Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University men's soccer team celebrated its return to the Division II national rankings with a sixth straight win on Wednesday night, blanking the Owls of Southern Connecticut State University in Northeast-10 Conference action, 1-0.
The Panthers checked in at #24 in the nation in this week's United Soccer Coaches Division II national poll on Tuesday, marking the first appearance for the program in the Top 25 since checking in at #13 in August's preseason poll.
Taylor Kaczynski's fifth goal of the season led the Brown and Gold (9-2-1, 7-1 NE10) to a seventh win in eight league games so far this season, as the junior broke a scoreless tie off a long, chipped pass from
Patrick Guier in the midfield in the 75th minute of Wednesday's contest.
Matt Apicella kept the Owls (7-5, 4-4 NE10) off the board with seven saves for his fifth shutout of the season and Adelphi out-shot Southern Connecticut overall, 14-11.
After a pair of home shutouts, Adelphi will look to keep rolling on the road up next, as it first heads to Merrimack College in a battle of nationally-ranked NE10 teams on Saturday afternoon. The Warriors had been ranked as high as #6 in the national poll this season, but dropped out after a loss to unranked Bentley on Sept. 19.
Kick-off from North Andover, Mass. is set for 4 p.m.
About Adelphi Athletics
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009, and in the past nine seasons, has collected 27 regular season conference titles, 29 tournament championships, 41 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup four times (2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), while winning six NCAA Division II National Championships.
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