2006 USCAA National Soccer Championships: Rochester Men, Southern Virginia Women Take Titles
Men's match comes down to PK's
November 6, 2006

Recaps of matches in the 2006 USCAA National Soccer Championships follow. In addition, the All-Tournament teams were selected and those honorees are also listed below.

Men

3rd Place: Presentation College 4, Unity College 0
Preston Buecher, Nick Becker, Ryan Brushwood, and Jordan Heupel each scored goals to lead the Presentation Saints to the 3rd place win over the Unity College Rams. Tyler Vance added two assists.

Championship: Rochester College 0, Robert Morris-Lake County 0 [2OT], Rochester wins on penalty kicks, 4-2
Both teams played hard and physical en route to a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes of play and two 10-minute overtimes. The Warriors of Rochester scored on all four of its penalty kicks to earn the USCAA Championship. Nick Swantek’s penalty kick goal was the clincher and Calvin Marshall added one more to seal the game. Scottie Malagon and José Gavilanes scored the penalty kick goals for the Lake County Eagles.

WOMEN

5th Place: Warren Wilson College (NC) 3, Robert Morris-Lake County (IL) 1
Sarah Gaskin scored two goals and Amy Witt added 1 goal to lead the Warren Wilson Owls to the win in the 5th place contest. The Lake County Eagles got their lone goal from Gema Mariscal on an assist from Samantha Reed.

3rd Place: Robert Morris-Springfield (IL), New Hampshire Tech. 0 [OT]
The Eagles from Robert Morris-Springfield won the Women’s 3rd place game in overtime. Katie Granquist had 15 saves for the New Hampshire Tech Capitals. (Report courtesy of the NHTI sports information department.)

Rochester College 4, New Hampshire Technical Institute 2
(Some information courtesy of the NHTI Sports Information Department) Nichole Snide and Kelly Reid scored NHTI’s goals as host Rochester defeated the Capitals to advance to the championship game.

Southern Virginia 2, Robert Morris-Springfield (IL) 0
The Southern Virginia Knights advance to face Rochester College in the championship. The Robert Morris-Springfield Eagles will play the NHTI Capitals for third place.

Championship: Southern Virginia 2, Rochester College 1
Rochester College’s Krystn Freeman scored 1:41 into the game on a pass from Shantelle Jones-Williams to give the Lady Warriors the early lead. The Southern Virginia Knights answered later when Leslie Clarke fed Susie Jex for a goal at 14:32. Five minutes later at 19:36, Leslie Clarke scored on a pass from Andrea Manwill. Rochester had a chance to tie late in the game, but their goal was waved off due to an offside player. Tournament MVP Mary Ertel had 6 saves for Southern Virginia in goal as the Knights won the 2006 National Championship.

All-Tournament