{"id":222529,"date":"2023-11-13T15:26:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T20:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=222529"},"modified":"2023-11-13T15:26:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T20:26:13","slug":"mens-soccer-advances-to-sweet-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2023\/11\/13\/mens-soccer-advances-to-sweet-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Soccer Advances to Sweet 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Montclair State University men\u2019s soccer team has advanced to the Sweet 16 for the ninth time in program history after a pair of victories this weekend at MSU Soccer Park in the opening rounds of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/brackets\/soccer-men\/d3\/2023\">2023 NCAA Division III Men\u2019s Soccer Tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a <a href=\"https:\/\/montclairathletics.com\/news\/2023\/11\/11\/no-5-mens-soccer-blanks-elmira-2-0-in-ncaa-tournament-opener.aspx\">2-0 victory over Elmira College<\/a> in the Tournament\u2019s opening round, the Red Hawks (19-2-1) notched a <a href=\"https:\/\/montclairathletics.com\/news\/2023\/11\/12\/moving-on-no-5-mens-soccer-outlasts-christopher-newport-3-1.aspx\">dramatic 3-1 double-overtime victory<\/a> over Christopher Newport University to advance to the Tournament\u2019s Sectional Round next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Tied 1-1 at the end of regulation, junior forward <a href=\"https:\/\/montclairathletics.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/amer-lukovic\/21298\">Amer Lukovic<\/a> netted a pair of goals \u2013 completing his hat trick for the match and giving him five goals through the first two matches of the Tournament \u2013 in the second overtime to lift Montclair past the Captains in extra time.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Hawks will travel to the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia for the Sectional Round of 16, where they will take on Connecticut College on Saturday, November 18 at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are over 400 teams in Division III, and being a part of the last 16 is a huge accomplishment for this group,\u201d says Head Men\u2019s Soccer Coach Todd Tumelty. \u201cWe are well-traveled, and we will continue to take the \u2018one game at a time\u2019 approach to this tournament. We appreciate the University community\u2019s support as we continue our postseason run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Watch the NCAA Tournament Sectional Round<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When: Saturday, November 18 @ 1:30 p.m.<br \/>\nWhere: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\">University of Mary Washington<\/a> (Fredericksburg, Virginia)<br \/>\nWatch: <a href=\"https:\/\/team1sports.com\/umweagles\/?bfplayvid=744284\">Click here to watch the live broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on Montclair State University athletics, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/montclairathletics.com\">montclairathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Output tags as a list for Google Analytics custom dimension\nwindow.MSU_TagList = [\"Functional Announcements\"];\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Double-overtime win against Christopher Newport sends Red Hawks to NCAA Sectional Round<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":222531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,123],"tags":[444],"class_list":["post-222529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-homepage-news","tag-functional-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222530,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222529\/revisions\/222530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}