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VCA Varsity Soccer Team Wins 2008 NACA Division III National Title!

The varsity boys' soccer team did what no other Veritas Christian Academy team has ever done.  They brought home a national championship!  It looked like it could be a quick exit for the Warriors as they dropped the first game in the double elimination tournament.  Veritas did not lick their wounds though; they came back and licked their next three opponents to fight back to the championship game on Friday afternoon, October 31, 2008.  Their opponent would be a familiar one located just a few miles down Interstate 40, Hickory Christian.  The game was tight just as their regular season games had been.  At the end of regulation, it was 2-2 off of two Pascal Mensah goals.  The first overtime period saw neither team score, then lightning struck in the form of David Canta.

The junior made a move and put the winning goal through the back of the net to bring home the national championship.  Goalie Ben Hayes was phenomenal all week as he presided over two shut outs to help get the Warriors into the title game, then had 10 saves in the finals to help Veritas secure the win.  Pascal Mensah, Ben Hayes, David Canta, and Anthony Errico were named to the national all-tournament team while Mensah was named the most outstanding offensive player of the tournament as well as capturing the 2008 national most valuable player award.  Warrior head coach, Josh Stone, was proud of the way his layers fought back.  "It would have been easy for them just to pack it in after falling in that first loss to Fresta Valley (VA), but they came out that night and whipped a good Christian Heritage (VA) team 4-0.  That is when I could see they were gathering the momentum to perhaps do something special.  THursday morning they won a hard fought 1-0 game over Collinsville (VA), then came back and defeated the defending Division III national champs, Cornerstone Christian (FL) 3-2.  I really felt at that point the guys had the confidence to bring home the bacon on Friday."

Pascal Mensah

2008 NACA NATIONAL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

2008 NACA MOST OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT

David Canta, Pascal Mensah,

Ben Hayes, and Anthony Errico

2008 NACA DIVISION III NATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM