Browne Leads Tartans Over Mount Union

Sept. 22 – (PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University men’s soccer team moved their record to 5-0 on the season with a three goal shutout against visiting Mount Union College on Saturday, September 22.

Sophomore midfielder Ryan Browne (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) netted the first goal of the game in the 30th minute when he laced a free kick from 24 yards out nicely into the top right corner of the goal. Sophomore forward Ricky Griffin (Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.) and Browne converted a give-and-go leading up to Browne getting fouled.

The Tartans nearly extended their lead in the 59th minute when sophomore defender David Drochner’s (Mt. Zion, Ill.) header off freshman midfielder Max Betzig’s (Whitmore Lake, Mich./Greenhills) corner kick was stopped by the arm of lunging Mount Union senior goalkeeper Matt Mazzolini.

In the 67th minute, Tartan junior goalkeeper Matt Bazin (Mountain Lakes, N.J./Delbarton) kept the shutout intact with a save on a shot by Steve Gillespie.

Sophomore midfielder Jonathan Hall (Venetia, Pa./Peters Twp.) cushioned the lead for the Tartans with a header for goal at the 87:59 mark. Hall deflected a header by junior midfielder Al Penksa (Johnstown, Pa./Bishop McCort).

Just 46 seconds later, Griffin put his fifth goal of the season away as he slipped a shot passed Mazzolini after sophomore Keith Haselhoff (McKeesport, Pa.) beat a defender and put a shot off the post.

Bazin made three saves and recorded his second shutout of the season and 21st of his career moving him into fourth on the Tartans all-time shutout list ahead of Sam Montague (’86).

The Carnegie Mellon men’s soccer team will be in action again on Tuesday, September 25 when they host the Grove City Wolverines. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Gesling Stadium.