Box Score Poughkeepsie, NY -  A golden goal from freshman Christian DeRico (Arlington HS) in the ninth minute of overtime on Saturday sent the Dutchess Community College Men's Soccer team to the NJCAA Region 15 Tournament semifinals with 2-1 overtime win over Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC). The game, which was played at Pier 40 in Manhattan, pitted sixth-seeded DCC against No. 3 seed BMCC. Play was physical from the start and eight minutes into the game Manhattan's Daouda Coulibaly was called for denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity and BMCC were down to 10 players for the remainder of the game. Dutchess missed the resulting penalty kick.
 
The Falcons got on the board first when Manhattan allowed an own goal at the 24-minute mark. Six minutes later, the Panthers scored to tie the game. After a scoreless second half the two teams headed into overtime tied at one apiece. Late into the first of two 10-minute golden goal periods, DeRico scored off a beautiful one-touch finish from a pass from freshman Jair Cruz-Vazquez (Arlington, HS). In addition to advancing in tournament play, the win avenged a regular- season loss to BMCC.
 
Head Coach Jim Purdy said "The Falcons showed great heart in rebounding from a 7-1 loss to BMCC on October 5^th coming out and taking the game to a quality side. It was a great team victory."
 
Dutchess will face No. 2 seed Nassau Community College on Wednesday at the Mitchel Athletic Complex on Long Island. Kickoff is at 4:30 p.m. The winner advances to the Region 15 Championship and face either top-seeded Suffolk Community College or No. 5 Rockland Community College on Saturday, October 29.