Kissimmee, FL – Play at the 2024 NCCAA DII Men’s Soccer National Championship opened on Monday, November 18, with #1 Bob Jones University defeating #8 Randall University 3-2, and #4 Grace Christian University defeating #5 Kansas Christian College 3-1 in Pool A, while #2 Boyce College defeated #7 Spurgeon College 5-3, and #6 Crown College defeated #3 Barclay College 1-0. 
 
#1 Bob Jones University 3, #8 Randall University 2
 
A goal from Bryce Ramler with 44 seconds left gave #1 Bob Jones the 3-2 victory over #8 Randall to open the day in Pool A. 
 

• Randall took a 1-0 lead just 4:07 into the match, thanks to a goal by Abraham Dzintars off an assist from Jason Montanez Martinez
• Bob Jones answered with a penalty kick later in the half by Mario Figueroa to square the match at 1-1 at the half.
• Ryan Boldt gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead just three minutes into the second half off assists from Matthias Baladi from David Issa. 
• Missael Castro of Randall tied the match after a pass from Ivan Cardenas in the 59^th minute.
• Ralmer’s game-winning goal is his fourth of the season.
• Bob Jones outshot Randall 24-6, will 11 shots on goal to two in favor of the Bruins.

 
#2 Boyce College 5, #7 Spurgeon College 3
 
A hat trick from Ben Sowers proved to be enough for #2 Boyce, as the Bulldogs held on to a 5-3 win over #7 Spurgeon in game one of Pool B.
 

• Sowers scored his first goal just 2:29 into the match, but a goal by Sage Ballard off an assist from Eduard Mangalagiu in the seventh minute tied the contest at one goal apiece.
• Boyce answered in the 15^th minute with a goal from Yonelson Alvarez off an assist from Sowers, but Caleb Hawkins tied the match off a ball from Sage Ballard to square the match back at 2-2.
• Alvarez gave Boyce the lead back in the 42^nd minute off a pass from Joel Issac. The Bulldogs swelled the lead just 42 seconds later off a second goal from Sowers to put Boyce ahead 4-2 at the half.
• Jack Downey kept Spurgeon’s hopes alive in the second half off an assist from Rylen Ballard to cut the lead to 4-3 with 13:05 left in the contest.
• Sowers completed the hat trick with a clutch penalty kick with less than eight minutes left in the match to give Boyce the 5-3 victory.

 
#4 Grace Christian University 3, #5 Kansas Christian College 1
 
A pair of second half goals pushed #2 Grace Christian over #7 Kansas Christian College 3-1 to close out the opening round of Pool A.
 

• Kansas Christian took a 1-0 lead off a penalty kick by Javier Sanchez early in the first half.
• Nathan Davis tied the match with just ten minutes left in the opening stanza off a pass from Ben Pollock.
• The Tigers needed just 48 seconds into the second half to take the lead, as Caden Petroelje found Ryan Conkright in front of the goal to put GCU on top 2-1.
• Nathan Davis tallied another point thanks to an assist on a Ben Pollock goal with less than three minutes left in the match to clinch the 3-1 victory for Grace Christian.

 
#6 Crown College 1, #3 Barclay College 0
 
A clean sheet from Leo Roque gave #6 Crown the 1-0 victory over #3 Barclay to wrap up day one of play in Pool B at the 2024 NCCAA DII Men’s Soccer National Championship.
 

• The lone goal of the match came from Isaac Schultz off an assist from Omar Navarro with less than two minutes left in the first half.
• Both keepers were busy, as Roque had four saves for Crown while Luan Nascimento picked up eight saves for Barclay.
• Both teams totaled 12 shot attempts, but Barclay had four shots on goal compared to nine for Crown. 

 
Day two of pool play at the 2024 NCCAA DII Men’s Soccer National Championship begins at 1:00 PM ET on Tuesday, November 19. Full results and a schedule of the matches can be found here.
 
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