Browns Summit, N.C. | The No. 2 seed Young Harris College men's soccer team earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory over No. 3 seed Chowan University on Saturday (Nov. 8) evening in the Conference Carolinas Tournament semifinals, knocking the Hawks out of the race and advances to the championship match. 

The Mountain Lions opened the scoring in the 19th minute when Ignacio Arribere headed home a corner kick from Thomas Kleinpenning. Chowan responded with an equalizer from Jeevan Purewal with 10:56 remaining in the first half, then took the lead just before halftime as Clayton Verdin scored with two seconds left. 

Young Harris rallied in the second half. Thomas Kleinpenning tied the match at 2-2 with 9:52 left in regulation, and Leho Le Louarn delivered the game-winner in the 83rd minute off an assist from Filip Zander, sending YHC into the finale. 

With the win, Young Harris improves 11-1-1 in the conference (14-1-3 overall), while Chowan completed their season with a conference record of 7-2-3 (10-4-4 overall). 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Young Harris outshot Chowan 16-11, including a 7-6 advantage in shots on goal. 

• Ignacio Arribere, Thomas Kleinpenning, and Leho Le Louarn each found the back of the net for YHC. 

• Kleinpenning and Zander both gained assists. 

• Goalkeeper James Dee made four crutial saves for the Mountain Lions in a full 90-minute performance. 

• The Mountain Lions earned six corner kicks during the match. 

UP NEXT

Your Mountain Lions will return to action this Saturday (November 15) at 2:00 p.m. in Browns Summit, N.C., to face the No. 4 seed Trailblazers of North Greenville University—who knocked out the No. 8 seed Lees-McRae—in the finale of the Conference Carolinas Tournament!