WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – For the third straight year, the No. 2-seeded Lycoming College men's soccer team will take a trip to the MAC Commonwealth Championship, as it notched an impressive 3-0 win over No. 3-seed Arcadia University on a sunny Wednesday, Nov. 6, at UPMC Field.
The Warriors will face the winner of tonight's game between No. 4 seed Stevenson University and No. 1 Messiah College, which will start at 7 p.m. The championship game is set for Saturday, Nov. 9, at the site of the highest remaining seed.
The Warriors (13-6 overall) won their sixth straight game and the 100
th in the career of head coach
Nate Gibboney with a solid defensive effort, allowing just five shots. During the win streak, the Warriors have allowed just two goals and scored 12.
The team has advanced to the MAC Commonwealth Championship for the sixth time in seven years, having won titles in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
Gallery: (11/7/2019) Men's Soccer vs. Arcadia
The offense, meanwhile, did plenty to avenge a 1-0 loss to Arcadia on Oct. 12, as sophomore
Kalu Ume (Laurel, Md./Laurel) chipped a high arcing shot from the right side that went over the goalkeeper's head and sophomore
Tajhon Willis (Edgewood, Md./Joppatowne) headed it into the net to finish the goal in the 21
st minute.
In the second half, senior
Nick Thornton (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) clipped down a corner kick at the top of the box and senior
George Charalabidis (Sewell, N.J./Washington Township) got to it, beat a defender and fired a shot into the left corner. The Warriors capped off the win when Ume started a fast break with a quick pass to sophomore
Josh Zinngrebe (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson), who passed a one-timer to senior
Lance Klingler (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg), who finished off the play with the team's third goal.
Sophomore
Zack Donoway (Newark, Md./Snow Hill) earned the win by making two saves. Jake Varrato had three stops for the Knights, who finished the season with a 9-9-2 record.
Gibboney is the second coach in program history, joining Scott Kennell, who posted a 110-87-12 (.555) record from 2000-10. Gibboney has posted a 100-32-15 (.731) record since 2013.
