Men's Soccer

The Northeast-10 Men's Soccer Championship Final is set to feature #4 Le Moyne College and #2 Southern New Hampshire at 3 p.m. Saturday at Larkin Field on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H.

Franklin Pierce's inadvertent use of an ineligible player in the November 5 semifinal match against Southern New Hampshire has resulted in the Penmen advancing to tomorrow's final.

Southern New Hampshire is appearing in their fourth Northeast-10 Men's Soccer Championship for the first time since 2002.  The Penmen won the NE-10 championship in 2000 and 2002.  Southern New Hampshire is led by the 2008 Northeast-10 Player of the Year, Adrian Schippers.  An All Northeast-10 First Team selection, Schippers currently has eight goals and five assists for 21 points this season.  Paulson Edum has also scored eight goals for the Penmen and has assisted on three others for 19 points.  Sean Lambert, the 2008 NE-10 Goalkeeper of the Year, leads the conference in goals against average (0.36), save percentage (.854) and  shutouts (10).

Le Moyne is advancing to their first championship final since 2005 after defeating top seed UMass Lowell 2-1 in double-overtime during the semifinals.  This will be the Dolphins third appearance in the championship final winning their first title in 2005 with a 1-0 victory over Franklin Pierce.

Le Moyne entered halftime leading 1-0 after Jesse Carr scored with a looping shot from the top of the box from Brandon Morse. 

The Dolphins led a majority of the second half until the 71st minute when UMass Lowell's Stephen Potcner tied the game at 1-1 with his ninth goal of the season. The game would remain tied throughout the remainder of the second half and through the first overtime period. However, minutes into the second overtime period Le Moyne's Sean Lawlor scored the game-winning goal off a free kick to give the Dolphins the 2-1 victory. Le Moyne's Steve White made five saves in net.

Matthew Pecheone leads the team in scoring with 11 goals and five assists for 27 points, while Angelo Reina is second with eight goals scored and two assists for 18 points. Goalkeeper Steve White has kept opponents to under one goal per game (0.91) and has a .750 save percentage in net.