DANBURY, Conn. – The Arcadia University men's soccer team will host the First and Second Round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Championship Tournament Saturday and Sunday, as announced by the organization Monday. Game times are to be determined.
TICKET INFORMATION: There will be no complimentary admission; all fans must pay admission to the game. Admission fees are as follows: Adults - $5, Senior Citizens - $4, Students (with ID) and Children - $2, Pre-school (under 6) – Free. All students, faculty and staff will be admitted for free courtesy of the Athletic Department.
THE BRACKET: The bracket contains 16 teams broken into four pods. The Knights are the top seed in Pod 3, and take on fourth-seeded Neumann in the First Round. The other game in Pod 3 will see No. 2 Rutgers-Camden take on No. 3 Maritime. In Pod 1, No. 1 Penn State Behrend will play No. 4 Penn State Harrisburg and No. 2 Grove City will challenge No. 3 Franciscan. Pod 2 will see No. 1 William Paterson take on No. 4 Brooklyn and No. 2 NYU play No. 3 Centenary. In Pod 4, top-seeded Lebanon Valley will play No. 4 John Jay and No. 2 Alvernia will take on No. 3 McDaniel.
ABOUT ARCADIA: The Knights started the year with a 6-1-1 record in non-conference play before facing a MAC Commonwealth opponent; Arcadia went on to add a 3-2 win at Staten Island to cap non-conference action at 7-1-1. To earn the fourth seed in the conference postseason tournament, the Scarlet and Grey went 4-3-1 against MAC Commonwealth competition. Arcadia closed out the regular season unbeaten (4-0-1) over its final five matches, before taking a 2-1 win from Alvernia in the MAC Commonwealth Championship Play-In Game. Second-Team All-MAC Commonwealth selections, junior
Ryan Hammer and senior
Bradley McKim, lead the attack with 20 points each, with the former netting six goals with a team-best eight assists and the latter leading the team with eight goals to go with four assists. Freshman
Harun Abdullahi has provided a spark off the bench with six goals and an assist in his rookie campaign. Senior
Chris Watson has backstopped the Knights in 11 wins this season with a 1.29 goals against average and .788 save percentage.
THE FIELD: In Arcadia's pod, Neumann comes in at 8-8-1, while Rutgers-Camden holds an 8-8-4 record and Maritime sits at 11-5-2. In Pod 1, Penn State Behrend boasts a 15-4-1 record, followed by Penn State Harrisburg at 11-8. Grove City sits at 10-5-4 with Franciscan holding an 11-6-2 mark. William Paterson tops Pod 2 with a 10-6-3 record with NYU coming in at 8-7-2, Centenary owning a 9-7-1 mark and Brooklyn sitting at 9-8-2. Pod 4 is topped by Lebanon Valley's 11-5-1 record followed by Alvernia at 10-9-1, McDaniel at 9-6-2 and John Jay at 9-7-1.
ECAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY: The Knights make their third straight ECAC tournament appearance. They have played Grove City in the First Round each of the last two seasons.
