ALC Soccer drops second game in NCCAA DII National Tournament to Great Lakes Christian (MI), 5-2
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Grace Christian University (11-7-3, 0-0-0) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Alice Lloyd (KY) (12-3-4, 0-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kissimmee, FL: On November 18th, the Alice Lloyd College Eagles returned to the Sunshine State of Florida for their second game in Pool B play in the 2025 Division II Men's Soccer National Championship. In this contest, the #2 seeded Kentucky boys would face #6 Grace Christian (MI). Unfortunately, the match would favor the Michigan squad as they took control quickly and pulled out for the 5-2 victory.
The scoring started just eight minutes in when GLC's Caden Petroelje took an errant pass and drove in a shot from near midfield to give his squad a 1-0 lead. Then,at 18:03, CJ Kazmerski struck again for the northern club to lift them to a 2-0 cushion.
Happily, just 18 seconds later, ALC dinted the scoreboard when Luis Sarabia took a pass delivered by Maddux Camden and Alex DeWolf to slice the deficit in half, 2-1. Unfortunately, Grace would answer at 39:01 when Gavin McTavish managed to put the ball in the net. This gave Great Lakes a 3-1 advantage at intermission.
In the second half, Alice Lloyd looked to get on the scoreboard, but saw GLC continue their inspired play. At 48:36, Isaac VanderMolen delivered another score, and the Michigan club now held a stunning 4-1 lead.
In desperate need of a score, ALC got one back when Sarabia fed Dylan Moore, and he delivered the goods to make the score 4-2. However, Great Lakes hunkered down on defense and gave up no more points. Eventually, at 84:09, GL's Austin Engel would deliver the clincher, producing a point to make the scoreboard read 5-2. This would hold until the final horn sounded.
On the day, GLC (11-7-3) led in shots (19-11), shots-on-goal (6-4), and fouls (24-7). The squads tied, with 5 corner kicks apiece.
Offensively, Sarabia and Moore produced the goals while Sarabia, Camden, and DeWolf were credited with assists. Defensively, Kalin Schneider recorded 1 saves and allowed 5 goals for the Caney club while Great Lakes Logan Werschem allowed 2 scores and made 2 saves.
The Eagles (12-3-4) will next face #3 Pensecola Christian College on Thursday at 6:00pm to conclude pool play on Thursday at 6:00pm. The overall winner of this pool will meet the winner of Pool A on Saturday at 6:00pm for the national championship.
Following the second day of action, the standings currently read as follows:
Pool A
| SCHOOL | WLT | PTS | GS | GA | GD |
| #1 Toccoa Falls College | 2-0-0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| #5 Central Christian College of the Bible | 1-1-0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| #4 Boyce College | 0-1-1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 |
| #8 Southwestern Adventist University | 0-1-1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 |
Pool B
| SCHOOL | WLT | PTS | GS | GA | GD |
| #3 Pensacola Christian College | 1-0-1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| #6 Grace Christian University | 1-1-0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| #7 Faith Baptist Bible College | 0-0-2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| #2 Alice Lloyd College | 0-1-1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 |
NOTE: These tables do not represent the 3 goal limits for tiebreakers from the handbook. See the tiebreaker guidelines for more info.
Win= 3 points
Tie= 1 point
Loss= 0 points
WLT= Wins-Losses-Ties
PTS= Points
GS= Goals Scored
GA= Goals Against
GD= Goal Differential