Box Score (Valhalla, NY) - Tied 2-2 at halftime during a hotly-contested regular season finale, the Westchester Community College Men's Soccer team put together perhaps their best second-half of the 2017 season as the Vikings went on a 4-0 run to defeat visiting Middlesex Community College, 6-2 at Barrett Field. With the win, the Vikings close the 2017 regular season with an 8-4 record.

On 'Sophomore Day' it was sophomore Jamar Gayle who made the game a battle early as he scored on an assist from Miguel Perez to open the scoring in the ninth minute. After a Blue Colt goal in the 12th minute, Gayle found the back of the net in the 34th minute to give WCC a 2-1 lead. However, a late Middlesex CC goal tied things at the break.

While Middlesex CC (5-11) focused on shutting Gale down during the second half, the Vikings focused on scoring goals, finding pay-dirt four times during a 12-minute span to blow the game wide open. In the 59th minute, Gale found Luis Morales off the rush to make it 3-2 WCC. Six minutes later, freshman Mate Mgeladze scored a nifty goal off of a Perez assist to give the VIkings a 4-2 lead. After several Middlesex scoring opportunities, Westchester put the game away with consecutive goals during a span of less than a minute for the 6-2 final. Mgeladze scored his second of the game in the 70th minute off of a David Perez assist to make it 5-2, and Perez scored less than a minute later off of a Manuel Tejeira helper for the final goal of the game.

Freshman Jose Castrillo earned the win in net for WCC.

Westchester Community College returns to action on Saturday, October 21 when the Vikings travel to Suffolk Community College for the opening round of Region XV playoff action. Suffolk defeated WCC 3-2 on October 5. The game will begin at 12:00 p.m.

Note: Prior to the start of play, sophomores Chris Jimenez, Luis Lua, Luis Morales, Manuel Tejeira, Jamar Gayle, Joel Arevalo, David Gamboa, and Ivan Ochoa were honored for their two seasons of meritorious play for WCC. The outstanding sophomore class led the Vikings to two consecutive Mid-Hudson Conference Championships, and trips to the Region XV post-season.