No. 3 Men’s Soccer advances to OCAA Final Four
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Conestoga (1-1-0, 1-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Humber (1-0-0, 1-0-0) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
By: Sara Poraria
Humber Athletics Communications
VAUGHAN – Needing a win to advance to the championship tournament and defend its provincial title, No. 3 Humber men's soccer blanked Conestoga in the quarter-final round, 5-0. Marcos Nunes paced the way with a hat trick, as the Hawks (6-0-1) secured their tenth consecutive trip to the OCAA final four.
In the tenth minute, Jacob Rodrigues intercepted a pass from a Conestoga defender and chipped the ball over to a streak Abdul Babawale. Babawale then made a nice pass to Nunes at the top of the box, who buried his first of the match, beating the diving keeper to the left side.
Less than ten minutes later, Nunes scored his second of the match when Federico Leal's free-kick was saved by the keeper but the rebound deflected to him in the box for the easy tap-in.
Humber went into the break with a two-goal lead, dominating the pace of play while outshooting the Condors, 12-3.
Looking to put the match out of reach, Leaford Allen found a streaking Nunes in the 65th minute, who split two defenders and buried his third goal of the match.
With less than 15 minutes remaining, Luca Uccello assisted on the final two Humber goals, finding Karamvir Mehmi and Leaford Allen, as the Hawks went on to win, 5-0.
Humber Highlights
- Humber improves to 25-3 all-time in the quarter-final round and 4-0 all-time against Conestoga in the postseason.
- Marcos Nunes joins Adolfo Mella (1994) and Jesse Calabro (1999) as the only Humber players to record a hat trick during the OCAA postseason. Nunes now has 41 career tallies, two behind Calabro's program record of 43.
- Leaford Allen recorded his third postseason tally, while rookie Karamvir Mehmi added the first of his career.
- Holger Xhameta made one save to record his first career postseason clean sheet
- It was the final home match for Marcos Nunes, Nicholas Frenati, Karman Singh, Michael Fayehun, Uday Arora, Luca Gasparotto and Osman Hussein
What's Next?
No. 3 Humber will head to the OCAA Final Four tournament, hosted by St. Clair College. The Hawks will face the Saints (6-2-0) in the semifinal on Oct. 29, with kick-off set for 4 p.m.
