CALDWELL, N.J. -- Caldwell men's soccer has earned the #4 seed in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament and will host fifth-seeded Wilmington on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Caldwell Athletic Field, the league announced today.
The Cougars finished the regular season at 7-3-1 in conference play, good for 22 points in the 12-team table. That record included victories over each of the teams seeded ahead of them (2-1 vs. #1 Post on 10/16; 1-0 vs. #2 Georgian Court on 10/19; and 1-0 at Felician on 9/24).
In the head-to-head matchup with Wilmington earlier this year in Delaware, freshman midfielder
Haakon Rake (Lommedalen, Norway) had the Cougars' goal in a 1-1 draw.
The Cougars (8-5-3 overall) are paced offensively by junior midfielder
Ingebrigt Braenden (Trondheim, Norway) with three goals and eight assists for 14 points, sophomore forward
Theodore Hertzenberg (Lommedalen, Norway) (6-0-12) and sophomore defender
Yigit Kilic (Istanbul, Turkiye) (4-2-10). Sophomore goalkeeper
Justin Talbot (Moorestown, N.J.) has been one of the region's top netminders all season, posting a 0.90 GAA and league-best .838 save percentage and four shutouts.
The contest marks Caldwell men's soccer's first home CACC Tournament game since November 1, 2018, when they topped Nyack, 2-1.
The winner of the Caldwell-Wilmington matchup will face the winner of #1 Post vs. #8 Jefferson on Wednesday. If Post wins, the contest will be in Waterbury, Conn. Should Jefferson pull the upset, the semifinal game would be played at the Caldwell-Wilmington winner's home pitch. All games can be seen live on the
CACC Network.
2024 CACC MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION
Seeding
1. Post
2. Georgian Court
3. Felician
4. Caldwell
5. Wilmington
6. Bridgeport
7. Goldey-Beacom
8. Jefferson
Schedule
Quarterfinals (Sunday, Nov. 10, at Sites of Highest Seeds)
#8 Jefferson at #1 Post (1 p.m.)
#5 Wilmington at #4 Caldwell (1 p.m.)
#7 Goldey-Beacom at #2 Georgian Court (1 p.m.)
#6 Bridgeport at #3 Felician (1 p.m.)
Semifinals (Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Sites of Highest Seeds)
Post/Jefferson Winner vs. Caldwell/WilmU Winner (1 p.m.)
GCU/G-B Winner vs. FelU/UB Winner (1 p.m.)
Championship Final (Sunday, Nov. 17, at Wilmington University)
Semifinal Winner vs. Semifinal Winner (10 a.m.)
