HACKETTSTOWN. N.J. (Oct. 31, 2015)- Powered by three second half goals, the Centenary College men's soccer team rallied to a 3-1 victory over Marywood University in the regular season finale on Senior Day.  Sophomore Justin White (Minehill, N.J. / Dover) scored the game-winner for the Cyclones, who improve to 11-7 overall and 6-3 in the CSAC. They also have clinched a playoff spot in the CSAC Tournament next week. Cody Gangaware scored the lone goal for the Pacers who fall to 7-7-3 overall, and 6-2-1 in the CSAC, but had already clinched the #2 seed in the playoffs before Saturday's contest.

The first half was extremely even, as both teams recorded seven shots apiece. Marywood got on the scoreboard first as Daniel Hull chipped the ball to Gangaware in the middle of the six yard box. Gangaware played the ball, turned and fired for the 1-0 lead in the 28^th minute. That goal would remain the difference as both teams entered halftime.

In the second half, the underclassmen would steal the spotlight from the seniors. Sophomore Richy Castro (Landing, N.J. / Roxbury) led the charge as he scored the game-tying goal in the 60^th minute, off a long thru ball from junior Chris Bonilla (Newark, N.J. / St. Benedict's Prep). The Cyclones kept their foot on the gas as they would outshoot the Pacers 15-2 in the second stanza.

White would net what proved to be the game-winner in the 76^th minute, as he headed the ball in off a deflected save by Marywood netminder Kevin Sullivan, to take a 2-1 lead. Centenary would net an insurance goal in the 88^th minute as junior Luis Marin (Union City, N.J. / Union Hill) played the ball wide to freshman Josh Weiss (Hackettstown, N.J. / Hackettstown). Weiss dribbled towards the net and ripped a shot that was deflected into the upper right hand corner of the goal.

Before the game, Head Coach Keith O'Connor and his staff honored seniors Kyle Maris (Stewartsville, N.J. / Phillipsburg), Sean Robinson (Mount Olive, N.J. / Mount Olive), Makenson Joseph (Haute-Feuille, Merchant Dessalines / Irvington), Abiodun Lawal (Irvington, N.J. / Irvington), Ian Kirkpatrick (Audubon, N.J. / Audubon), Nick DePasquale (Toms River, N.J. / Toms River East), Glenn Brennen (Butler, Pa. / Butler Area) and Jesse Goleman (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Taylor Allderdice).

Coach O'Connor and the Cyclones will return to action on Tuesday Nov. 3^rd, as they will host an opponent to be determined in the Quarterfinals of the CSAC Tournament. Stay tuned to centenarycyclones.com or follow the twitter feed @CentCyclones_NJ to find out the time and opponent for Tuesday's matchup.