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Juniata boys drop Line Mountain 3-2

It was a close one.

On Thursday afternoon Juniata met up with Line Mountain in boys soccer. 

In the end, Juniata would come out the victors, 3-2.

Juniata was able to post two first half goals.

Tad Shellenberger hit a shot at 31:09 that was assisted by Josh Whitesel.

Teammate Jelvin Cardenas added goal number two with 6:07 left as he was assisted by Tad Shellenberger.

In the Second Half, Juniata went up 3-0 when Tad Shellenberger hit a goal at 39:40 on an assist by Zack Hemond.

As the game wound down Line Mountain picked up goals with 6:44 and :35, ending it as a 3-2 victory.

In the Shots On Goal department Juniata tallied 17 while Line Mountain misted just six.

Corner Kicks were also led by Juniata by a 6-3 margin.

Line Mountain had 14 keeper saves while Juniata had four. 

“I was concerned going into this game that it was going to be a trap game being our third game in as many days. We gave up two late goals with most of our reserves getting valuable experience the last 20 minutes of the game,” Juniata coach Jared Byler said. “Although we were frustrated to give up two late goals, the reserves will only get better and learn the importance of finishing off games till the very end and keeping a shutout.”

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