DALLAS, Pa. – A pin drop could be heard at Mangelsdorf Field as junior Kenny Clapp (Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley) stepped up to take the final penalty kick of the night, finding the back of the net to send the No. 3-seed Lycoming College men's soccer team to the MAC Freedom Championship final, drawing No. 2-seed Misericordia University 2-2, before winning 5-4 in penalty kicks in the conference semifinal on Thursday night, Nov. 3.
 
Before Clapp's turn in the penalty kick lineup, junior goalkeeper Nick Wilke (Mercerville, N.J./Notre Dame) stonewalled the sixth penalty shot the Cougars, his second stop of the penalty kick period.
 
The Warriors (10-4-6 overall) advance to the conference title game against No.1-seed and fourth-ranked Stevens Institute of Technology on Saturday, Nov. 5, for a 7 p.m. kickoff in Hoboken, N.J.
 
Admission to each round of the championship has the following ticket prices:
Adults - $5
Senior Citizens - $4
Students (valid ID) & Children - $2
Pre-school (under 6) with Adult – FREE
 
It is the seventh time in head coach Nate Gibboney's 10 years that the Warriors have advanced to a conference championship game, reaching the finals of the MAC Commonwealth in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019, winning titles in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
 
Clapp opened the scoring in the second half as both defenses held each other scoreless for 63 minutes. He skied for a header in the box off a corner kick from first-year Keller Chamovitz (Sewickly, Pa./Quaker Valley) and it found its way into the left ninety.
 
In the first overtime period, sophomore Jaeden Asare (Letterkenny, Ireland/Perry Hall (Md.)) gave the Warriors a 2-1 lead from the top of the box as Chamovitz passed out of the box to him. Asare led the Warriors with four shots on goal.
 
The Cougars (11-3-5 overall) tied the game twice, their first goal in the 87^th minute sent the game to overtime by Luke Ferrarese, and the second that sent the game to a penalty kick shootout by Anthony Yarbinee in the second overtime.
 
Asare, sophomore Owen Magee (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove), senior J.R. Confair (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area), junior Dylan Sloan (Essex, Md./Archbishop Curley), and Clapp combined for the five goals during the shootout.
 
Wilke ended the night with four saves on 18 shots in regulation before stopping two of the six penalty kicks. Cougars' goalkeeper Andrew Daubenspeck finished the game with five saves.