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Young Harris Captures PBC Men ’ s Soccer Tournament Title in PK Shootout
EVANS , GA – Young Harris found themselves facing a deficit twice during the PBC men ’ s soccer tournament championship game on Sunday and twice answered the call to take the title in a shootout over Lander . The two teams were tied at 2-2 following 110 minutes of action ; Young Harris took the title with a 4-3 edge in the shootout .
The title is the third in a row for the Mountain Lions , who become the first PBC team to win three straight titles since USC Upstate from 2001-03 . The third of the Upstate titles was also in a PK shootout .
On Sunday , the two teams played a scoreless first half despite a pressure attack from Young Harris . Lander finally broke through early in the second half as Hugo Delhommelle curled a free kick around the YHC defensive wall and into the net at the 57:08 mark .
That lead was short-lived as Young Harris answered back just 28 seconds later as Carlos Gomez cleaned up a free kick in the Lander box . Ramin Varnhorn had the assist .
The with each subsequent minute become more intense , Lander scored once again in the 69th minute . Conor Felstead took a great pass from Michael Leach and buried it with a flick and a 2-1 Lander lead .
But once again , the Mountain Lions responded . With 13 minutes left to play , Marco Micaletto found a loose ball after a corner kick and planted it home to tie the score .
Lander had two more good chances to get a goal as Delhommelle
took two more free kick attempts ; the first missing outside by less than a foot and the second clanging off the post . Young Harris also had a shot bounce off the crossbar in the overtime period .
The game was the third PBC championship contest to go to a shootout , the first since 2009 . Lander went first with a goal from Jordan Skelton . He was answered by YHC ’ s Anthony Tshimpi . LU ’ s Delhommelle and YHC ’ s Jonny Denton also connected on their penalties .
Young Harris got the edge in round three as goalkeeper Anton Viden , who was inserted just for the PK shootout , made a save on Lander ’ s Richard Bryan . YHC ’ s Micaletto then scored to give the Mountain Lions the edge . Oliver Brock scored for Lander and Sam Jones for Young Harris . Ianis Ghachem ’ s miss in round five sealed the win for Young Harris .
Lander men ’ s soccer to face Limestone in NCAA Tournament
GREENWOOD – The No . 18-ranked Lander men ’ s soccer team learned its postseason fate when the NCAA announced the 38-team bracket for the 2016 Division II National Tournament on Monday evening . Lander was the only PBC team selected to the field . ( Tournament Bracket )
The Bearcats ( 14-3-1 ) are the fifth-seed in the NCAA Southeast Regional and will face fourth-seeded and No . 25-ranked Limestone ( 15-3 ) at 7 p . m ., Friday , at Wingate University in Wingate , N . C . The
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