Men's Soccer

October 26, 2007

BLOOMFIELD, N.J.-The Post University men's soccer team tied Bloomfield College, 2-2 on a wet and muddy Friday afternoon, to clinch the number-five seed in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Soccer Championships.

The Eagles (4-13-1, 3-5-1 CACC) will face the number-four seed Holy Family University on Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. Monday's match will take place on the Holy Family campus. Holy Family defeated the Eagles 1-0, earlier this season, at the Campus Center Field

Early on, the Eagles struggled, allowing two Bloomfield (3-11-3, 2-4-3) goals in the first 17 minutes of the contest.

But, Post was able to cut the lead in half in the 29^th minute, when sophomore Eurica Trowers notched his 13^th goal of the season, taking a pass from sophomore Andrew Nelson and putting it in the top half net from inside the penalty box.

It would remain 2-1 in favor of the Deacons until the 80^th minute, when senior Raleigh Woodburn ripped a shot from the top of the 18-yard box and it deflected off a defender and sophomore Johan Pineda headed into the back of the next, knotting the game at 2-2.

As rain fell and conditions became sloppy, each team was able to get a few quality scoring chances, however both goalkeepers kept the score tied and it would end that way after a pair of overtime periods.

Senior Marco Gaspar made eight saves for the Eagles, while Julian Gaviria stopped eight shots as well for Bloomfield.

Bloomfield held a 26-15 advantage in shots, but the Eagles had a 5-4 edge in corner kicks.

The winner of Monday's quarterfinal match will face the number-one seed Dominican College on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 11 a.m. at Tryon Field in Rutherford, N.J. The winners of the semifinals will face each other on Saturday, Nov. 3 in the championship match at 6 p.m.

For more information, please logon to http://www.caccathletics.org/.