Back-to-black: LIU women’s soccer squad earns second straight NEC title with 1-0 win over St. Francis
The LIU-Brooklyn women’s soccer team had just one goal in mind when it began the 2012 season: Get back to the NCAA Tournament!
Coach Tracey Bartholomew’s determined squad used a frantic late-season push to accomplish that mission, grabbing its second consecutive Northeast Conference crown with Sunday’s 1-0 victory over St. Francis in Loretto, Pa., to set up Saturday’s showdown with No. 3 Penn State in the opener of the NCAAs in State College, Pa.
“One of the things, when we set up our schedule this year, was to play very good teams because our goal was to win the NEC Championship and go back to the NCAA Tournament,” noted Bartholomew, who has guided the Blackbirds to three NEC titles during her 13-year tenure at the Downtown Brooklyn school.