No. 1 Men's Soccer Falls to No. 7 Adelphi in NCAA Third Round, 4-0

11/17/2016 3:23:00 PM

Box Score

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (Nov. 17, 2016) - The No. 1 and top-seeded LIU Post men's soccer team lost a 4-0 decision to No. 7 and second-seeded Adelphi University in the third round of the 2016 NCAA Division II Championship Thursday at Pioneer Soccer Park.

It is the Pioneers' (18-1-1) first loss at home since Nov. 4, 2011, snapping a 43-game unbeaten streak.

The Panthers (19-1-1), who advance to Saturday's national quarterfinal against University of Charleston, struck for two first-half goals in a span of 4:30 to jump out to a 2-0 lead.

First, in the 13th minute, junior midfielder Federico De Oliveira (Kenilworth, N.J.) unleashed a shot from the top of the 18-yard box into the lower-right corner of the net to put Adelphi on the scoreboard.

Four minutes later, De Oliveira headed a ball towards the far post that senior midfielder/forward Alejandro Penzini (Caracas, Venezuela) finished into the mesh for a 2-0 advantage.

The Panthers eventually took a 3-0 edge into the break, after Florent Girardin (Neuchatel, Switzerland) put a header past LIU Post senior goalkeeper Jesper Malmstrom (Linkopping, Sweden) in the 41st minute.

Malmstrom finished with a game-high five saves on the afternoon for the Pioneers. Senior netminder Spenser Powell (Attleboro, Mass.) stopped three shots for the Panthers.

Head Coach Andreas Lindberg and his LIU Post squad will return to the pitch in 2017. For more information on Pioneers' men's soccer, please continue to visit LIUPostPioneers.com.