Panthers Shutout Louisville, 5-0, in Final Exhibition at Home

Saturday, September 19

Pittsburgh, Pa.

7 p.m.

Pitt

Louisville

Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics

Panthers Shutout Louisville, 5-0, in Final Exhibition at Home

9/20/2020 5:33:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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PITTSBURGH – Four different Pitt players scored and the Panther defense held Louisville to zero goals in a 5-0 rout Saturday evening at Ambrose Urbanic Field in the final exhibition game for both squads.

Highlights and Notes

Senior Alexander Dexter scored twice, including two back-to-back goals at the 27^th and 30^th minute marks of the first half. Dexter also added an assist to his night.
Senior Edward Kizza scored for the second straight game, punching in the opening goal 25 minutes into the game.
Graduate assistant goalie Nico Campuzano and redshirt sophomore Alexander Steinbach, along with the Panther defense, shutout the Cardinals, keeping them to just four shots.

Pitt started the scoring barrage in the 25^th minute, as Dexter found Kizza with a cross just in front of the Louisville goalkeeper for a score. Two minutes later, Dexter added a goal of his own with the help from sophomore Veljko Petkovic, to extend the Panther lead, 2-0. Just three minutes after Dexter's first goal, the Brooklyn, N.Y., native added his second goal of the contest and the third goal in five minutes for the Panthers. Pitt led, 3-0, going into halftime.

In the 63^rd minute of the second half, sophomore Valentin Noel took a volley from sophomore Raphael Crivello and connected with the lower right half of the net, extending Pitt's lead 4-0. Petkovic added to his point total for the day, this time in the goal column as he added the fifth score for the Panthers in the 69^th minute. Freshman Filip Mirkovic assisted Petkovic on the goal.

Pitt outshot the Cardinals 17-4 for the night, including 9-2 in the first half. The Panthers also led in corner kicks, 7-3. Pitt held Louisville to just one shot on goal for the entirety of the game.

Up Next

Pitt travels to Notre Dame Saturday, Sept. 26 for the first regular season game of the fall season.
Kick-off is slated for 7 PM with coverage on the ACCNX.

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