Minneapolis, MN- The NCCAA North Regional Men's Soccer Tournament would kickoff it's second day (11/4) with two men's contest's being played at Elliot Park on the campus of North Central University. The first matchup of the day began at 9am between the #6 seed Crown College Polars and the #2 seed Faith Baptist University Eagles. The second game for the men's tournament kicked off at 11:30am with a matchup between the #4 seed North Central University Rams and the #1 seed Providence-Manitoba University College Pilots. 

    In the first game, The Polars came out the gates swinging as Tim Jaeger would score the first goal of the game in the fourth minute giving them the 1-0 lead. Both teams would play great defense as no team was either to break the other until the thirty-sixth minute as Omar Navarro would break through the defense and score the second goal of the game to give Crown a 2-0 lead heading into the half. Just as in the first half Crown would come out hot as they would pick up their third goal of the game from Diego Romero in the forty-ninth minute. The Eagles would play their heart out but in the seventieth minute Brock Knick would score his first of his two goals for the game and in the eighty-second he would find the back of the goal again to give them a 5-0 lead. With the big lead and the little time remaining the Polars would ice the rest of the game out to seal the win for them as they will move onto the championship game.
 
    In the second game, there was lots of action between the North Central Rams and the Providence-Manitoba Pilots. The first half remained dead even for most of it as neither team was able to score until the thirty-fourth minute. In that minute Gareth Rainer would score to give the Pilots a 1-0 lead. It didn't take much for the Pilots to keep on rolling as they used the momentum to find the back of the net again as Elen Ibrahimavich would score in the thirty-eighth minute to give the Pilots a 2-0 lead. The Rams would quickly answer back as in the forty-first minute Alex Chacich would put the Rams on the board with their first goal of the game to bring it the score to 2-1. Before the Rams could finish celebrating the Pilots would score a goal in the forty-second minute Elen would pick up his second goal of the half. The game would head into the half at a score of 3-1. The second half would start out with a slow beginning as neither team could take full command of the half but just as the seventy-first minute would strike Gareth would score his second goal of the game to give the Polars a 4-1 lead over the Rams. Elliott Lebsack on one knee would keep the Rams hopes alive as in the seventy-sixth minute he would score the Rams second goal of the game to bring the score to 4-2. In the eighty-fifth minute Dan Mikaeo would bring the Rams to within one as he weaved through the defense to bring the game to 4-3. For the last five minutes with the season on the line the Rams would give it everything they had but weren't able to find a crack in the defense and the Pilots would win 4-3. 

Looking Ahead: 
#1 seed Providence-Manitoba will take on the #6 seed Crown College on Saturday, November 5 at 1:00pm for the Championship.


Click here to see the tournament bracket.