BOX SCORE
 

Reading, Pa. (October 3, 2007) – Alvernia College got back on the winning track this afternoon with a 4-1 victory over Pennsylvania Athletic Conference foe Centenary College at Schlager Memorial Field. Despite falling behind 1-0 in the first half, the Crusaders netted four goals in the second half, including three from freshman Morgan Davidheiser (Boyertown, PA/Boyertown) to improve their PAC record to 2-2. With the loss, Centenary falls to 5-6, 0-3 in the PAC.

The match-up between the Crusaders (4-8, 2-2 PAC) and the Cyclones from Centenary proved to be a tale of two halves. The first half saw Centenary outshoot the Crusaders 12 to eight, earn six penalty corners to Alvernia's zero and take a 1-0 lead into half time. The Cyclones lone goal was scored by junior Chris Hill (Flanders/Gill St. Benard's) for his sixth goal of the season; he was assisted by sophomore Chris Guadagno (West Milford/West Milford).

The second half would be a much different story. Davidheiser scored his first goal of the game less than a minute into the second half when he carried the ball through the box and fired off a shot into the lower right corner to tie the game. Ten minutes later he found a rebounded shot and laced it into the top left corner. Davidheiser would score again in the 73rd minute, and freshman Tim Sweeney (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge) netted his second goal of the season to put Alvernia up 4-1 in the 84th minute. The Crusaders dominated the second half, out shooting Centenary 13-4 and requiring only two saves from goalkeeper Richard Kessler (Reading, PA/Reading). Kessler had eight saves in the first half for 10 saves on the day.