October 28, 2022
Garden City, NY – The Men's Soccer team's season came to a disappointing end on Wednesday as they were defeated by top seeded Nassau Community College 5-1.  Though the match was close for much of 2^nd half, the Lions pulled away late to seal the victory.  Westchester had high hopes for the matchup, as earlier in the season they were narrowly defeated 2-1 by the #4 team in the country. 

The Vikings found themselves behind almost immediately as Nassau kept scoring pressure on for much of the first half.  At the 13-minute mark, Silas Stewart Caws of NCC sent a shot through heavy traffic in the 18-yard box that Keeper Nicolas Nunez (Yonkers, NY/Saunders HS) had little chance of deflecting as he saw it late.  15 minutes later, Westchester committed a foul in the box resulting in a converted penalty kick by Nassau.  The score remained 2-0 heading into the half.

Westchester got back into the match on a breakaway by Exon Umanzor (Ossining, NY/Ossinings HS).  Umanzor controlled a ball that Nassau attempted to settle and beat the last defender to blast a shot past the keeper to get the Vikings on the board and pull to 2-1.  The team kept their chances of tying the game alive until the 75^th minute, when the Lions scored off of a header to extend the lead to 3-1.  From there, Nassau scored twice within the last 8 minutes to send the Vikings home for the season.
 
The 2022 Men's Soccer team finishes the season with an 8-9 overall record.  They appeared in the Mid-Hudson Conference Championship game for the 7^th straight season and had several signature wins and close losses.