On Sunday, the defending Champion and #8 in the country Bristol Bayhawks women’s soccer team hosted the Holyoke Cougars in the NJCAA Region XXI Championship. The winner would earn a spot to represent the Region in the NJCAA Division 3 National Tournament.
According to Bristol Community College Athletics, Bayhawks got on the board first in the second half with a goal from Sophomore captain, Tayia Mone’y Rogers-Walter (Fall River MA). Holyoke then answered with a penalty kick goal to tie things up. In the 88th minute of regulation, Bristol’s leading goal scorer Noa Beaudry (Somerset MA) scored the game winning goal giving Bristol a 2-1 win and punching a ticket to the National Tournament as Northeast District Champions.
Bristol (11-1) had reached the finals after dominating Quinsigamond Community College 10-0 in the semifinals led by Tayia Mone’y Rogers-Walter (5 goals), and Sandrine Fernandes (2 goals, 2 assists).
The National Tournament begins on Thursday, November 12th at Genesee Community College in New York.
