Waterbury, Conn. – Sophomore Phillimon Bedard-Khalid scored two goals in the first half to lead the Post University men's soccer team back to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship after a 2-1 victory over Holy Family at Municipal Stadium on Friday afternoon.
The No. 2 seeded Eagles will take on No. 5 Georgian Court at 10 a.m. at LaMoy Field on Sunday.
Post struck in the 12th minute as junior Alvaro Sanchez streaked down the middle of the field, who passed it off to classmate Sergio Diaz, who found Bedard-Khalid who took a strike from inside the 18-yard box to the top right corner of the goal to give the Eagles the 1-0 lead.
Diaz and Bedard-Khalid linked up again in the 35th minute as Diaz used a back heel pass to find Bedard-Khalid, who split two defenders and hit a low shot to the left side of Tigers goalkeeper Mark Tobin to put the Eagles up, 2-0.
Post would go into the break with the 2-0 lead. Holy Family would score in the 57th minute on a goal from Sean McCormick.
The save of the day, however, came from sophomore David Mollenthiel, who took made an acrobatic save off the foot of Dakota Taylor to preserve the one goal lead.
Mollenthial finished with three saves on the day. Tobin had six for Holy Family. The Eagles (13-3-3) outshot Holy Family, 20-6.
Post head coach Ted Haley shared his thoughts as the Eagles embark on another CACC title.
"As a Post University program it is fantastic to make another CACC final," Haley said. "We played excellent in the first half and could have scored six. We didn't finish our chances so we made the second half an adventure. We showed some resilience and fortitude and to see the game out. We now are in instant preparation for our final. It will certainly be another battle and I am hopeful we can play our football and win a trophy."
