GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's soccer team secured a berth in the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament title round Wednesday night by earning a 6-0 home win over Franciscan in the conference tournament semifinals at Don Lyle Field.
Top-seeded Grove City (12-2-5) will host Allegheny in the championship match Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The second-seeded Gators (12-6-1) pulled out a 3-2 win in double-overtime Wednesday night over No. 3 Geneva in the other tournament semifinal.
Senior midfielder
Noah Gray (Glen Mills, Pa./The Christian Academy) scored twice in an eight-minute span to help the Wolverines grab a 2-0 lead. He scored an unassisted goal at 12:37, then followed with a second unassisted tally at 20:24.
Freshman midfielder
Ike Aderholt (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park) boosted the lead to 3-0 at 39:46 when he scored his first collegiate goal. Sophomore midfielder
Owen Whitehead (Mesa, Ariz./Arete Prep) assisted Aderholt's goal.
Senior defender
Jake Kimmich (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) posted Grove City's fourth goal of the night when he scored on a penalty kick at 69:15. It is Kimmich's first goal of 2026.Â
Whitehead recorded his second assist of the night when his pass led to a goal by senior forward
Carlo Denis (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic) at 75:32. Freshman midfielder
Sean Mankowski (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) closed the scoring with an unassisted goal at the 84:52 mark.
The Wolverines accumulated a 27-8 margin in total shots. Grove City had 18 shots on goal while No. 4 Franciscan (7-11-4) finished with three shots on goal. The Barons held a 7-6 edge in corner kicks.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Keller Krieger (Jacksonville, Fla./Providence) recorded the Wolverines' ninth shutout of the season by stopping three shots.Â
Allegheny handed Grove City (8-1-2 PAC) its lone league loss this year October 17 in Meadville, 2-0. This will be the first tournament championship match meeting between the programs. Grove City is the defending conference champion.
