The Lancaster Bible College men's soccer team advanced to the North Eastern Athletic Conference Playoffs in its final regular season game on Friday as the Chargers defeated Bryn Athyn, 2-0 at Charger Field. The victory sends the Chargers to 10-9 overall and 8-5 in NEAC play, while Bryn Athyn ends its season with an overall record of 4-13-1 and 3-9-1 in NEAC action. 

How it Happened: Lancaster Bible got on the board early as sophomore Eric Bailey picked up a loose ball and found freshman Dan Bewersdorff alone at the top of the box. Bewersdorff took the ball, took a few steps and buried his fourth goal of the season into the right-hand side of the net to give the Chargers a 1-0 lead at the 7:01 mark. 

Bryn Athyn hung tough and created some dangerous chances throughout the rest of the half, but Lancaster Bible kept its lead through halftime. The Chargers struck early in the second half and doubled their at 53:36 as senior Marco Patz slid in front of a crossing pass from sophomore Caleb Nelson and was able to poke the ball past the Bryn Athyn goalkeeper for his sixth tally of the season. 

Lancaster Bible goalkeeper Vann Sutphin made a couple of late saves, but the Lancaster Bible defense held the Lions in check for most of the second half and notched at least 10 wins for the third consecutive season.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible outshot Bryn Athyn, 15-7, including 8-4 in shots on goal...Patz and his six goals this season lead the Chargers...Lancaster Bible had five corners, while the Lions had two...Sutphin made four saves for his sixth shutout of the season.

Information Hodge Podge: The Chargers are now 3-1-1 all-time against Bryn Athyn...Lancaster Bible finished the 2016 season with a 7-3 record at Charger Field...The seven wins at home are the most in a season since 2010 when the Chargers went 8-1, which is the program-record for wins at home in a season...Lancaster Bible honored its four seniors, Antonio Patz, Marco Patz, Jeff Edman and Ben Noel, prior to the start of the game.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible will be the sixth seed in next week's NEAC Playoffs, but the third seed, the Chargers' opponent, is still up for grabs and won't be decided until Saturday afternoon...The NEAC Quarterfinal will be on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at a location to be determined.