ROCHESTER, N.Y.— Theo Pencic (Oslo, Norway/Heltberg) slotted home a penalty kick in the 78^th minute for the only goal in a 1-0 victory for the Buffalo State men's soccer team on Tuesday evening.  
  
THE BASICS 
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 1, St. John Fisher – 0 
LOCATION: Growney Stadium – Rochester, N.Y. 
RECORDS:  Buffalo State (4-1-0), St. John Fisher (1-3-1) 
 
INSIDE THE BENGALS BOX SCORE 

• Pencic made his only shot of the night count, calmly finishing from the penalty spot.
• Musa Abdullah (Lackawanna, N.Y/Homeschooled) led the Bengals with four shots on goal 
• Max Shoemaker (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Niagara Wheatfield) made six saves to earn his third shutout of the season. 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• The game was chippy from the beginning, with a total of seven yellows, four for the Bengals and three for the Cardinals.
• Solid passing between Hosa Omar (Buffalo, N.Y./Lackawanna) and Zak Shaibi (Buffalo, N.Y./McKinley) allowed the Bengals to break through the St. John Fisher defense on the way to creating the penalty kick opportunity for the Bengals.
• Shaibi fed a through ball to Moe Saif (Lackawanna, N.Y./Coppell (T.X.) down the right sideline, who made a move towards goal before having his heels clipped by a defender just inside of the box.
• Pencic stepped up to the spot and finished to the left as the goalkeeper dove the other way.
• The Bengals held on in the final minutes as the Cardinals pushed for an equalizer. 
• Buffalo State outshot St. John Fisher by a 18-9 margin, and the Bengals had nine shots on goal to six for the Cardinals.  

  
FOR THE FOES 

• Justin Bonetto had three shots on goal for the Cardinals. 
• Goalkeeper Jaden Schlierf stopped seven shots in a losing effort.

UP NEXT 
The Bengals wrap up their six-game road trip on Saturday when they travel to take on Grove City at 2 p.m.