{"id":273914,"date":"2026-08-28T12:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273914\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:52:27","slug":"no-11-mens-soccer-falls-to-lake-erie-in-season-opener-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273914\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 11 Men&#8217;s Soccer Falls to Lake Erie in Season Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787921547_978_stroudsburg.png\" alt=\"East Stroudsburg \"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> East Stroudsburg <\/p>\n<p>8\/30\/2026 | 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Aug. 30 (Sun) \/ 12:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787921547_978_stroudsburg.png\" alt=\"East Stroudsburg \"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0East Stroudsburg &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"213\" data-start=\"53\">ERIE, Pa. \u2013 The No. 11 Gannon men&#8217;s soccer team opened the 2026 season on Thursday evening with a 2-0 setback against Lake Erie at McConnell Family Stadium.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"512\" data-start=\"215\">The Golden Knights controlled much of the offensive pressure, finishing with a 17-7 advantage in shots and a 6-2 edge in corner kicks, but were unable to find the back of the net. Lake Erie scored twice in the opening 23 minutes and held Gannon scoreless the rest of the way to secure the victory.<\/p>\n<p>THE GAME FACTS<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"697\" data-start=\"538\">Score: Lake Erie 2, Gannon 0<br data-end=\"573\" data-start=\"570\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nRecords: Gannon 0-1-0 | Lake Erie 1-0-0<br data-end=\"619\" data-start=\"616\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nLocation: McConnell Family Stadium | Erie, Pa.<br data-end=\"672\" data-start=\"669\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nDate: August 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p>THE KNIGHT CAP<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tEarly Deficit: Lake Erie jumped in front in the eighth minute when Veljko Radovanovic scored off an assist from Nicolas Vagujhelyi. Lucas Howe extended the Storm lead to 2-0 with an unassisted goal at the 22:04 mark.&#13;<br \/>\n\tGolden Knights Generate Chances: Gannon outshot Lake Erie 17-7 for the match, including a 10-4 advantage during the second half. The Golden Knights put six shots on goal.&#13;<br \/>\n\tPressure From The Start: Gannon recorded seven shots and three corner kicks during the opening 45 minutes despite entering halftime trailing 2-0.&#13;<br \/>\n\tHyde Leads The Attack: <a href=\"http:\/\/gannonsports.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/rafa-hyde\/11120\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11120\" target=\"_blank\">Rafa Hyde<\/a> (S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, Brazil\/Objetivo Aquarius) finished with three shots to tie for the team lead, including one attempt on goal.&#13;<br \/>\n\tVarga Stays Active: <a href=\"http:\/\/gannonsports.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/dominik-varga\/11143\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11143\" target=\"_blank\">Dominik Varga<\/a> (Magl\u00f3d, Hungary\/V\u00f6r\u00f6smarty Mih\u00e1ly Gimn\u00e1zium) also totaled three shots, putting one on goal while playing all 90 minutes.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSeveral Knights Test The Goalkeeper: <a href=\"http:\/\/gannonsports.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/manuel-pereyra\/11139\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11139\" target=\"_blank\">Manuel Pereyra<\/a> (Puebla, Mexico\/Maria Luisa Pacheco), <a href=\"http:\/\/gannonsports.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/ryko-bodurov\/11816\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11816\" target=\"_blank\">Ryko Bodurov<\/a> (Columbus, Ohio\/Olentangy Berlin), <a href=\"http:\/\/gannonsports.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/kasper-alfei-saebo\/11132\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11132\" target=\"_blank\">Kasper Alfei Saebo<\/a> (Hamar, Norway\/) and <a href=\"http:\/\/gannonsports.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/carter-sindlinger\/11811\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11811\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Sindlinger<\/a> (Edinboro, Pa.\/General Mclane) each joined Hyde and Varga with a shot on goal.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSecond-Half Push: Gannon continued to pressure Lake Erie late, producing shots on goal from Sindlinger in the 83rd minute and Varga in the 89th minute.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAdvantage On Corners: The Golden Knights earned six corner kicks compared to two for Lake Erie, with three coming in each half.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2128\" data-start=\"1992\">Gannon returns to McConnell Family Stadium on Sunday, August 30, hosting East Stroudsburg at 12 p.m. for Youth Appreciation Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThis story was written using the support of AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: East Stroudsburg 8\/30\/2026 | 12:00 PM &#13; Aug. 30 (Sun) \/ 12:00 PM&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-273914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}