For Immediate Release · By Justin Gordon · jpgordon@smcm.edu

St. Mary's City, Md. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's soccer team sent their seniors out in style as the Seahawks posted a 4-1 Capital Athletic Conference win over the visiting Southern Virginia University Knights.

Seniors Kyle Reichard (Crofton, Md./South River), Nick Tait (Silver Spring, Md./Sandy Spring Friends), and Yonah Zeitz (Potomac, Md./Edmund Burke) were honored prior to the start of the game for their four years of dedication to the Seahawk men's soccer program.

With the win, St. Mary's secured a spot in the six-team playoff field. Just one game remains in the CAC regular season, and Christopher Newport University (7-0-1 CAC) and University of Mary Washington (7-1) earned first-round byes and will host the semifinals on November 1.

St. Mary's (5-2-1) is currently in third followed by Penn State Harrisburg (5-3), and York College of Pennsylvania (4-3-1) in fourth and fifth, respectively. The sixth and final playoff spot is up for grabs between Frostburg State University (3-4-1) and Salisbury University (3-5).

St. Mary's (Md.) 4, Southern Virginia 1

How It Happened

• St. Mary's opened up the scoring when Tait finished a low cross from first-year midfielder Anoi Hindle (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) in the 19th minute.
• First-year midfielder Brad Moore (Crofton, Md./South River) would tally his first career goal at St. Mary's with the help from teammate Juwan Kearson (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's School) in the 23rd minute.
• Southern Virginia would come out in the second half and capitalize on a penalty kick. First-year forward Tyler McElwee (Highland Village, Texas/Flowermount) sent home the PK in the 52nd minute to cut the deficit in half, 2-1.
• Junior Luke Barber (Washington, D.C./Walt Whitman) would score his fourth goal of the year at 72:13 as Barber took a shot from the 18 and it deflected in off of a Southern Virginia player.
• Tait would put the game out of reach for the visiting Knights in the 88th minute, finishing on his breakaway for his 10th goal of the season.

For the Seahawks (11-3-2, 5-2-1 CAC)

• Scorers: Tait (2 goals); Moore (1 goal); Barber (1 goal); Kearson (1 assist); Hindle (1 assist).
• Goalkeeper: Junior Zack Haussler (1 save, 1 goal allowed, 90:00).
• St. Mary's finished the game with 13 shots (eight on goal) and six corner kicks.

For Southern Virginia (3-13, 1-7 CAC)

• Scorer: McElwee (1 goal).
• Goalkeepers: Senior Keenan Carroll (3 saves, 2 goals allowed, 56:00); Junior Colin Flynn (1 save, 2 goals allowed, 34:00).
• The Knights had a total of two shots (both on goal) and earned one corner on the day.

Notes

• Moving up a spot, St. Mary's is now ranked eighth in the South Atlantic region.
• Tait's two goals on the day moved him into a tie for fifth place all-time with Mark Zettle '92 as both now have 32 career goals. Tait is also fifth with 21 assists and 85 points.

Up next for the Seahawks

• 10/26 vs. York (Pa.) at 3:30 p.m. (CAC contest, regular-season finale)
• York owns a 28-4-2 all-time record over the Seahawks; however, St. Mary's picked up two wins over the Spartans last year – both on York turf.

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