday men's soccer snagged its third victory of 2017 in a 3-0 shutout over Penn State. The squad leaned on young talent with goals from newcomers Alan Soto Camacho and Thibault Candia. Sophomore goalkeeper Michael Samnik stepped up earning his first shutout of the season.

Keys to the Match
> In his third career start, Soto Camacho opened scoring with his first career goal. The freshman collected a pass from junior Hermann Doerner and spun around to shoot right to the corner of the net.
> Temple attempted several close chances in the first half, however the plays were well defended by the Nittany Lions.
> In the 15th minute, Candia scored Temple's second goal of the match shooting from the top far corner of the box with help from Doerner.
> Penn State's Mikey Conneh was issued the first yellow card of the night in the 30th minute.
>Temple's third goal was scored by Candia in the 52nd minute, assisted by redshirt senior Mark Grasela. The goal marked his fourth of the season.
> In the 82nd minute, sophomore Zach Brown was issued the second yellowcard of the game.

Match Notes
> At the end of the first half, Temple out shot Penn State 7-3. By the close of the game, the Nittany Lions tallied 16 to Temple's 12.
> In only his second start of the season, Samnik logged three saves to shutout Penn State.
>The Owls collected two of the match's five corners.

Quotable
> "After the UConn game I told the guys that they played very well. I believe the team began to feel confident in their abilities and came out and showed that tonight." - Head coach David MacWilliams

> "Its very exciting to shutout a team on only my second career start. I'm looking forward to continuing the hard work and keeping up the momentum for the remainder of our season." - Sophomore goalkeeper Michael Samnik

Up Next
> Temple will head to Memphis for an 8 p.m. (E.T.) match on Saturday, Sept. 30.