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Sports
The Clarion \ November 13, 2019
BC Men's soccer earns bid into
2019 ECAC Dill Championships
By Joseph Marvin
Assistant Sports Information Director
BREVARD, N.C. - Following a successful
regular season that culminated with a second-
place finish in the USA South West Division
and a 7-6-3 overall record, the Brevard
College men’s soccer team has been selected
for postseason play with a berth into the 2019
ECAC Dill Men’s Soccer Championships.
Brevard has earned the number-two seed in
Pod 2, where the Tornados were selected to
take on No. 3 seed and host Widener University
on Saturday, November 16 at 2 p.m. at Leslie
C. Quick Jr. Stadium, located in Chester,
Pennsylvania. If victorious, the Tornados will
take on the winner of No. 1 McDaniel College
vs. No. 4 NJCU in the second round, also hosted
by Widener, on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 12 p.m.
The winners of pods 1-4 advance to the
semifinals of the 2019 ECAC Dill Men’s Soccer
Championships at a site to-be-determined on
Saturday, Nov. 23 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The
championship match will follow suit on
Sunday, Nov. 24 at 12 p.m.
The selection marks BC’s first postseason
appearance since the Tornados competed in
the SAC Tournament in 2016, where Brevard
knocked off nationally-ranked Wingate
University, 1-0, in that conference tournament’s
quarterfinals.
Brevard’s 2019 men’s soccer team has had
one of the program’s most successful years
in the NCAA-era under BC’s first-year Head
Coach Helio “L” D’Anna. Coach L has led the
Tornados to their first regular-season winning
record (7-6-3) in the program’s 11-year stretch
against NCAA competition.
BC players embrace in celebrating victorious game and overall season.
Brevard’s seven regular-season wins tie the
2016 and 2017 Tornados for the most single
season victories in Brevard’s NCAA-era. All of
the Tornados’ victories this season have come
in USA South play, setting a new single-season
high for most conference wins in program
history.
BC sends seven senior student-athletes to
the ECAC Championships, including Matheus
Masukawa, who has set new program NCAA-
era records.
The senior from Sao Paulo, Brazil has tallied
12 goals and 30 points in his three-year playing
career at Brevard, both of which are career
records. His seven goals scored in 2019 are the
most single-season goals in Brevard’s NCAA-
era history.
Senior goalkeeper Patrick Hall, who was
named to the USA South Men’s Soccer All-
Conference Second Team, has had one of the
most successful careers for Brevard between
the goalposts. Hall’s seven wins this season
are tied for the most single-season wins by a
goalkeeper in Brevard’s NCAA-era history. For
his career. Hall has racked up the second-most
saves (222) and has the best save percentage
(.733) in BC’s NCAA-era. In addition to Hall’s
All-Conference nod, the Pikeville, North
Carolina native also received USA South
Defensive Player of the Week honors this year.
Freshman Lucas Campos and Joao Monteiro
have burst onto the scene for Coach L’s squad
as key contributors this season, earning
conference accolades along the way. Monteiro
was selected to the All-Conference Third Team
and All-Sportsmanship Team, while Campos
earned USA South Rookie of the Week honors
this season.
Stay tuned to the Brevard College Athletics
social media outlets and bctomados.com for
further information about the upcoming ECAC
Championships.
For more information on the ECAC, please
visit ecacsports.com
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