The 2010 South Atlantic Conference regular season co-champions, Wingate enters the NCAA play-offs with 15-3 overall ledger. Anderson is 14-5-1 overall; the Trojans won the 2010 Food Lion SAC tournament Sunday with a 3-2 victory over Mars Hill College.
The 2010 season marks the fourth NCAA Tournament appearance for the Bulldogs. In 2009, Wingate defeated Flagler College 4-0 before falling to eventual national runner-up Lees-McRae College 6-3 in the second round.
Wingate has hosted a first-round match in three of its four appearances. In 2007, the Bulldogs fell 2-1 to Lincoln Memorial University at a neutral site. Wingate hosted an NCAA first round contest in 1999, dropping a tough 2-0 decision to Queens University of Charlotte.
On Oct. 27, Wingate senior forward Jamie McKenna (Blackpool, England) scored the match-winner as the host Bulldogs survived Anderson 2-1 in overtime at the WU Soccer Complex. Bulldog All-American senior midfielder Luke Mulholland (Preston, England) hit a streaking McKenna in stride with a pinpoint pass for the match-winning goal.
Four Wingate players earned first team All-SAC honors this year, while two more Bulldogs earned second team accolades. Bulldog head coach Gary Hamill was named the SAC Coach of the Year.
Mulholland and McKenna were joined on the All-SAC first team by senior goalkeeper Joey Calandra (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) and freshman defender Gui Andrade (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Senior midfielder Jack Vundum (Birmingham, England) and sophomore forward Gui Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) were second team selections. Defenders Corey McCollom (Monroe, N.C.) and Stephen Kehoe (Newry, Ireland) were voted to the All-Tournament team following the Food Lion SAC event.
Anderson junior midfielder Lasse Sohrweide (Flensburg, Germany) recorded a hat trick in the Trojans’ tournament championship victory over Mars Hill. He was named the Food Lion SAC tournament MVP. Earlier, Sohrweide was voted SAC Player of the Year by the league’s coaches.
The Wingate-Anderson winner will face semi-final host and number one seed the University of Montevallo (18-2-1 overall) Friday in Montevallo, Ala. The other side of the Southeast Regional bracket features number three seed Clayton State (Ga.) University (16-3 overall) and number six seed Lees-McRae (13-4-3 overall). The CSU-LMC winner will face number two seed Flagler (14-4-1 overall) Friday in Montevallo.
Watch the Wingate University web site for more details about Wednesday’s NCAA play-off match. The full bracket of the NCAA Division II men’s soccer tournament bracket can be viewed at the NCAA web site at www.ncaa.com.
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