ASTON, Pa. – For the sixth consecutive season, the Neumann University Men's Soccer team have clinched a spot in their conference championship as tonight, they defeated Hood College, 2-0 in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth semifinals on Thursday night.
Harry Beugre came off the bench to score along with four shots, two on goal, leading the Knights.
Markus Beugre also got on the board on his only shot.
Jordan Illian troubled the goal all evening long with five shots, three on goal, while
JP Phillip had four shots.
Seiya Sato earned his eighth shutout of the season, making three saves.
The Knights and Blazers were quite familiar with one another as they met in the regular season finale on Halloween. Neumann held the possessional advantage in the early going as they had an 11-2 shot advantage while securing the only seven corner kicks over the first 45 minutes. None of that resulted in a breakthrough as the game went scoreless through halftime.
Neumann finally got on the board in the 49
th minute when
Luke Mejia found M. Beugre alone in the box. He tucked it in for his third goal of the season and a 1-0 lead. Hood responded with possession in their offensive third of the field, but the Knights were able to fight off the pressure. In the 76
th minute, a corner kick by
Ron Ribera was back-heeled across the six-yard box by
Owen Rem, finding H. Beugre to slip in his third of the year, sealing the match, and the finals berth.
Neumann (13-3-2) will now host the No. 2 seed, Messiah University in the MAC Commonwealth Championship on Saturday night. Kick-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
