Men's Soccer | 9/4/2023 9:00:00 AM

New York, New York – For the first time since 2020, Borough of Manhattan Community College Athletics will recap the year by counting down the Top-10 most memorable moments of the 2022-23 season. We are now down to our final top two moments from the 2022-23 BMCC Athletics #PanthersTop10!

No. 2 – Men's Soccer wins the 2022 CUNYAC Community College Championship
Coming in at the number two spot is BMCC Men's Soccer, winning their league-best 13th CUNYAC Community College Men's Soccer Championship in program history with a thrilling 4-2 victory over Queensborough in Penalty Kicks in the 2022 Conference Championship Game.
 
Sophomore El Hadji Ady Gaye (Dakar, Senegal) was named the 2022 CUNYAC CC Men's Soccer Championship MVP after his two-goal performance and team-best third multi-goal game. He is the second straight Panther to record a multi-goal game in the Championship game after Seydou Diallo recorded a hat-trick in BMCC's 5-4 victory in the 2019 Championship game.
 
The men's soccer program faced a ton of adversity during the 2022 season, and after battling through a slew of injuries, head coach Modou Seck was proud of his boy's grit.
 
"It was a very good game against a very good team," said Seck. "It was a tough game, but we were able to come back, stay focused, and take it home."
 
In the 11th meeting between both squads in the conference championship, timely scoring would be the narrative. QCC nearly got on the board first in the third minute, but freshman Carlos Auquilla (New York, New York) made a sliding defensive save with his left leg on John Pavana's shot off of a rebound, keeping it scoreless. BMCC opened the scoring in the 15th minute when Ady Gaye banged home a rebound off of a corner kick from Bodrul Alam (Bronx, New York) to make it 1-0, which stood between both teams after the first 45 minutes. The Tigers outshot the Panthers 8-4 in the first half. 
 
Neither team's offense was affected by the heavy rain in the second half as the Tigers evened it up at one in the 60th minute courtesy of the 2021 CUNYAC Community College Men's Soccer Championship Most Valuable Player John Pavana. Freshman goalie Abdul Mumin Seidu (Bronx, New York) had trouble handling a slippery ball, and Pavana pounced on the ball in the box and bounced it over his outstretched arms for the equalizer. Queensborough would mirror events from the previous meeting this season, rallying to take the lead 2-1 in the 68th minute when a cross into the box from the left side careened off Seidu's arm onto the foot of Anthony Gallardo, who blasted it home giving the Tigers their first lead.
 
The Panthers responded a minute later to tie it at two in the 69th minute when Alam bent the ball on a free kick into a scramble in the box where Ady Gaye could get his head on it and put it into the low right pocket. 
 
Both squads had opportunities in the final 20 minutes but couldn't cash in, sending the game into overtime. The Panthers took over in the overtime period, dominating the scoring chances. They nearly ended it in the second extra session when Erick Molina Bonilla stopped Tyreece Parboosingh's (Bronx, New York) blast to force penalty kicks with the game tied at two at 100 minutes of play.
 
BMCC converted on its first two penalty kick attempts courtesy of freshmen Alam and Ademola Opesanwo (Bronx, New York). Seidu denied Pavana on the Tiger's first opportunity, making a diving stop to his right, and then Justin Chimborazo rolled one wide left. The Panthers would bury their final two penalty kick attempts, nailing all four they took, with Ady Gaye providing the game-clincher to secure the victory for the Panthers.
 
Seidu recorded his second straight double-digit save game and third overall, making 13 stops over 100 minutes of play, while Bonilla registered nine saves in the match.
 
You can watch the postgame interview with Ady Gaye and Head Coach Modou Seck:



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