Rose-Hulman Wins 2022 Men’s Soccer HCAC Championship

By Press release submission

Nov 8, 2022

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology survived an overtime thriller to win the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) 2022 Men’s Soccer Championship on Saturday.

2022 HCAC Men’s Soccer Championship Page

Rose-Hulman defeated Hanover College, needing overtime and penalty kicks to determine a winner. Following a 1-1 draw in regulation, neither team was able to find the back of the net in two overtimes, forcing a shoot-out to determine the conference champion.

In a penalty kick shootout, the Fightin’ Engireers survived the Panthers. The sudden death PKs ended in a tally of 5-4, in favor of Rose-Hulman.

For his efforts in the post season, Rose-Hulman’s Takezo Kelly (Cincinnati, Ohio) was named the 2022 HCAC Men’s Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player. The HCAC recognizes an all-tournament team, with players selected to the team listed below.

Rose-Hulman earns the conference’s automatic qualification bid to the 2022 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship. The field for the championship will be announced Monday, Nov. 7 at 1:30 p.m., with the opening rounds scheduled for Nov. 12-13, 2022 at a location to be announced by the NCAA.

For more information on HCAC men’s soccer, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.

2022 HCAC All-Tournament Team

Name Institution

Dylan Barnes Transylvania University

Alex Brown Bluffton University

Zach Buvalic Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Alec Coomes Transylvania University

Joao Domenici Hanover College

Sean Fleming Hanover College

Ruben Gonzalez Manchester University

Takezo Kelly Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (MVP)

Cory Mitchell Manchester University

Sam Rowlison Anderson University