NEW HAVEN, Conn. (October 31, 2011) – Three road teams pulled off upsets in Monday's Quarter-final round of the 2011 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Soccer Tournament. No. 1 Post University was the lone seed among the top four to advance to Thursday's semi-final round at Chestnut Hill College. The Eagles earned a 2-0 win over No. 8 Caldwell College.

The first came less than five minutes in when Eltany Morais blasted a shot from five feet away, but Caldwell keeper Brian Agostini made a dazzling save. Agostini kept the Cougars alive one more time when Ani Lekaj fired a shot towards the crossbar that was poked away by the keeper's fingertips.  At 60:10 Hylton Davis took advantage of a penalty kick to put the game away, making it 2-0. Davis' shot went into the left back corner of the net for his team leading sixth of the season.

The Eagles will now square off against Holy Family on Thursday, Nov. 3 at, Chestnut Hill College at 11:00 am. Holy Family, the No. 5 seed, punched its ticket to the semi-finals with a decisive 3-0 win over No. 4 Bloomfield College. The Tigers scored the game's first goal in the 36^th minute when senior forward Seydou Ba scored his 11^th goal of the season.  Freshman Nicolas Delgado was credited with the assist as he threw the ball towards Ba on a throw-in. Holy Family maintained its 1-0 advantage through the rest of the half and into halftime despite being outshot by the Deacons, 7-6.  Bloomfield held a 17-11 advantage on shots throughout the game.

 
The Tigers doubled their lead early in the second half when junior Jeffrey Wimsey scored off a rebound inside six yards to make the score 2-0.  Wimsey's goal in the 56^th minute was his fourth of the season. Later in the half, the Tigers added an insurance goal when junior Dodji Freitas scored an unassisted goal off a free kick in the 75^th minute.  It marked his second score of the season. Senior goalkeeper Mark Ferretti made five saves in net for Holy Family as he faced 17 shots.

No. 7 Nyack College was also impressive in its quarter-final win, traveling to No. 2 Wilmington and coming away with a 4-0 triumph. Nyack struck first, as Gavin Penny ripped a shot that deflected off Wilmington defender Mike Loaiza into the back of the net, giving the Warriors a 1-0 lead in the 24^th minute.  That score would hold for the remainder of the first half, despite a flurry of chances from the visitors.

The Warriors struck again just two minutes into the second half as keeper Adrian Ibanez let loose a long ball that was headed into the net by Wildcat defender Justus Henry.  Two and a half minutes later, it was 3-0 in favor of Nyack, when sophomore Felix Horn flicked a ball to Marco Likos, who then fired a shot from six yards out that beat Wilmington keeper Spryos Stergiotis.  Nyack added one more goal during the 70^th minute, when Martin Narvarez connected on a through pass from Penny, giving the visitors a 4-0 lead that would hold until the final whistle sounded.  Ibanez turned away three shots for Nyack.

Nyack will face No. 6 Felician College on Thursday at 1:30 pm, as the Golden Falcons earned a 2-1 win at No. 3 Dominican College Monday afternoon. Felician tallied both of its goals in the first half of action for the 2-0 lead.  The first goal came in the 27th minute from freshman defender Keleenna Onyeaka, and the second goal from Carlos Canido, on a shot that curved around the Charger keeper, Brandon Heembrock, into the right corner of the net in the 44^th minute.

Dominican's lone goal came at the 78 minute mark as sophomore forward Jorge Zubillaga scored his eighth goal of the season for the eventual 2-1 final score. DC outshot the Golden Falcons, 19-15 and held a 7-4 advantage in corner kicks.

2011 CACC Men's Soccer Tournament

Quarterfinals – Monday, Oct. 31

#1 Post 2 #8 Caldwell 0
#7 Nyack 4, #2 Wilmington 0
#6 Felician 2, #3 Dominican 1
#5 Holy Family 3, #4 Bloomfield 0

Post vs. Holy Family – 11:00 am
Nyack vs. Felician – 1:30 pm

12:00 pm