Union College Athletics

The 2009 All-ECAC Men’s Soccer Upstate All-Stars were announced Wednesday and Union College freshman forward #Sebastiaan Jansen# was named Rookie of the Year. He also joined senior midfielder #Ryan Banagan# as second-team selections.

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Senior forward #Jack Scott# scored with less than four minutes remaining to send the men’s soccer Liberty League Championship game into overtime where second-seeded Hobart defeated fourth-seeded Union, 2-1, to earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Dutchmen, who are now 11-6-2, wait to see if they will receive one of 17 at-large bids to participate in the 59-team NCAA Tournament. A news release announcing the teams selected to the championship will be posted on NCAA.com Sunday, Nov. 8.with a bracket to follow Monday, Nov. 9, at approximately 10 a.m.

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The Union College men's soccer team rallied with less than five minutes to go in regulation and then junior forward #John Manna# scored the game-winner in the 103rd minute to give the Dutchmen a 3-2 victory at top-seeded Rensselaer on Wednesday. Union finds itself in the Liberty League Championship for the second consecutive season and will travel to second-seeded Hobart on Saturday (time is TBD). The Dutchmen, who are now 11-6-5, have handed the sixth-ranked Engineers (13-2-2) their only two losses of the season.

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