GRANTHAM, Pa. – Despite outshooting eighth-ranked Messiah College and posting 10 shots on goal, the Lycoming College men's soccer team fell, 2-1, in the MAC Commonwealth Championship on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 9, at Shoemaker Field.
 
The Warriors finished the 2019 season with a 13-7 overall record under head coach Nate Gibboney, as the team played in the conference final for the sixth time in the past seven years. The ninth-ranked team in the Mid-Atlantic Region, the Warriors do still have an outside chance at earning an at-large bid in the NCAA Division III Championship, as the field will be announced on Monday.
 
The Falcons (16-2-2 overall) got on the board in the 48^th minute when Trevor Goodling scored before  Luke Groothoff added a score in the 81^st minute.
 
Lycoming didn't give up, though, taking 12 shots in the second half, finally scoring with 40 seconds left when freshman Kellen Krebs (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-LaSalle) scored off a give from junior Walter Avila (Landover Mills, Md./Bladensburg).
 
Sophomore Zack Donoway (Snow Hill, Md./Newark) stopped one shot for the Warriors, as Messiah took 12 in the game, and Nate Flanders stopped nine shots for the Falcons, as Lycoming took 16 shots.
 
The Warriors finished the season with 11 shutouts, tied for fourth in school history, and a 0.80 goals-against average, tied for fifth. Eleven different players had a goal during the season and 18 had a point (goal or assist).