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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
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