Philadelphia, Pa. - The Holy Family University men's soccer team will face Bloomfield College in the quarterfinals of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship, which is set to begin at 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31.
 
Holy Family (10-5-1, 7-3-1 CACC), seeded fifth in this year's championship, will travel to fourth seeded Bloomfield College (10-6-1, 7-3-1 CACC) for the second consecutive year.  The Tigers were seeded eighth in last year's championship and were defeated by the top-seeded Deacons, 7-3. 
 
Holy Family, picked to finish eighth this year by the CACC head coaches in the preseason coaches' poll, proved everyone in the conference wrong and finished tied for fourth place with Bloomfield.  The Tigers finished conference play with a 7-3-1 record, but due to their regular season loss to the Deacons, they are seeded fifth in the championship.
 
This season, Holy Family has played five double-overtime games, including a heart-breaking loss to nationally ranked C.W. Post (3-2 2OT) back on Sept. 3.   The Tigers at one point this season were unbeaten in seven games, including a four-game winning streak.  Holy Family also defeated nationally ranked Millersville University, 1-0 this past week. 
 
The Tigers were also ranked in the NSCAA Division II East Region rankings for four consecutive weeks this year.  Holy Family was ranked as high as sixth in the region at one point during the course of the season. 
 
Holy Family's offense is led by senior Seydou Ba (Philadelphia, Pa. (Mauritania)/John Bartram) who currently is tied for second in the CACC in scoring with 29 points.  He has totaled 11 goals, which is fifth best in the conference, to go along with a team-best seven assists.
 
Freshmen Keith Crews (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South) and Nicolas Delgado (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) have combined for 11 goals in their first season of collegiate action.  Crews has tallied 13 points on five goals and three assists, while Delgado has scored six goals and one assist for 13 points. 
 
Senior Marc Fischer (Fairless Hills, Pa./Pennsbury) and junior Jeffrey Wimsey (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) each have scored four goals a piece this season.
 
On defense, Holy Family has surrendered only 28 goals this season as the Tigers have held opponents to 1.55 goals per game. Senior goalkeeper Mark Ferretti (Voorhees, N.J./Paul VI) has a goals against average of 1.68 this season to go along with a saves percentage of .770 and 94 saves.  He ranks second in the CACC in saves and is first in total minutes in net (1605:00). 
 
 
For Bloomfield, senior Terry Gibbs leads the team on offense as he currently leads the conference in scoring with 43 points.  His 18 goals this season is tops in the CACC as he has also dished out seven assists.  Fellow classmate Juan Ramirez has totaled 24 points after recording eight goals and eights assists this season. 
 
Sophomore goalkeeper Daniel Hyde has a 1.55 goals against average this season.  He also has a .750 save percentage to go along with 66 saves.

The winner of this match will face the winner of the #1 Post University/#8 Caldwell contest in the semifinals on Thursday, Nov. 3 at Chestnut HIll College. 
 
For more information on the upcoming CACC men's soccer championship visit the official website of the CACC at http://www.caccathletics.org (.)


 


2011 CACC Men's Championship Quarterfinals
Monday, Oct. 31 - at Higher Seeds

#8 Caldwell at #1 Post - 2 p.m.
#7 Nyack at #2 Wilmington - 2 p.m.
#6 Felician at #3 Dominican - 2 p.m.
#5 Holy Family at #4 Bloomfield - 2 p.m.