After a strong run in the month of October, the Berkeley College New York men's soccer team saw its bid for consecutive Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference crowns come to an end on Saturday evening, as the No. 4 seeded Knights were defeated by the No. 1 seeded Blue Angels of the College of New Rochelle by a score of 6-0 in a match played at the ACPHS Turf Athletic Field in Albany, NY.

Berkeley College's loss dropped the Knights to 5-10-1 on the season, while the Blue Angels improved to a mark of 15-2 on the year. New Rochelle will now advance to Sunday's championship match against No. 3 seeded SUNY-ESF. Start-time for that match is scheduled for 3:00pm.

New Rochelle struck first in this contest, as Jovanni Garcia recorded a goal off a beautiful lead pass from Gabriel Lopez just 1:19 into the match. The Knights increased the pressure after that opening goal, with the rain and wind picking up as well, but neither squad was able to break through for another goal for the remainder of the session, as the Blue Angels took the 1-0 lead into the break at halftime.

In a sequence that mirrored the way the regular season contest between the two played out, New Rochelle tallied a girl early in the second half before peppering home a slew of additional goals to put the match way. Garcia connected again off a pass from Warren in the 48th minute to push the lead to 2-0.  Warren would tally a goal of his own moments later, capitalizing on a gorgeous cross pass from Angel Gonzalez to push the Blue Angels' edge to 3-0.

Gonzalez and Lopez, and Cesar Rodriguez would add tallies in the 68th, 69th, and 81st minutes, respectively, as New Rochelle ran away with a semifinal round victory.  

New Rochelle held a 22-6 edge in the shots department for the match, while also getting eight corner kick opportunities compared to zero for Berkeley College. The Blue Angels committed 13 fouls on the evening, compared to seven for the Knights.

Berkeley College will play one more match this season, and that contest will be Wednesday evening against the Ducks of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. Start-time for that contest is scheduled for 7:00pm.