(Valhalla, NY) - Franco Ladron De Guevarra (White Plains, NY/White Plains HS) enjoyed his best game of the 2018 season, registering five points after two goals and an assist, and Guilherme Griza (Novo Hamburgo-RS (Brazil)/Colegio Marista Pio XII) recorded his third shutout of the 2018 season as the Westchester Community College Men's Soccer team downed visiting SUNY Rockland, 3-0 on Tuesday afternoon at Barrett Field. With the win, the Vikings improve to 7-3-1 overall, 5-3-1 in Region XV play, and 2-0 in the Mid-Hudson Conference.

Prior to the game, De Guevarra, Mathew Rios (Yorktown, NY/Yorktown HS), Miguel Perez (Montrose, NY/Hendrick Hudson HS), Giovanni Gibaja (White Plains, NY/White Plains HS), Chris Vallejo (Pleasantville, NY/Pleasantville HS), and Bryan Terrones (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle HS) were honored on 'Sophomore Day' for all of their accomplishments during the last two seasons as the Vikings appeared on the home pitch for the final time during the 2018 regular season.

It was a chippy, physical game from the start that saw Westchester have the upper-hand for the entirety of play despite a close score for much of the game. After missing numerous early opportunities, WCC finally broke through at 33:50 when Ladron De Guevarra ran down the right alley, and found Lucas Rodrigues (White Plains, NY/White Plains HS) with a perfect crossing pass that Rodrigues fired to the back of the net for a 1-0 lead. The 1-0 score held until halftime despite a 13-4 edge in shots, and commanding edge in time-of-possession.

Westchester's possession edge finally wore the Hawks down after halftime as Ladron De Guevarra scored in transition off of an Anthony Aguirre (Sleepy Hollow, NY/Sleepy Hollow HS) assist at 55:08 to make it 2-0, and then scored after an incredible individual effort six minutes later for the 3-0 final.

Overall, Westchester out-shot the visitors 24-7, and held a 9-2 edge in corner kicks.

The win sets up two huge Mid-Hudson Conference away games to close out the 2018 regular season. The Vikings travel to Orange Community College on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 4:00 p.m., and then to Ulster Community College on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 6:00 p.m. at Dietz Stadium. A win over Orange will clinch a berth in the 2018 Mid-Hudson Conference Championship Game on Tuesday, Oct. 16, which will make the Saturday game at Ulster CC a game to determine who will host the Mid-Hudson Conference Final. Thursday's game at Orange CC will also be the final Region XV game of the season for Westchester CC as they continue to battle for regional playoff seeding.