Lyon Captures 1st USCAA Men's Soccer Title

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Lyon Scots scored twice in a ten-minute span of the second half to help propel them to a 3-0 victory over Bryant & Stratton-Syracuse for the 2024 USCAA Men’s Soccer Division I Championship on Monday afternoon. Erik Oliveira recorded a hat trick with assists on all three Lyon goals.

Lyon (11-5-4) opened the scoring with just under nine minutes left in the first half as Lucca Torres took a feed from Oliveira and blasted one into the back of the net for a 1-0 lead at the 36:18 mark.

In the second half, Bryant & Stratton-Syracuse (8-2-1) had a couple of chances in the middle of the half as shots were swatted away by goalkeeper Gabriel Rangel.

The Scots pushed the lead to 2-0 as Gustavo Giesbrecht was on the receiving end of an Oliveira pass 64:44 into the game. Oliveira aided the final goal at 74:53 as he connected with Matheus Nunes for the 3-0 lead.

The Bobcats held an 18-15 advantage in shots, while Lyon had an 8-4 lead in shots on goal. Rangel recorded four saves for the clean sheet.

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

Stanton University: Freshman, Midfielder, Francesco De Maroc

Five Towns College: Sophore, Midfielder, Sebestian Cuenca

Stanton University: Freshman, Midfielder, Lucas Valle

Five Towns College: Sophomore, Midfielder, Erick Giron

Bryant & Stratton Syracuse: Freshman, Forward, Tyriq Armstrong

Lyon College: Sophomore, Forward, Erik Oliveira

Bryant & Stratton Syracuse: Freshman, Midfielder, Jessie Kwasi

Lyon College: Sophomore, Defender, Tomas Biasi

Bryant & Stratton Syracuse: Freshman, Forward, Alvaro Carrera-Aguire

Lyon College: Freshman, Forward, Lucas Torres

TOURNAMENT MVP

Lyon College: Sophomore, Keeper, Gabriel Rangel