Two Second Half Goals put Bobcats in the ECAC Semi-finals

Seniors - Michael Norman and Kunle Akeifeleye

On a very cold night in early November the boys kept their home unbeaten streak alive.  Two second half goals from Michael Norman and Kunle Akinfeleye helped us advance to the semi-finals of the ECAC Tournament with a 2-1 win over Washington and Jefferson.

I thought we played one of our better games of the year as far as moving the ball around and trying to find some combination play.  We pressed them from the beginning and tried to create  turnovers that would lead to counter-attacking opportunities.  The turnovers led to some good possession for us, but we struggled to convert the final pass to create the easy scoring opportunity.  At the end of the half W&J held a slight 6-5 lead in shots.

The second half we kept up the pressure and countered much more efficiently creating more scoring opportunities and would out-shoot the President's 12-2 in the second half.  Michael Norman got us on the board 10 minutes in when he knocked home a corner kick from Alex Brainard. 

http://youtu.be/4h_7O7nvSA4 - Norman goal 

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The lead was short lived as W&J would equalize just minutes later when we failed to clear a ball in the box and it would lead to a tap in from about six yards out.  Kunle Akinfeleye would net the game winner jut six minutes later when he followed up his own shot after a great feed from Chris Herbert.

http://youtu.be/z-YIP49wPqE - Kunle goal

The win puts us in the semi-finals where we will face Lebanon Valley College at 4pm on Saturday at Swarthmore College.  The winners of the semi-final games will be meet at 3pm on Sunday at Swarthmore for the ECAC South Region Championship.