NJCAA Region 21 Tournament Results

Manchester CC 3 Springfield Tech 0

Mariusz Kurzatkowski (Southington, CT) scored two goals while Hami Kara (Wethersfield, CT) and Tony Ettorre (Plainville, CT) combined for a five-save shutout as no. 1 Manchester CC (15-1-1) beat no. 4 Springfield Tech (6-10-1) 3-0 in the first of two NJCAA Division III Region 21 Semi Final Tournament games in Manchester, CT Saturday afternoon. Giuseppe Panajia (Glastonbury, CT) scored his 10th goal of the year, giving MCC a 2-0 lead nine minutes into the second half. Kurzatkowski’s team leading 11th goal made it 3-0 with just under 17 minutes left.

Bunker Hill CC 3 Benjamin Franklin IT 1

Bleta Petry (Mingir, Maldova) and Majid Saeed (Woburn, MA) scored first half goals and Jorge Gomes (Boston, MA) added another with 18 minutes to play as no. 3 Bunker Hill CC (10-5-1) beat no. 2 Benjamin Franklin IT (7-5-1) 3-1 in the second semi final game in Manchester, CT Saturday. Joao Martins (Boston, MA) scored for Benjamin Franklin with less than 15 minutes to play. Alex Alavarez (Lynn, MA) made eight saves for the winners.

Bunker Hill CC and Manchester CC will play for the NJCAA Division III Region 21 Championship on Sunday, November 1st at 1 PM at Manchester CC. The winner will move on to the District 3 Championship game on November 7th at Region 15 Champion, Nassau CC next weekend. game time TBA. The winner of that game moves on to the NJCAA Division III National Championship Tournament in Herkimer, NY November 14 and 15.