2015-16 PBC Yearbook | Page 21

PBC YEARBOOK and Southeast Regions) and will face fifth-seeded and No. 21-ranked Wingate University (14-3-3) at 7 p.m., Friday, at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, N.C. in a Southeast region game. The Lander/Wingate winner will take on top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Pfeiffer (20-0) at 1 p.m, Sunday. During the regular season, then-No. 21 Lander upset No. 7-ranked Wingate, 3-0, on Oct. 14 at the Bearcats’ Van Taylor Stadium. Lander went on to take runnerup honors Sunday in the Peach Belt Conference tournament, 2-0, against Young Harris College, while Wingate defeated Queens in the South Atlantic Conference championship game, 2-0. Wingate’s Pablo Jara had three. No. 1 Pfeiffer advances past No. 16 Mountain Lions in NCAA Tournament WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. | Pfeiffer University defeated Young Harris College 3-0 in the third round of the NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Tournament Friday (Nov. 20) afternoon at the Rinker Athletic Campus. The No. 1-ranked Falcons improved to 22-0-0 and will now face the winner of Friday’s other third round game between host Palm Beach Atlantic University and Rollins College in a 1 p.m. quarterfinal match Sunday (Nov. 22). The 16thLander men’s socranked Mountain Lions finished cer falls to Wingate their season at 17-4-0. Pfeiffer took a 1-0 lead in Southeast Region at the 8:36 mark on Jaime Siaj’s shootout 15th goal of the season. The Falcons added goals by Nathan MISENHEIMER, N.C. - The Regis (27) and Santi Moar (10) Lander men’s soccer team in the second half to close of stretched Lee Squires’ first year the match. as the Bearcat head coach all Young Harris and the way to the NCAA TournaPfeiffer each recorded 10 shots ment, but, unfortunately, the in the match, including five run ended in Friday night’s on goal for both teams. Tomas Southeast Region first-round Correa stopped five shots in game when fourth-seeded goal for the Falcons while Lander fell to fifth-seeded Jordan Bradshaw had two for Wingate in a shootout. the Mountain Lions. The two teams battled The match was the to a 1-1 tie in regulation, final one for six Mountain Lions then neither team scored – Bradshaw, Jonas Sturesson, throughout the two, 10-minPaco Craig, Lewis Hilton, Tim ute overtime periods. While Mohlin Torringer and Homero Perez. During their stay in the Enchanted the game will go down as a tie, the Bulldogs outscored Lander, 5-3, in the shootout. Lander’s Russell Parker, Robert Seaton and Richard Byran Valley, the Mountain Lions went 66-11-3 (.843 winning percentage) and was ranked as high as No. 1 in the national. Young Harris won their found the back of the net on their penalty kicks. All five of Wingate’s third consecutive Peach Belt Conference championship and second players were successful in the shootout. Wingate (14-3-4) advances to Sunday’s regional championship straight PBC Tournament title in 2015 as the Mountain Lions earned their second consecutive trip to the national tournament. game against unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Pfeiffer at 1 p.m. Lander ends the season at 14-3-2. YHC’s Hilton, Craig Named NSCAA Men’s Soccer The No. 22-ranked Bearcats took a 1-0 lead at 11:31 when Michael Leach fired in a shot to bottom right of the goal off an assist All-Americans from Jamie North. Wingate knotted the match at 1-all at 69:45 after Charlie Mach- Young Harris College’s Lewis Hilton and Paco Craig were named ell took a Jon Ander pass and scored. second-team All-Americans by the National Soccer Coaches Association The Bulldogs outshot Lander, 15-9, while Lander held a 5-6 of America. It is the third season in a row that Young Harris has placed edge in corner kicks. multiple players on the NSCAA All-America team. Bearcat goalkeeper Barrett Nielsen tallied five saves, while Craig, a 6-foot-2 junior defender, was named to the NSCAA All-America team for the third consecutive year. Craig had been named 2015-16 2 5 Y E A R S 19