Haverhill, MA (October 8, 2024) – The Northern Essex Community College men's soccer team is ranked 9th in the week six poll released on Monday afternoon by the NJCAA. Winners of eight straight games, the Knights are currently sitting at 8-2 overall in the season and return to the field tonight when they take on MassBay at 7:00pm at Whittier Tech High School.
The Knights eight straight wins are currently the nation's third longest active win streak and sit atop the Region 21 standings.
On the season, 14 different Knights have found the back of the net with four players scoring at least five goals to date on the season. Offensively, Jadiel Bomfim (Nashua, NH) leads the offense with eight goals and four assists for 20 points. He is followed right behind by Christian Colem (Nashua, NH) who has six goals and seven assists for 19 points.
Sam Lucena (Tyngsborough) and Lucas Cantelli (Lowell) have scored six and five goals respectively with each tally one assist on the season for 13 and 11 points each on the season.
As a team, NECC has outscored the opponent 41-7 on the season including five shutouts in 898 minutes of action from Will Paganini (Derry, NH) in goal.
Following tonight's game the nights will stay at home taking on Community College of Rhode Island on October 15th (7:00pm) and Bunker Hill October 19th (4:30pm) with both games taking place at Whittier Tech