WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – With one game remaining in the regular season, the Lycoming College men's soccer team is listed fifth in the second NCAA Region IV rankings, the organization announced on Wednesday, Oct. 26.
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The Warriors shutout DeSales University, 2-0, on Oct. 23, to clinch a spot in the MAC Freedom Championship before posting a 1-1 draw with Region V's seventh-ranked Gettysburg College on Oct. 25.
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Stevens tops the Region IV poll, while the New Jersey Athletic Conference's Montclair State and University Athletic Association's NYU take the next two slots. Misericordia, Lycoming, the NJAC's Rowan and the United East's Lancaster Bible round out the ranking.
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With a 9-4-5 overall record and a 5-2 mark in the MAC Freedom, the Warriors have averaged 1.72 goals per game while allowing 1.11. The Warriors lead the MAC Freedom with 7.06 corner kicks per game and are third in the league with a +11 goal differential.
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First-year
Keller Chamovitz (Sewickly, Pa./Quaker Valley) leads the Warriors with five goals and four assists and sophomore
Owen Magee (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove) has four goals and an assist, as six players have at least three goals. Junior
Nick Wilke (Mercerville, N.J./Notre Dame) has recorded five shutouts and notched a .750 shutout percentage in his first full year as a starting goalkeeper.
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The Warriors wrap up the regular season on the road on Friday, Oct. 28, against FDU-Florham for a 7 p.m. MAC Freedom kickoff in Madison, N.J., in a key matchup that will determine conference championship seeding.
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