No. 13 Pitt Shuts Out Cleveland State at Home

Tuesday, October 5

Pittsburgh, Pa.

7 PM

Pitt

7-3-0, 3-1-0

Cleveland State

6-4-0, 5-0-0

Cleveland St.

Pitt

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

No. 13 Pitt Shuts Out Cleveland State at Home

10/5/2021 10:27:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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PITTSBURGH – The No. 13 Pitt men's soccer team extended its home match winning streak to 15 games with a 4-0 shutout of Cleveland State Tuesday evening at Ambrose Urbanic Field.

NEWS & NOTES

Pitt improved to 7-3 overall and extended its win streak to three games. Tuesday's victory at home marked the 15^th-straight at Ambrose Urbanic Field.
The Panthers tallied a season-high eight assists as a team with four players recording two assists each. Pitt's last time registering eight team assists was Oct. 10, 2020 at home vs. Virginia Tech.
Freshman Guilherme Feitosa scored his second goal in as many games, while Bertin Jacquesson finished with a career-high four points (1 goal, two assists). The Frenchman has eight points in his last three matches.
Pennsylvania natives Michael Sullivan (Tarentum) and Lucas Matuszewski (York) earned their first career goals.

"I am happy with the result tonight," said Head Coach Jay Vidovich. "Cleveland State has the potential to draw blood and you have to break them down as they are efficient on the counter attack and we respected that. Happy for Mikey [Sullivan] and Lucas Matuszewski for scoring their first goals tonight."

Pitt totaled three shots in the first nine minutes of play, nearly breaking the zero-zero score as junior Raphaël Crivello's header landed just wide of the post. The Panthers got on the board in the 24^th minute as Feitosa one-touched a cross from senior Rodrigo Almeida inside the box for the goal.

The score remained the same at half, with Pitt outshooting the Vikings 11-3.

The Panthers got their second goal of the evening in the 69^th minute as Jacquesson shot a low line drive shot from 20 yards out into the back of the net. Six minutes later (75'), Deer Lake High School alum Sullivan took a cross from three yards out from graduate student Jackson Walti and scored his first career goal, putting Pitt up 3-0.

In the 86^th minute, Matuszewski scored from nearly the same spot at Sullivan as graduate student Jasper Löeffelsend and Walti each tallied their second assists, respectively.

Pitt outshot the Vikings 20-6 and finished with six corner kicks compared to Cleveland State's one. It was the first time since Oct. 7, 2019 (Howard – 30) the Panthers recorded 20+ shots in a game.

The Panthers conclude their three-match home stand against No. 3 Duke in a critical ACC Coastal Division match Saturday evening at 7 p.m. Live coverage can be found on ACCNX.