ROURKE STAYS HOT AS NO. 1 HAWKS FINISH REGULAR SEASON STRONG

NORFOLK, Neb. – The No. 1 Northeast Community College men's soccer team wrapped up their regular season Wednesday with a matchup against Iowa Central Community College. The Hawks came out on top by a final score of 4-0 as they will now head into postseason play.

Northeast (17-1, 8-0 ICCAC) had already clinched the No. 1 seed in the Region 11 Tournament after Saturday's victory over Southeastern Community College and just added to their resume even more in the showdown with the Tritons. Lewis Rourke (Nottingham, England) scored his team high 18th goal in the match as the Hawks will now spend the next few days preparing to begin the playoffs on Sunday.

STAT SHEET:

Goals: Lewis Rourke (Nottingham, England), Luca Baltzer (Oberstenfeld, Germany), Matej Motycka (Sestajovice, Czech Republic), Luca Rosen (London, England)

Assists: Tom Hennah (Little Sandhurst, England), Teun van der Donk (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Lewis Rourke

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Men's Soccer Coach Adam Potter on ending the regular season with a bang today:

"Another clean sheet," Potter said. "Another shutout for us today. We have only conceded one goal in conference play. We lead the nation in shutouts. We were really good defensively. Overall, it was a team effort. Everyone who came into the game put a stamp on it. We finished chances early and jumped on our opponent again. Good momentum going into postseason play. Now we have to work 20 times harder."

Potter on his message with the playoffs up next:

"The job is not done," Potter said. "We have to have the hunger and desire for more. We have to want it even more than we did in the regular season. Everything that we have done to this point was fantastic and it has been a great season, but we have to remember at the end of the day that this is the part that we have been training for all year long. Now is an opportunity for us to display what we are capable of doing to the world."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will start their postseason journey at 1 p.m. Sunday at Norfolk Veterans Memorial Field against either North Iowa Area Community College or Scott Community College.

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