BOYDS, Md. - The top-seeded Georgetown University men's soccer team defeated the fourth-seeded Providence College Friars 2-0 on Thursday evening in the BIG EAST Conference semifinal at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 11-3-4 overall, while the Friars drop to 6-7-3 on the year.
 
Head Coach Brian Wiese

• "I can confirm that today was much better than last week. When you play a road game against a really motivated team, which we did last week in Providence, they were probably better than us in a lot of aspects of the game. Tonight, we made a couple of adjustments with how we were building our shape and how we were pressing, and I thought that put us a lot more on the front foot in general. Mitch scored a couple great goals, and we could have maybe scored a couple more good ones. So overall, for the performance, the setting and the stakes, the guys showed up and performed really well tonight."

How it Happened

• The Hoyas struck early as a corner kick from Zach Zengue was sent in and hit off of the head of sophomore Mitchell Baker to make it 1-0 in the fourth minute.
• From that point on the Hoya defense battled to keep it scoreless throughout the half.
• Baker and sophomore Aidan Godinho both had looks at the goal that were stopped by keeper Ryan Carney as the Hoyas went into the break up 1-0.
• Georgetown added another in the 70th minute as Zengue found junior Mateo Ponce Ocampo streaking down the left side. He sent a low cross in, which landed in the path of Baker for his second goal of the match.
• Baker neared the hat trick with 10 minutes to go, but Carney managed the stop as GU did not let up.
• At the final whistle, the Blue & Gray had the 2-0 victory.

Of Note

• Georgetown outshot Providence, 15-10, with seven on goal to the Friars' three.    
• The Hoyas were awarded six corners to PC's three in the contest.
• Senior Tenzing Manske took the win in the net with four saves for the game.

Up Next

• With the win, the Hoyas have advanced to the BIG EAST Championship game against third-seeded UConn on Sunday at the Maryland SoccerPlex.
• Kickoff is scheduled for noon.
• The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
• Live stats and ticket links will be available at GUHoyas.com.