Men's Soccer | NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship - Second Round | vs Centre College | Sunday, November 17 at 3:00 p.m. | Video | Stats
John Carroll will look to clear a few major hurdles on Sunday as the Blue Streaks will host Centre College in a second round match-up in the 2019 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship.
The first hurdle is a very good Centre team. The Colonels - who entered the postseason ranked No. 21 in the D3soccer.com Top 25 - improved to 17-3-1 overall with a 1-0 win over Kalamazoo in the other first round match Saturday.
The second hurdle is the second round. Following today's 2-0 win over Washington & Jefferson, the Blue Streaks have now advanced to the second round for a sixth time. In their previous five second round matches, the Blue Streaks have managed to win just once - and that occurred in 2003.
John Carroll, now 18-2-2 on the season, have won ten consecutive matches, including the last six by shutout. OAC Defender of the Year
Matt Nigro and keeper
Connor Robinson lead the way defensively.
Centre, which has matched a school record for wins in a season with 17, has won 11 consecutive matches entering the second round.
Ticket prices are $8 for general admission. Additionally, tickets are $6 for senior citizens and students, and $3 for children ages three to 12. Ticket windows will open one hour before the start of Sunday's match.
All matches will be held at
Don Shula Stadium on the University Heights campus.
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The Blue Streaks are paced offensively by junior Will Turrittin with 23 points (5 goals, 13 assists), followed by
Mario Aboumitri with 14 points (6 goals, 2 assists), and
Jared Ianiro with 12 points (5 goals, 2 assists).
Aboumitri scored both goals for the Blue Streaks in the OAC tournament wins against Marietta (1-0) and Otterbein (1-0).
Turrittin had an assist on the second goal for JCU Saturday and is one assist shy of tying the school single season record.
Centre College earned an automatic bid into the NCAA Championship after it won its third consecutive Southern Athletic Association Tournament championship. The Colonels are making their seventh appearance in the NCAA Championships, and have forged a record of 3-5-1 in NCAA Championship play.
The Colonels are lead by Alexander Garuba, who was a second team All American last year. This season, he has 46 points (21 goals, 4 assists), and has eight game winning goals for the Colonels. Alongside Garuba are juniors Dylan Barth (8 goals, 3 assists, 19 points) and Will Newton (6 goals, 5 assists, 17 points).
This will be the first meeting between John Carroll and Centre.
