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Don Wright

Men's Soccer Matthew Kifer, Sports Information Director

Vulcans open PSAC play with shutout, 3-0

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CALIFORNIA (Sept. 22) – Junior Jeffrey Kyei (Tübingen, Germany/SIT Tübingen) tied his career high with five points on Sunday evening, as the California University of Pennsylvania men's soccer team opened Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) play with a 3-0 victory against league-newcomer Pitt-Johnstown at the Phillipsburg Soccer Facility.

With the win, the Vulcans improve to 3-3 overall with a 1-0 mark in league action. Meanwhile, the Mountain Cats drop to 2-4 this season and 0-3 in conference play.

Kyei collected a pair of goals and added an assist against Pitt-Johnstown for the second-straight year. An All-PSAC First-Team selection in 2012, he leads the team with four goals and nine points this season.

Cal U tallied its first goal of the game in the 22nd minute when junior Chris Hunkele (Hampton, Pa./Hampton) scored on a header off a direct kick by Kyei. The Vulcans stretched the lead to 2-0 at the 41:24-mark when Kyei worked a give-and-go with senior Gaby Deller-Borgono (Toronto, Ontario/Oakwood C.I.) in the middle of the box. Kyei collected his second goal of the game in the 56th minute off assists from freshmen Cory Kuzilla (Harborcreek, Pa./Harbor Creek) and Tyler McCarthy (Wexford, Pa./Pine-Richland).

Junior goalkeepers Shane Donovan (Pipersville, Pa./Central Bucks East) and Mitch Mack (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) combined for the shutout with Donovan making two saves in 55-plus minutes of action. Cal U attempted a season-high 21 shots in the victory, including 12 in the first half.

The Vulcans begin a seven-game road trip on Saturday, Sept. 28, when they travel to face Seton Hill, another league newcomer, in Greensburg, Pa., at 3 p.m.

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