Men's Soccer Set To Host Dowling On Wednesday Evening In ECC Championship Semifinals
UB Men Are Making Their Eleventh Consecutive Conference Championship Appearance
Bridgeport, Conn. - The University of Bridgeport men's soccer team will open the 2013 East Coast Conference Championship Tournament at home versus Dowling College on Wednesday, November 6 at 6:00 p.m. Bridgeport, the number two seed in the tournament, comes into Wednesday's match with a 9-6-0 overall record, and the Purple Knights went 7-3-0 in conference play during the regular season. Dowling, the number three seed, went 10-3-3 overall during the regular season and 5-2-3 in ECC play. Dowling, which is unbeaten in its last nine matches, won the 2013 regular season meeting between the two teams by a 1-0 score at Knights Field in Bridgeport on September 21, in a match that was Bridgeport's conference opener this year.
This is the eleventh consecutive year the University of Bridgeport men's soccer program has advanced to the conference championship tournament.
In Wednesday's other 2013 ECC Men's Soccer Championship Semifinal, number one seed LIU Post (15-1-2 overall and 8-0-2 ECC) will host number four seed Mercy College (11-3-4 overall, 5-2-3 ECC). That match will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Long Island. Wednesday's winners will meet at a time to be determined on Friday, November 8 on the home field of the highest remaining seeded team to decide the 2013 East Coast Conference Men's Soccer Title.
After opening the season with four straight losses, the Purple Knights have bounced back nicely winning nine of their final 11 matches, including wins last week at Queens (N.Y.) College, 2-1 and home shutout of the University of the District of Columbia, 3-0, on Saturday that propelled UB into the number two seed in this season's ECC Championship Tournament.
Junior Lee Martins (Bridgeport, Conn.) leads the Bridgeport offense with 12 points on a team-leading five goals and two assists.
The UB goalkeeping duo of junior Agustin Prados (Madrid, Spain) and senior Lee Fenner (Altamont, N.Y.) have been steady all season long combing for a goals against average of 0.86 and posting a total of seven clean sheets in the Purple Knights' 15 total matches.
2013 East Coast Conference Men's Soccer Championship Tournament Schedule
Semifinals:
Wednesday, November 6
No. 3 Dowling at No. 2 Bridgeport – 6:00 pm
No. 4 Mercy at No. 1 LIU Post – 1:00 pm
Finals:
Friday, November 8
Winner 2/3 vs. Winner 1/4 @ highest seed - Time TBD