Former Gunner Josh Hacking and Nyack College Fall to C.W. Post in NCAA Natl. Tournament
Update:
Men’s Soccer Falls to CW Post 1-3
Manchester, NH- The men’s soccer team was eliminated in the opening round by CW Post University by a score of 1-3 this evening at Larkin field on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University.
The Warriors complete their 2011 campaign with an overall record of 13-6-2, a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Championship and the first ever appearance in the NCAA National Tournament in school history.
CW Post would pull ahead to 1-0 lead in the 30th minute of play on a header off a corner kick. The Warriors would appear to knot the game at 1-1 less then 5 minutes later, when Gavin Penny would fire a shot off the crossbar that would be finished by Felix Horn. The goal would soon be erased by an off sides call and Nyack would trail the Pioneers 0-1 going into the break.
Less then 5 minutes into the second half, Junior Jodell Wright would create a turnover just outside the Pioneer ’18 and would dribble past the CW Post goaltender before sending the first scoring strike of his college career to knot the game at 1-1.
CW Post would net two goals in the 56th and 79th minute and advance to play host Southern New Hampshire University this Sunday.
The Warriors, who had a record of 4-4-1 on October 1st, would go 9-1-1 in their final 11 games to gain the first ever at-large NCAA national tournament bid in school history
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Philadelphia, PA- for the 2nd time in the last three years the Nyack men’s soccer team has captured the CACC tournament championship and a trip to the NCAA Division II Championships. After two scoreless halves, Josh Hacking (Junior/ Stratford, NJ) would net the game winner on a corner kick from Martin Narvaez (Senior/ Sydney, AUS) in the 8th minute of overtime.
The Warriors would out shoot Post 18-14, and out corner the Eagles 8-4.
"I am absolutely thrilled to win this game and the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Title. We faced an outstanding Post University team that definitely did not deserve to lose," stated Head Coach Keith Davie after the overtime win, "It’s extremely great to win this because so many people did not give us much of a shot."
Hacking’s goal, his first of the season, came after a Narvaez corner led to a scramble for the ball before Hacking fired the game winner from 10 yards out.
The shutout victory was the 21st in the career for Nyack goalkeeper Adrian Ibanez, a graduate student from Buenos Aires Argentina. Ibanez was brilliant in the victory, tallying 4 saves and thwarting several different crosses to help keep a talented Post team at bay. His 21 shutouts rank him first all time in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference history.
In a post season in which he tallied two goals and 2 assists, sophomore Felix Horn was named CACC Tournament MVP. A first team all-conference selection, Horn led the Warriors with 11 goals in 2011.
Nyack also had 4 other Warriors receive All-Tournament Honors in Marco Likos, Gavin Penny, Mikey Robinson, and Adrian Ibanez.
