ASHVILLE, N.C. -- Congratulations to the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry women's soccer teams and the Berkeley College men's soccer team who won their opening quarterfinal matches at the USCAA Soccer National Championships on Thursday.
At least one HVIAC team is guaranteed a spot in the national championship as No. 2 Albany Pharmacy and No. 3 SUNY-ESF will meet at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow in the semifinals. It will be a rematch of the HVIAC title game, where the Panthers claimed the championship in a 5-4 penalty kick shootout.
No. 4 Berkeley will face No. 1 Bryant & Stratton (Syracuse) at 2 p.m. tomorrow in their men's final four matchup. The No. 6 Albany Pharmacy men's team was eliminated in the quarterfinals with a 3-1 loss to No. 3 Florida College.
Follow live video and stats from Asheville, North Carolina on http://soccer.theuscaa.com.
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Recaps courtesy of the USCAA
#2 Albany College of Pharmacy and Heath Sciences 4 - #10 Carlow University 1
RECORDS: #2 Albany College of Pharmacy and Heath Sciences 13-3-1 #10 Carlow University 7-11
LOCATION: 2015 USCAA Women's Soccer National Championship, Asheville, North Carolina
IN BRIEF: The second seed Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences were led by Kayli Smith who had a goal an assist on the day as the panthers defeated Carlow University.
ON THE FIELD: Kayli Smith was as efficient as you can be in front of the net as both of her shots found the back of the net in the 34th and 60th minute. All-American, Katie Parcels, assisted on Smith's second goal of the game. Carlow fought back to bring the score to 2-1 after Cayla Imbarlina scored in the 67th minute. Fellow All-American, Erin Tesegno, opened her scoring account for the tournament in the last ten minutes of the match with an unassisted goal. Parcels then found the back of the net herself in the 86th minute mark.
NEXT UP: Albany College of Pharmacy and Heath Sciences moves on to face SUNY ESF tomorrow, at 11:30 A.M. EST. Carlow University will face the sixth seed Illinois Tech tomorrow at 9:30 A.M. in a consolation match.
#3 SUNY ESF 1 #6 Illinois Tech 0
RECORDS: #3 SUNY ESF 11-1-2 #6 Illinois Tech 8-7-4
LOCATION: 2015 USCAA Women's Soccer National Championship, Asheville, North Carolina
IN BRIEF: A goal with just over 20 minutes remaining by Jessie Smith was enough to propel SUNY ESF over Illinois Tech.
ON THE FIELD: Neither team was able to find the back of the net in the first half but that was not for a lack of opportunities as both teams were able to create chances. In the 68thminute of play Jessie Smith scored for SUNY to take the lead. That would prove to be the deciding goal in the game. Illinois Tech goalkeeper, Roxanne Myers recorded eight saves and Adrianna Maron led the Scarlet Hawks with two of her three shots putting put on frame.
NEXT UP: SUNY ESF moves on to face the second seed Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in tomorrow's semi-final match-up at 11:30 A.M. Illinois Tech will face Carlow University at 9:30 A.M. in a consolation game.
#4 Berkeley College-NY 2 - #5 Concordia College Alabama 1
RECORDS: #4 Berkeley College NY 16-6 #5 Concordia College AL – 9-7
LOCATION: 2015 USCAA Men's Soccer National Championship, Asheville, North Carolina
IN BRIEF: #4 Berkeley College slips past #5 Concordia College AL in the quarterfinals of the USCAA Men's Soccer National Championship.
ON THE FIELD: Berkeley College went into halftime of the 2015 USCAA Men's Quarterfinals, on the back of a Hasan Sezer unassisted goal in the 12th minute. The game was back and forth until the 67th minute, when Diego Bastos blasted a shot from the right half of the penalty area to tie the game. In the 79th minute of the contest, goalie Masahiro Kiuchi of Berkeley fouled Concordia in the box, sending John Eilsee to a penalty kick. Kiuchi made an amazing save on a low liner to the bottom left of the goal. Berkeley capitalized on the play, sending the ball up field to Ali Dahwa, who put away the game winner in the 80th minute. Concordia had only the lone goal, despite 19 shots. Kiuchi was the star for Berkeley, making nine saves on the ten shots on goal.
NEXT UP: Berkeley College NY move on to face #1 Bryant & Stratton College Syracuse at 2:00PM(EST) on Friday in semi-final action. Concordia College Alabama will take on SUNY Delhi in consolation action at 9:30 AM(EST) on Friday.
#3 Florida College 3 - #6 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 1
RECORDS: #3 Florida College 14-4 #6 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 11-7
LOCATION: 2015 USCAA Men's Soccer National Championship, Asheville, North Carolina
IN BRIEF: In men's quarterfinal action #3 Florida College defeated #6 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences by a score of 3-1.
ON THE FIELD: The Florida College Falcons tallied 12 shots on goal in a game that stayed relatively close throughout, despite the consistent offensive attack from Florida College. The Falcons led just 1-0 at the 73 minute mark on a first-half goal from Jonathan Thompson. From there, a flurry of shots late led to goals from Florida College's Jamon Elliot and Daniel McInroe. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences tallied a late goal from Mina Girgis to bring the score to 3-1. The Panthers Keeper Matt Houlihan had nine saves on the afternoon.
NEXT UP: Florida College will advance to the semifinals where they'll face #2 University of Maine-Fort Kent at 2:00 PM EST. on Friday. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will move to the consolation round on Friday morning at 9:30 AM against #10 Penn State Beaver.
