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Grove City College Athletics

GROVE CITY COLLEGE WOLVERINES
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John Hake
3
Bethany BET (9-6-5, 4-3-3)
3
Grove City GRO (12-5-1, 10-0-0)
Bethany BET
(9-6-5, 4-3-3)
3
Final
3
Grove City GRO
(12-5-1, 10-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 OT 3 F
Bethany BET 2 1 0 0 0 3
Grove City GRO 1 2 0 0 0 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Grove City ties tourney semifinal

GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's soccer team battled visiting Bethany to a 3-3, double-overtime deadlock Wednesday night in the semifinals of the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament, held at Don Lyle Field. Bethany then earned the berth in Saturday's title match by winning a shootout with Grove City, 4-1. Officially, the match will be recorded as a draw.

Bethany grabbed a 1-0 lead at 9:43 when Modou Faye scored to break a scoreless tie. Grove City countered less than seven minutes later, though, as senior forward Sam Belitz (Independence, Ohio/Independence) scored his team-leading 14th goal at 16:15. Sophomore midfielder John-Luc Harbour (Broomfield, Colo./Broomfield) assisted Belitz's tying goal.

Bethany carried a 2-1 lead into halftime after Jahzino O'Garro's unassisted goal at 29:00. Grove City quickly tied the match 2:49 into the second half when sophomore forward Jordan Rebsamen (Charlotte, N.C./Carmel Christian) scored the tying goal. Freshman defender Camden Thomas (North Lima, Ohio/South Range) assisted Rebsamen's goal, his sixth of the season.

Top-seeded Grove City (12-5-1) then took its first lead of the night at 54:11 when Harbour blasted his first goal of 2022 into the net. Sophomore defender Luke Kimmich (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) assisted Harbour's goal.

Bethany's Jayzeba James forged the third tie of the match by scoring at 63:19. 

Grove City out-shot Bethany, 4-2, in the 20 minutes of extra time. Overall, Grove City doubled up Bethany in total shots, 18-9. The Wolverines put nine shots on goal while Bethany had four shots on goal. Grove City also owned an 11-4 edge in corner kicks, including a 3-1 corner kick edge in overtime. 

Senior Jesse Greyshock (Tarentum, Pa./Deer Lakes) made one save for Grove City. 

Bethany advances to play Franciscan in Saturday's conference tournament title match. 

Grove City will lose seniors Belitz, Greyshock, goalkeeper Grant Baierl (Bradfordwoods, Pa./North Allegheny), forward Mark Guinta (Fairfield, Conn./Christian Heritage), defender Matt Kimmich (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional), defender Aaron McFeaters (North Canton, Ohio/Hoover) and defender Jake Smith (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) to graduation. 

Belitz finishes his career with 41 career goals and 93 points, ranking fifth all-time at Grove City in both categories. Greyshock finishes with a 1.08 career goals-against average, the sixth-lowest figure in program history.
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