PHILADELPHIA – Making its fourth consecutive Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament Semifinal appearance, the HFU men's soccer team erased a halftime deficit before eventually falling to Alliance in penalties on Friday afternoon at Tiger Field.  
 
Alliance scored 3:53 ahead of the break, but it was Gavin Rowan (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) equalizing just under 10 minutes into the second half when Dakota Taylor (Willow Grove, Pa./Archbishop Wood) got in behind the defense and slid a pass across face for the sophomore to fire into the top corner from a tight angle. 
 
Luke Shank (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) then helped send the game to penalties, making three saves in the final 10 minutes of regulation before making one stop in each overtime period. 
 
Despite conversions by Joel Richmond (Bridgetown, Barbados/Church Farm), Rowan and Marcelo Ibarra (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) from the spot, it took just one miss to settle the outcome as Alliance went a perfect 5-for-5. 
 
The result ended one of Holy Family's most successful ever seasons, with the Tigers' nine CACC victories setting a new program record and their second place matching the program record set in 2003. HFU's 12 overall wins were also its most since 2007. 
 
Inside the Box Score

• Taylor's assist extended his team lead to eight, good for fourth in the league and one shy of the program's single-season top-10 that features no student-athletes since 2007
• Rowan's goal matched Taylor for second on the team with seven, which is tied for fifth in the CACC
• Shank matched his season-high with seven stops
• The match was nearly identical statistically, with HFU taking one more corner kick (6-5) and both teams recording eight attempts on net  

 
How it Happened 
First Half

• Alliance had the first three shots, including hitting the post with a header in the 17th minute before forcing the first save of the afternoon four and a half minutes later
• Joseph Amabile (Beachwood, N.J./Toms River South) had two attempts on goal, including HFU's first on net in the 28th minute before also firing on frame in the 37th 
• Kevin Duffy (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) shot wide from a free kick one and a half minutes after Amabile's first attempt, with Will Stackhouse (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) also shooting on net seconds after coming on in the 31st 

Second Half

• After Alliance hit the crossbar 22 seconds in, HFU began to pick up the pressure with 9 of the next 10 attempts, featuring a headed effort from Duffy on frame before Rowan's score
• Sean Touey (Rockledge, Pa./Abington) then shot wide before Shank was finally forced into action just ahead of the hour mark
• The Tigers registered three attempts over the course of eight seconds in the 61st minute, when a Lautaro Berisso (La Plata, Argentina/(Camden County CC)) header was stopped on the line before Amabile and Nicolloyd Dinham (Manchester, Jamaica/(ASA)) shots missed
• Rowan had Holy Family's final two attempts of regulation, including forcing a save in the 69th minute 
• It was Alliance closing strong, with six shots over a three and a half minute period between the 81st and 84th 

First Overtime

• Both teams had one attempt on net in the first overtime period, with the Tigers' coming courtesy of Touey in the 97th 

Second Overtime

• Both teams then had one shot each in the second overtime period, with Taylor firing wide before Shank made one final save 2:12 ahead of the final whistle to send the match to penalties