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The Wilmington University men’s soccer team is advancing to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament semifinals after defeating the Caldwell University Cougars in the first round.
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Game Recap:
Wilmington University takes home a 3-1 win!
The Wildcats struck first when freshman forward Vaughn Clement put the ball in the net in the ninth minute to give his team a 1-0 lead. Junior midfielder Akira Itadani assisted on the goal.
WilmU kept Caldwell off the board, holding the Cougars to five shots.
It was Clement’s day to shine as, in the 62nd minute, he blasted his second goal of the day to push the Cats’ edge to 2-0. Junior forward Matthew Yi assisted on the goal.
At the 70-minute mark, Caldwell would get on the board with a successful penalty kick to cut the score to 2-1.
Clement would seal the door on the first-round tourney win when, at the 90th-minute mark, he found the ball in the air and tapped it in the upper right corner of the net to give his team a 3-1 victory and earned himself a hat trick.
Wilmington outshot the Cougars 10-1 in the second half.
Stats and standouts:
The standouts in the game for the Wildcats were Vaughn Clement, Matthew Yi, Akira Itadani, and sophomore goalie Nick Kormann.
Clement had six shots, five shots on goal, and scored three goals in the game.
Yi had two shots, one shot on goal, and one assist in the win.
Itadani had two shots and one assist in the match.
Kormann allowed zero goals and had one save in 90 minutes in the win.
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