PURCHASE, N.Y - The Manhattanville College men's soccer season came to a close on Thursday evening, as the Valiants were defeated by No. 5 Yeshiva University in the Skyline Conference Championship Semifinals, 2-0. With the loss, the top-seeded Valiants will end the season with a record of 9-5-4.
 
The Valiants tallied four shots in the first half with two on goal from Eli Pardo (Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon), and the Macabees recorded seven shots with three on goal from Lucas Baredes. 
 
A scoreless first half then led to an action-packed second. The Valiants had two shots with one on goal from Jostyn Blanco (Norwalk, CT/Brien Mcmahon High School). The Macabees had four shots with three on goal from Josh Ziarno, David Abittan, and Baredes. 
 
Then in the 58^th minute, the score would be broken open as a shot from Ethan Fettaya bounced off a Manhattanville defender and corralled into the net for the first Yeshiva goal. 
 
The Valiants looked for an equalizer, but in the 69th minute, a costly foul would line up Baredes with a penalty shot opportunity. The shot would beat Valiants' goalkeeper Luis Granados (Pasadena, Calif./St. Francis) in the lower left corner to put Yeshiva up, 2-0. 
 
Matt Rabadi (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay Senior) would tally two shots with one on goal in the final 20 minutes but Manhattanville was unable to get on the board and provide a comeback to make their way to the championship game. 
 
The Macabees held a 7-2 advantage in corner kicks. 
 
In net, Granados made six saves while allowing two goals. The junior goalkeeper will end the season with a 0.82 goals against average, the third-lowest in program history.

The Maccabees advance to the Skyline Conference Finals, where they will take on the winner of tonight's Farmingdale-Merchant Marine matchup on Sunday.

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