Stevenson University Wins South Men's Soccer Championship
Courtesy of Stevenson University Sports Information
Owings Mills, Md. - Playing his final collegiate game on his home field, Stevenson men's soccer senior Tyler King (Parkville/Calvert Hall) totaled two goals en route to earning Most Outstanding Player honors as the Mustangs won the ECAC Division III South Championship with a 3-1 victory over Grove City Sunday at Caves Athletics Complex.
After making its first postseason appearance in the program's 17-year history last season, Stevenson (13-5-3) has a record of 3-1-1 in the last two ECAC South tournaments.
The victory extended the Mustangs' unbeaten streak to seven overall and nine-straight at home while marking the school's third ECAC championship and first since May 14, 2006 when the men's lacrosse team defeated Montclair State, 15-8 to capture the ECAC Metro/South Championship.
The men's lacrosse team also won an ECAC South Championship in 2003.
King totaled seven points on three goals and one assist in this year's tournament in earning Most Outstanding Player honors.
Sophomore Ansger Otto (Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro) totaled 11 points on three goals and five assists, including an assist on all three of Stevenson's goals in Sunday's championship game.
Otto finishes his second season as the leading scorer in Division III with 51 points on 18 goals and 15 assists. In 42 career games, he has posted 73 points on 27 goals and 19 assists.
After combining on the game-winning goal in yesterday's semifinal victory over Bethany (WV), King and Otto connected twice more to start the game on Sunday as King scored back-to-back goals off assists from Otto in the 13th minute and just 24 seconds into the start of the second half to give the Mustangs a 2-0 lead.
Adam Brewer picked up his fifth goal of the season in the 53rd minute off a feed from Daniel Adams to cut the Wolverines' deficit in half, but Otto found sophomore Ryan Pierce (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill) in front of the goal off a throw-in for his first goal of the season, giving Stevenson some insurance en route to the two-goal victory.
Stevenson's 13 wins are the second-most in school history trailing only the 2005 team that went 15-4-1 en route to a NEAC championship.
Junior Ryan Flannelly (Middlesex, N.J./Middlesex) totaled three saves while Chris Burgan also had three for Grove City (14-5-2).
2010 ECAC Division III South Men's Soccer Championship Results
Quarterfinal Round
– Wednesday, November 10
No. 8 Bethany defeated No. 1 Penn State-Behrend 4-3:
Box Score Story
No. 7 Grove City defeated No. 2 Washington & Jefferson
3-1: Box Score Story
No. 6 Misericordia defeated No. 3 Marywood
3-1: Box Score Story
No. 4 Stevenson defeated No. 5 Lebanon Valley
3-1: Box Score Story
Semifinal Round – Saturday,
November 13 (at Stevenson)
No. 4 Stevenson defeated No. 8 Bethany 6-0 Box Score
No. 7 Grove City defeated No. 3 Misericordia 1-0 Box Score Story
Championship Game – Sunday,
November 14 at (at Stevenson)
No. 4 Stevenson defeated No. 7 Grove City 3-1: Box Score Story
