Photo: Megan White

The Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team defeated Moravian College in the Landmark Conference Championship Semifinals Oct. 31, 2-1.

Junior Will Connolly made his first goal of the season that would eventually take the win for the Blue Jays.

Early in the game, the Moravian Greyhounds made a goal that gave them the lead. This was Moravian’s first Landmark Championship tournament since 2007.

Moravian made 13 shots, with six on goal. The Blue Jays’ goalkeeper, senior Brian Gately, turned aside most of these shots.

Etown’s first goal was scored in the first period between senior Gilbert Waso, assisted by sophomore Eli Perry.

The Blue Jays had the home-field advantage Sunday, Nov. 4 for the Landmark Championship title game. Etown was up against the Catholic University of America and took the title for the first time with a winning score 1-0.

Sophomore Clark Williamson scored his first career goal for Etown, which earned the win for the Blue Jays.

This is the first conference title since 2006, when the team was part of the MAC Commonwealth.

This was Catholic’s first championship game since 2014, and they almost took a lead at nine minutes in, but it was blocked by Gately. This happened again about 30 seconds later in the game when they tried for another shot.

Once the Blue Jays got momentum, there was no stopping them. First-year Jorge Sanchiz made one of the first shots for Etown, followed by another shot from Waso, but these were saved by Catholic’s goalkeeper.

Senior Danny Sullivan assisted Williamson with the winning goal, 62 minutes in.

The game ended with six fouls between both teams, two red cards were played at 85 minutes. Overall Catholic received 18 fouls and Etown received 20.

The soccer team will play in the NCAA Division III Championship tournament for the first time since 2016 Saturday, Nov. 10 against Williams College.