Box Score
PHILADELPHIA – Powered by the sixth goal of the year by senior
Francis Eno (Powder Springs, Ga.) and the fourth shutout by classmate
Errol Reid (St. Elizabeth, Jamaica), the Post University men's soccer team clinched a home Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) quarterfinal matchup with a 2-0 win at Holy Family on Saturday afternoon. With the win, Post ran its current win streak to six matches.
The victory enabled Post to match its win total from a season ago. The record for wins in a season is 14 and that came during the 2008 campaign.
After the teams played a scoreless first half, Eno got Post (11-2-3, 7-0-3 CACC) on the board in the 47
th minute with his first game-winner of the season. Junior
Joe Baccielo (Stratford, Conn.) had his shot stopped by Tigers' goalkeeper Kelly Diaz, but Eno buried the rebound to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead.
Classmate
Korab Muaremi (Danbury, Conn.) netted an insurance goal at the 87:47 mark when he converted a direct kick that went into the upper left corner of the goal. It was his first goal of the season.
For the match, Post held a 14-13 advantage in shots and a 4-1 edge in corner kicks. Individually, Reid made five saves and his counterpart Diaz tallied four stops for Holy Family (7-7-2, 4-5-1 CACC).
Post, which is ranked fifth in the National Soccer Coaches' Association of America (NSCAA)/Continental Tire NCAA Division II East Region Poll, will face a tough test when it travels to LIU Post for a non-conference match on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Game time is scheduled for 3 p.m. The Pioneers were ranked third in the country in the latest NSCAA Coaches' Poll.
