Men's Soccer Tabbed for ECAC Championship, Will Host This Weekend
DANBURY, Conn. - The Goucher College men's soccer team has been selected to the 2022 ECAC Division III Men's Soccer Championship and will serve as a first and second round host this weekend. The Gophers, making their first-ever appearance and the No. 2 seed in Pod 1, will host No. 3 seed Neumann on Saturday, November 12 at Beldon Field, with game time to be determined. The advancing team will face top-seeded Alvernia on Sunday, November 13 at Beldon Field.
Goucher enters the championship with a 9-4-5 overall record, its most victories since 2006. The Gophers were the No. 3 seed in last week's Landmark Conference Championship and battled second-seeded Elizabethtown to a 0-0 double overtime draw before falling in penalty kicks. Goucher enters the ECACs with a 4-1-2 record in its last seven games.
Neumann, 7-7-3 overall, reached the Atlantic East championship game and battled Marymount to a 1-1 tie before the Saints prevailed 4-3 in penalty kicks. The Knights finished 5-1 in Atlantic East play.
Goucher and Neumann met earlier this season back on September 5, with the Gophers winning 5-3 at Neumann. Goucher led 4-0 before the Knights scored three goals in a span of 15 minutes in the second half to pull back within one.
Alvernia, 11-4-5 overall, was the No. 3 seed in the MAC Commonwealth Championship and fell 1-0 to second-seeded Widener in the conference semifinals on Thursday.
After this weekend, the winners of four pods will meet for the ECAC semifinals and championship November 19-20 at a site to be determined after this weekend's action.
2022 ECAC DIVISION III MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Pod 1 First Round - Saturday, Nov. 12 & Sunday, Nov. 13 at Goucher College
Game 1: (Sat.): No. 2 Goucher College vs. No. 3 Neumann University
Game 2 (Sun.): No. 1 Alvernia vs. Winner of Game 1
Pod 4 First Round - Sunday, Nov. 13 at Penn State Behrend
Game 1: (Sun.): No. 1 PSU Behrend vs. No. 2 Pitt Greensburg
Pod 3 First Round - Saturday, Nov. 12 & Sunday, Nov. 13 at Rutgers Newark University
Game 1: (Sat.): No. 2 FDU-Florham vs. No. 3 Hunter College
Game 2 (Sun.): No. 1 Rutgers Newark vs. Winner of Game 1
Pod 2 First Round - Saturday, Nov. 12 & Sunday, Nov. 13 at Ramapo College
Game 1: (Sat.): No. 2 NJCU vs. No. 3 Saint Elizabeth
Game 2 (Sun.): No. 1 Ramapo vs. Winner of Game 1
Semifinals – Saturday Nov. 19 at TBD
SF 1: Winner Pod 1 vs Winner Pod 4
SF 2: Winner Pod 3 vs Winner Pod 2
Championship – Sunday, Nov. 20 at TBD
Winner SF 1 vs. Winner SF 2