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Dillon Barna	Hugo Pizano	Dan Sargent

Three members of the Westmont Men’s Soccer Team have been recognized by the Golden State Athletic Conference for their outstanding performances. Seniors Dillon Barna and senior Hugo Pizano were named to the 2009 All-GSAC Men’s Soccer Team while junior Dan Sargent was recognized as a GSAC Scholar-Athlete.

After 110 minutes of scoreless soccer, Westmont and The Master’s decided who would advance to the GSAC championship game by shooting penalty kicks. The top-seeded Mustangs won the PK battle 5-3 and will host Biola next Saturday for the GSAC title. Biola defeated Azusa Pacific this afternoon by a score of 1-0.

“We continued to defend well against a very good team,” said Westmont Head Coach Dave Wolf. “The Master’s is a tough team to keep off the board.”

The Master’s out shot the Warriors 16 to eight but held only a six to five shots-on-goal advantage. Matt McNab had six saves for the Warriors.

“We were pretty good early in the game,” said Wolf, “but I think all the travel and set backs began to show up as the game went on. We started getting more into the game again near the end of regulation and into the overtime periods.”

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Freshman midfielder Isaac Thompkins took only one shot during the Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament first round game between Westmont and Concordia on Wednesday afternoon in Irvine. However, it proved to be the only shot which mattered as the Warriors defeated the Eagles by a score of 1-0 in overtime.

As a result, the Warriors will advance to the semifinals on Saturday to take on The Master’s in a two o’clock game in Santa Clarita. The Master’s, which is seeded number one and ranked at number seven, defeated California Baptist by a score of 1-0 on a goal in the fourth minute by Joel Peluffo.

“It is always fun to win on the road,” said junior forward Daniel Torres who was awarded an assist on the Warriors’ goal. “The tournament just makes it that much better.”

The Warriors seemed to struggle to find their pace as the game began.

“In the first half we dodged some bullets,” acknowledged Westmont Head Coach Dave Wolf. “I didn’t think we played badly, but I thought Concordia was really sharp.”

Westmont goalkeeper Mat McNab helped keep the Warriors in the game with three first half saves, including a spectacular save in the nineteenth minute. The Eagle’s Jon Fahey fired a low shot to the far post from 10 yards out on the right-hand side . McNab lunged to his right knocking the ball away from the goal and ending Concordia’s threat.

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Playing in the final game of the regular season, Hugo Pizano and Doug Harrell each scored twice as Westmont Men’s Soccer shutout Vanguard 4-0 on the Lions’ home field.

“It was and incredible performance. The best regular season performance I’ve seen in probably 10 years,” said Westmont Head Coach Dave Wolf. “They didn’t put a foot wrong the entire evening. It was a great way to end up the regular season.”

Westmont’s first goal came in the tenth minute of the game when Harrell collected a loose ball and fired off a shot from 18 yards out.

“Doug was the best player on a night when we had a bunch of very, very good players,” proclaimed Wolf. “It was a great individual effort. He shook a defender on the edge of the box and hammered a low hard shot. It got us off to a great start and continued what I think has been a really good stretch for him.”

In the twenty-seventh minute, Pizano gave the Warriors a 2-0 lead on a play that involved a bit of trickery.

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Westmont Men’s Soccer suffered a 2-1 loss at the hands of #14 The Master’s on Wednesday afternoon at Russ Carr Field. As a result of the loss, the Warriors fall to 4-5 in Golden State Athletic Conference play and 6-7 overall. The Mustangs, who currently sit atop the GSAC standings, improved to 13-2-1 overall and 8-1 in the GSAC.

Jacob Marchesani opened the scoring for the Mustangs in the seventh minute of play when he dribbled across the face of the goal from left to right before firing a shot into the net. After seventy-two minute of scoreless soccer, Doug Armstrong passed the ball to Marcelo Silva in front of the goal. Silva’s shot went into the left corner to give The Master’s a 2-0 advantage with just over 11 minutes left in regulation.

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Senior defender Dillon Barna scored two goals in a Westmont Men’s Soccer victory over Hope International (5-8-3, 0-7-1 GSAC) on Saturday in Fullerton. The 2-1 win gives the Warriors a 6-6 overall record and improves their conference mark to 4-4.

“This is a season where I’ve seen a lot of odd things happen,” said Westmont Head Coach Dave Wolf. “Today just seemed like a continuation of those oddities.”

Hope International scored in the twenty-second minute when Jesus Ramos passed a free kick to Bran Edgar. Edgar forwarded the pass to Matthew Howard in the box who scored with one touch.

Barna scored just two minutes later on a shot from midfield that was mishandled by Royal goalkeeper Matt Fike.

“There were definitely difficult field conditions and that may have contributed to the goal,” said Wolf. “Our game is predicated on the ability to pass the ball which was not facilitated by those conditions. Today’s game was very direct with a lot of headers. I told the guys at halftime that we had caught a couple of breaks and that I was glad they had taken advantage of those breaks.”

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Ninth-ranked Azusa Pacific scored in the sixty-seventh minute to take a 1-0 lead over Westmont Men’s Soccer on Tuesday afternoon in Azusa. But, in the final minute of regulation, the Cougars evened the score with an own-goal, sending the game into overtime. Azusa Pacific prevailed, however, scoring in the fifth minute of overtime to claim at 2-1 victory.

“We played a reasonably solid game against a very good team,” said Westmont Head Coach Dave Wolf. “However, we didn’t have enough to really threaten them.”

Cito Soriano opened the scoring on a shot to the far post from ten feet out on the left side.

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