PHILADELPHIA – Two Gavin Rowan (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) goals in a span of 1:53 late in the second half gave the Holy Family University men's soccer team a 2-1 triumph at Jefferson in the Tigers' regular season finale on Wednesday afternoon. 
 
The victory was HFU's ninth in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play, a new program record, while the Tigers' second place finish in the regular season standings matches the program record set in 2003. 
 
As the two seed, Holy Family will host seventh-seeded Felician in a CACC Tournament Quarterfinal match at Tiger Field on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

The Rams had opened the scoring in the ninth minute, before Rowan's first goal came from Eric Williams' (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) long ball behind the defense into the center of the box for the sophomore to one-touch lob over the keeper in the 75th minute.
 
Then less than two minutes later, Marcelo Ibarra (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) won the ball of the left wing and whipped a a back-post cross for Rowan to head across face.
 
Luke Shank (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) made two saves a minute apart, in the 85th and 86th, to preserve the victory. 
 
Inside the Box Score

• Shank's 10 wins this season are tied for third in the program's regular season history
• Rowan's six goals are now tied for second on the team, while both the brace and game-winner werethe first of his career
• Williams' assist was the first of his career, while Ibarra is now tied for second on the team with three assists
• HFU outshot Jefferson 16-11, including 10-6 on net
  • The 10 attempts on goal were tied for the Tigers' second most this season
• Dakota Taylor (Willow Grove, Pa./Archbishop Wood) had a match-high five shots, while Sean Touey (Rockledge, Pa./Abington) led all players with three attempts on net
• Holy Family also held a 6-4 edge in corner kicks

 
How it Happened 
First Half

• Jefferson had the first four shots, with Shank making his first save just prior to the goal
• The Tigers had the next five, four of which were by Taylor, with the final one forcing the Rams' first stop in the 28th minute
  • Joel Richmond (Bridgetown, Barbados/Church Farm) had the other attempt
• Shank made his second save in the 40th minute
• HFU pressured in the final minutes, with Will Stackhouse (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) firing on net in the 44th minute before Michael Forde (Cambridge, United Kingdom/(Harcum College)) was denied just prior to the halftime whistle

Second Half

• Touey had the first attempt five and a half minutes out of the break as his shot was stopped
• Lautaro Berisso (La Plata, Argentina/(Camden County CC)) had the next attempt five and a half minutes later
• Touey had a shot cleared off the line in the 64th minute, and his saved effort less than a minute later was HFU's sixth straight attempt
• Jefferson's first shot of the second half came in the 68th minute, and the Tigers responded to that with Berisso firing on net 30 seconds later