New Haven, CT (10/31/10) Bloomfield College, the fifth-ranked team in the East Region, has secured the top seed for the upcoming Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Soccer Tournament. The quarter-finals will be played on Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 2:00 pm. Georgian Court University will host the semi-final and championship rounds on Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 4 and 6.  Dominican College has earned the third seed in the tournament.

Philadelphia University clinched the No. 2 seed, while Dominican College will serve as the No. 3 seed. Wilmington University is seeded fourth. Bloomfield, Philadelphia, Dominican and Wilmington will all host quarter-final contests on their home fields on Tuesday.

Bloomfield was ranked as high as 13^th in the nation on Oct. 12 and is now ranked fifth in the East Region. The Deacons, who advanced to the tournament championship game last season, concluded the regular-season 13-3-1 overall and 10-0-1 in conference play. BC features a potent offense, as the team ranks first in the CACC with 47 goals and 2.76 goals per-game. The team has scored at least three goals in a game nine times this season. The Deacons are also firing the most shots per-game in the conference, with 18.53. The Deacons also have a solid defense and rank fourth in the conference with 1.18 goals allowed per-game. Senior Dwayne Reid and junior Terry Gibbs are the two highest-scoring players in the conference. Reid leads with 15 goals scored and 35 total points, while Gibbs is second in both categories with 12 goals and 27 points.  Bloomfield faces No. 8 Holy Family University in the quarter-final round. In their earlier match-up this season, Bloomfield came away with a 3-1 victory on Oct. 9.  The Tigers went 7-8-3 overall and 4-5-2 in conference play this season.

Philadelphia secured the No. 2 seed with an 8-2-1 conference record and an 11-5-2 overall mark. The Rams recently scored a 1-0 win against No. 6 regionally-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas College on Oct. 25, while tying Bloomfield on Oct. 16. The Rams will be led by junior Ryan Purnell, who is tied for fourth in the CACC with 19 points behind six goals and seven assists. Senior Wojciech Sliwinski is tied for 10^th with five goals. Freshman goalie Alex Heston ranks second in the CACC in goals-against average (0.85) and save percentage (0.855).  Philadelphia will welcome Chestnut Hill in the opening round after turning back the Griffins on Oct. 28 by a 4-2 count. Chestnut Hill is paced by junior Gavin Reid, who is tied for eighth in the CACC with 15 points on seven goals and one assist. The Griffins enter the postseason with an overall record of 9-9 after going 5-6 in conference play.

Dominican enters the tournament as the eighth-ranked team in the East Region with a 12-3-2 overall record to go with a 7-2-2 conference mark. Junior goalkeeper Brandon Heembrock paces the conference in save percentage (0.870) and goals-against average (0.80), and is tied for top honors with six shutouts. Sophomore Alex Rodier is fifth in the CACC with 19 points and stands third with nine goals.  Sophomore Sony Narro is ranked fourth with six assists. The Chargers enter the tournament with an 8-0-2 mark in their last 10 games. DC will host Nyack College in the opening round a year being upset by the Warriors in last season's quarter-final round. Nyack, as the No. 7 seed, won the 2009 tournament championship and did not allow a goal in the process. Dominican won the regular-season contest this year between the clubs, 4-0, on Sept. 29. The Warriors went 8-10 overall and 5-6 in conference play this season and finished the regular-season by winning four of their last five games.

No. 4 Wilmington is currently 6-10-2 overall this season and went 5-5-1 in conference play. The Wildcats will face a Post University team that also went 5-5-1 in conference play. However, Wilmington earned the right to serve as the No. 4 seed and host a quarter-final game by virtue of upending the Eagles on the road earlier this season, 1-0, on Sept. 18. Jorge Zapata and Nickalus McDonald lead the Wildcats with 12 points each. Francis Eno of Post is tied for sixth in the conference with 15 points with five goals and five assists. Sophomore goalie Errol Reid is third in goals-against average (1.08) and sixth in save percentage (.759).

2010 CACC Men's Soccer Tournament

Quarterfinals – Tuesday, Nov. 2

#8 Holy Family at #1 Bloomfield – 2:00 pm

#7 Chestnut Hill at #2 Philadelphia – 2:00 pm

#6 Nyack at #3 Dominican – 2:00 pm

#5 Post at #4 Wilmington – 2:00 pm

Semi-Finals – Thursday, Nov. 4 at Georgian Court University

Game 1 - 11:00 am

Game 2 - 1:30 pm

Championship Match – Saturday, Nov. 6 at Georgian Court University

1:30 pm