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Men's Soccer Crowned CUNYAC Champs; Advanced To NCAA Tourney

Box Score Flushing, N.Y. - Goals by forwards Alexander Agyemang, Phillip Osei and Ebenezer Otoo gave Lehman College a 3-1 triumph over Baruch College in the CUNYAC Championship Final at Queen's College.  The result also qualified the Lightning to their first NCAA Division III Tournament since 2017.

Lehman (10-4-2) opened the scoring in the fourth minute when CUNYAC MVP Osei stole the ball from the Baruch (10-6) defense and fired a shot over the goalkeeper Kellen Sela for the 1-0 advantage.

The Lightning made it 2-0 in the 39th minute-mark with a tally from Agyemang off an assist from Osei.

After the Bearcats were left with 10 players following the ejection of midfielder Jonah Corney, teammate Frank Shkreli scored for the defending CUNYAC champion in the 86th minute.to make it 2-1.  However, a minute later the Lightning sealed conference title and a trip to the NCAA when Otoo tallied off a pass from forward Mohamed Ali Sogoba.

Lehman now awaits its NCAA Tournament Bid announcement scheduled for this coming Monday (November 7th) at 1 pm ET.
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