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12 members of the team were honored in a pre game Senior Day ceremony
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Winner Dist. Columbia UDC (7-7-2, 2-5-1)
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Daemen Daemen (7-7-3, 3-4-1)
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Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

Late Goal Lifts District of Columbia To 3-2 Win Over Wildcats

Daemen's Hopes For A First Ever Appearance In ECC Playoffs Come To An End

AMHERST, N.Y. - A goal by graduate student Jake Bedforth with just 2:43 left in the second half lifted the University of the District of Columbia to a 3-2 victory over Daemen University this afternoon at Karrer Field. It marked the regular season finale for both teams.

Daemen entered the game needing a victory, combined with a Roberts Wesleyan loss at Mercy, to secure its first ever bid to the four-team East Coast Conference Championship tournament. RWU ended up in a 1-1 draw with Mercy, which earned the Redhawks the fourth and final bid.

Daemen capped its most successful season in years with a 7-7-3 overall record and 3-4-1 mark in the ECC. The visiting Firebirds finished 7-7-2 overall and 2-5-1 in the league.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Daemen opened the scoring just 11 minutes into the contest when senior Derek Bartlo (Williamsville, N.Y.) collected the rebound of a shot by graduate student Carlos Espana (Madrid, Spain) and scored from a tough angle 15 yards out.
  • The Firebirds evened the game six minutes later following a goal by freshman Alex Gamez.
  • Bartlo struck again in the 24th minute when he blasted a shot into the upper right corner from 25 yards out.
  • It appeared Daemen would take a 2-1 lead into halftime, but UDC was awarded a corner kick in the finals seconds and freshman Zachary Parker got a solid shot off with just four seconds left in the half and scored into the upper right of the Daemen net.
  • The teams battled back and forth in an evenly played second half, but neither team could find the back of the net until Bedforth took a pass from sophomore Santiago Gordillo on the right flank and scored from point blank range into the lower left corner of the Wildcat net.
  • UDC finished with a slim 17-15 edge in total shots and both teams put eight shots on goal.
  • Graduate student Marcos Lerma Escobar (Zaragoza, Spain) went the distance in goal in his final game as a Wildcat and made five saves.
  • Senior Javier Abadia Torres recorded six saves for the Firebirds.

GAME NOTES

  • Today's game marked the ninth all-time meeting between Daemen and UDC. The Firebirds own a 8-0-1 advantage in the all-time series. Three of the previous four meetings have been decided by one goal.
  • Daemen's seven wins this season ties the program record for most wins in a season. The Wildcats also registered seven wins in 2005, 2006 and 2017.
  • This season marks the first season (other the COVID-19 shorten 2020 season) that Daemen has finished .500 or better.
  • Bartlo enjoy an outstanding senior season and closed out the year as the team leader in goals (10), assists (4) and points (24). His 10 goals and 24 points are the most by a Daemen player in a season during the program's NCAA Division II era (2015-present). He broke the record held by Noah Keem, who totaled nine goals and 22 points in 2017.


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