Accord, NY – History continues to write itself for the Men's Soccer team here at SUNY Westchester as the Vikings took home the Mid-Hudson Conference Tournament Championship last night with a 2-1 victory over SUNY Ulster.
 
The Conference title is the first for SUNY WCC since they won it back in 2019 ending a five-year drought. The Vikings would get on the scoreboard first in the 25^th minute with a Francesco Gigilo assisted by Christian Antunez. From there, Westchester would play sound defense in what has been their MO for their entire season thus far until halftime.
 
The Senators, who have been a perennial top-team in the conference winning the last four titles, would start the second half with a quick goal to tie the game at one in the 48^th minute. The Vikings would respond in the 60^th minute netting their second and ultimately the game-winning goal thanks to Oliver Tecuapetla who was assisted by Lenan Pepic. As the scoreboard time hit zero, SUNY WCC would edge top-seeded Ulster to regain the Conference Title.
 
The Vikings now look forward to the Region 15 Tournament heading in as the #2 seed with a 10-1-3 record. Westchester will host the #7 seeded Tigers of Queensborough Community College on Saturday October 26^th starting at 1pm. The Vikings took home a 5-1 victory over the Tigers back on September 10^th to open their season, however, no team in the 8-team playoff bracket can be taken lightly. All eight teams are above the .500 mark for winning percentage.
 
Make sure to come out Saturday afternoon wearing your Blue and Gold cheering on your Westchester Vikings!