GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's soccer team concluded the 2026 season Saturday night by playing to a 1-1 double-overtime draw with visiting Allegheny at Don Lyle Field in the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament finals.
Second-seeded Allegheny claimed the conference title by winning a penalty kick shootout, 4-1. Grove City, the tournament's top seed, finishes the season with a 12-2-6 overall record.
Grove City took a 1-0 lead at 25:40 when senior forward
Ryan Merrick (Cranberry Township, Pa./Eden Christian) scored off a corner kick from senior defender
Theo Campbell (Robinson Township, Pa./Robinson Township).
Allegheny (12-6-2) knotted the match at 65:27 when Ben Keefer scored his second goal of the season.
Grove City owned a 15-12 edge in shots during regulation. Allegheny outshot the Wolverines in the two 10-minute overtime sessions, 3-2. Grove City had nine corner kicks while Allegheny had five corner kicks in the 110-minute match.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Keller Krieger (Jacksonville, Fla./Providence) made three saves for the Wolverines.
Merrick finished the season with eight goals, the No. 2 total on the squad. Senior midfielder
Noah Gray (Glen Mills, Pa./The Christian Academy) led Grove City with 14 goals. Gray and Campbell shared the team lead with eight assists.
Campbell, Gray, Merrick, goalkeeper
Anthony D'Ippolito (Mars, Pa./Eden Christian), senior forward
Carlo Denis (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic), midfielder
Ryan Higgs (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair), defender
Colton Hudson (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) and defender
Jake Kimmich (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) comprise Grove City's eight-man senior class.
Gray and Hudson earned All-Tournament honors.
