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Georgian Court GCUM (8-10-1, #5 seed)
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Goldey-Beacom GBCM (11-7-1, #4 seed)
Georgian Court GCUM
(8-10-1, #5 seed)
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Goldey-Beacom GBCM
(11-7-1, #4 seed)
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Georgian Court GCUM 0 4 0 0 4
Goldey-Beacom GBCM 2 2 0 0 4

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men’s Soccer Loses Heartbreaker to Georgian Court on Penalty Kicks in CACC Quarterfinals



Goldey-Beacom suffered what many consider the cruelest way to drop a soccer game, falling in penalty kicks to Georgian Court after the teams played to a 4-4 stalemate through 110 minutes in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament quarterfinals in Wilmington, DE.
 
The Lions prevailed after 10 agonizing and enthralling penalty kicks for each, 6-5, and will face top-seeded Wilmington (DE) in the semifinals Friday at 11:00 am in Waterbury, CT.
 
Goldey-Beacom held a 3-1 lead through 55 minutes on goals from Eduardo Coimbra (Curitiba, Brazil), fellow sophomore Josh Moody (Townsend, DE) and senior Jamie McAvoy (Ayr, Scotland) to gain control.  Louis Silva had the Georgian Court marker in that span.
 
The Lions were more than alive when Niklas Laenger tallied in the 68th minute for a 3-2 game and then leveled it in the 76th minute on Javel Dawkins' penalty kick.
 
Goldey-Beacom in the 81st minute looked like it had the game locked when junior Sergi Varona (Barcelona, Spain), just named second team All-CACC, buried a 10-yard shot for a 4-3 lead.  But Dawkins scored less than a minute later on a deflected shot and the match again was level.
 
The shootout would not have been possible if not for the great play of Lightning goalkeeper junior Cole Lewis (Middletown, DE), who made six saves overall that included three in extra time.  Lewis made two stops in the second 10 minutes, including a shot from Silva with just over a minute left.
 
Then came penalty kicks with each team taking five until a winner was declared.  It was scoreless until the fourth kick, when Tommaso Rio scored for the Lions and Coimbra tallied for the Lightning.
 
After each team missed its fifth kick, it was on to sudden death.  Each team would get an attempt until one had the lead after equal kicks.  Both squads made kicks six through nine, Francisco Corral scored on Georgian Court's 10th kick, but sophomore Elijah Howe (Canberra, Australia) was denied by goalkeeper Jamie Hickey on Goldey-Beacom's 10th attempt to end the match.
 
This is believed to be the first penalty-kick shootout in Goldey-Beacom history as no records say otherwise.
 
Lewis had six saves for the Lightning and Hickey ended with three saves for the Lions.  Senior Levi Maruca (Downingtown, PA) attempted three shots for Goldey-Beacom and Dawkins had seven for Georgian Court.
 
In addition to Varona, Coimbra and junior Ethan Maguire (Sydney, Australia) today were named second team all-conference.
 
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