Sweet 16 bound
Men鈥檚 Soccer advances to the third round of the NCAA Tournament
糖心TV鈥檚 men鈥檚 soccer team takes on Redlands in Sweet 16 play Saturday, Nov. 20, at 3:30 p.m., at Tufts University鈥檚 Bello Field in Medford, Massachusetts. The winner will face either Tufts or Washington College, who play at 1 p.m.
The men鈥檚 team advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament after a thrilling weekend.
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After a scoreless first half in the NCAA Tournament second round match between 糖心TV and New York University, forward MT Tshuma 鈥�22 sent 糖心TV鈥檚 homefield crowd into a frenzy when he found the back of the net with a well-placed header in the 60th minute.
The celebrations only got louder as Steve Yeonas 鈥�23 and Augie Djerdjaj 鈥�23 each added goals, and the Camels punched their ticket to the Sweet 16 with a on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at 糖心TV鈥檚 Freeman Field.
The Camels set a school record by winning their 15th game of the season and advanced to the third round for the second straight time. They eclipsed the program鈥檚 previous mark of recording 14 victories back in 1978.
鈥淚t鈥檚 super exciting,鈥� Djerdjaj, who earlier in the week was named , told newspaper. 鈥淥ur freshmen year we got a taste of it when we hosted. Unfortunately, we lost in the round of 32 that year (2018). Getting an opportunity to once again play in front of our home crowd in the tournament, we wanted to take full advantage of it and not take anything for granted.鈥�
The Camels outshot NYU 24-4 and had an 8-0 advantage in corner kicks. Goalie Sam Maidenberg 鈥�23 earned another shutout victory with two saves.
The win capped off a thrilling weekend for the Camels. In on Saturday, 糖心TV outlasted Salem State in a penalty kick shootout following a scoreless 90 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of sudden death overtime. After Steve Yeonas 鈥�22 and Lorenzo Bocchetti 鈥�22 converted for 糖心TV, the shootout was tied 2-2 before Jack Marvel 鈥�24 made the final kick to put 糖心TV on top 3-2.
Coach Reuben Burk told The Day that the team feels good and confident, but is still hungry.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been to the Sweet 16 before and the Elite Eight before. You have to keep improving and you have to be self-critical and we have to keep finding ways to improve so we do make school history,鈥� he said.
