2017-18 PBC YEARBOOK
Young Harris Wins
NCAA Region Title!
BOCA RATON, Fla. | Seba Andreassen’s header
41 seconds into the second overtime gave
Young Harris College a 3-2 win over No. 17
Lander University Friday (Nov. 17) afternoon
at Billy Campbell Stadium on the campus of
Lynn University in the third round of the NCAA
Division II Men’s Soccer Championship.
The Mountain Lions, who have defeated
nationally ranked teams in each of their last
three matches, won the Southeast Region title
with the win as they improved to 14-3-2. The
Mountain Lions advances to Sunday’s (Nov. 19)
fourth-round match against either Lynn or the
University of West Alabama at 1 p.m. The winner
of that contest advances to the final four Nov.
30 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Bearcats ended
their season at 13-4-3.
Andreassen’s third match winner of the season
was set up off a cross from Carl Brannstrom
from inside the left side of the box. Andreassen,
who has scored three times in the past two
matches, then headed in the ball for his sixth
goal of 2017.
Playing two men down in the second half,
Lander sent the match into extra time after
Jordan Skelton converted a penalty kick with 46
seconds remaining in regulation after a hand
ball in the box. It was the eighth goal of the
season.
Young Harris had taken a 2-1 lead in the early
stages of the season half after Marco Micaletto
scored his 10th goal of 2017 off a free kick from
just outside the ball that bended into the top
right corner of the goal.
The Mountain Lions took a 1-0 lead at the 29:15
mark. Andreassen crossed the ball in from
the right side of the box to Mikie Rowe at the
left post. Rowe slotted the ball into the net for
his ninth strike of 2017. Lander tied it up at 1
30
right before the half as Jamie Lunn knocked in a
rebound of Sia Jamedar’s initial shot.
Lander held an 11-9 margin on shots, although
the Mountain Lions held a 6-5 edge on goal.
Lander doubled up Young Harris on corner kicks
6-3. Alex Iglesias earned three saves in goal for
the Mountain Lions, while Dean Cowdroy had
three for Lander.
2017 NCAA Tournament
Gaffney, S.C.
#4 Young Harris d. #5 Lenoir-Rhyne 2-0
#4 Young Harris d. #1 Limestone 2-0
Wingate, N.C.
#3 Lander d. #6 Lincoln Memorial 1-0
#3 Lander tied #2 Wingate 1-1
(LU advances on PKs 5-4)
Region Final (Boca Raton, Fla.)
#4 Young Harris d. #3 Lander 3-2 (2ot)
NCAA National Quarterfinal (Boca Raton)
Lynn d. Young Harris 2-1