Asheville, NC – The first day of the 2012 USCAA Soccer National Championships is in the books. In the women’s bracket University of Maine-Fort Kent, Carlow University, Albany College of Pharmacy, and Daemen College will be advancing to the semi-finals. In the men’s soccer bracket University of Maine-Fort Kent, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Briarcliffe College, and SUNY-ESF find themselves moving on to the semi-finals.
Two-time defending women’s soccer National Champion University of Maine-Fort Kent was able to advance again to the semi-finals by defeating the Warren Wilson College Owls 6-0. Leading Maine-Fort Kent was USCAA All-American Katherine Ferland who registered a hat trick in the contest. Second-seeded Carlow University held off University of Maine-Machias by a score of 3-0, with a great defensive effort and goals from Janelle McIntyre, Marla Sasko, and Marisa Czapor. Albany College of Pharmacy, paced by two goals from USCAA All-American Sarah Cope, defeated the fourth-seeded Paul Smith’s College Bobcats 5-1. The Daemen College Wildcats upset the third-seeded Penn College Wildcats 2-0 to round up women’s soccer action on day one. Goals from Kim Obermeier and USCAA All-American Alexa Amato led Daemen in victory.
The University of Maine-Fort Kent, the number one seed in the men’s soccer bracket, defeated the Warren Wilson College Owls by a score of 3-0. Sebastian Arsenault, Christopher Brooks, and Ross Downie registered goals for the Bengals. West Virginia University Institute of Technology used a blistering offensive attack to defeat the Penn College Wildcats 10-0. Hayden Brooks, Sam Laughton, and USCAA All-American Joe Jackson added two goals each in the contest. The sixth-seeded SUNY ESF Mighty Oaks upset the Concordia College Alabama Hornets 3-0. USCAA All-American Kyle Siegel, Dillon Buchberg, and Kyle Bardwell scored for the Mighty Oaks in the winning effort. 2011 runner-up Briarcliffe College defeated NHTI by a score of 3-0. Leandro Placido, Giancarlo Luna, and Michael Richardson tallied goals for Briarcliffe in victory.
Second round action begins at 11:00 am tomorrow at the John B. Lewis Soccer Complex with the women’s soccer games. The men’s soccer games will follow at 1:00 PM. For individual game recaps and box scores for day one games please click the links below. To view updated brackets please visit our Women’s Soccer Championship Page and Men’s Soccer Tournament Page.
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