BHCC Wins New England Regional Soccer Championship

Thursday, November 14, 2013

For the third time in four years, the Bunker Hill Community College men’s soccer team has won the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III regional championship. The team now competes in the national Division III championships.

The Bulldogs,17-3, finished first in the conference regular season, earning the Massachusetts Community College Athletic Conference (MCCAC) Championship. They went on to beat  Holyoke Community College and then Bristol Community College to clinch the NJCAA Region 21 Tournament. Region 21 includes all of the New England states.

The Bulldogs now enters the first round in the Division III National Championships as the fourth seed, taking on Richland College of Texas at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, at host Herkimer Community College in New York. The final championship game will be played on Sunday, Nov. 17.

Region 21 coaches voted five BHCC players to First Team All-New England. They are:  sophomore forward, Pedro DaSilva; freshman midfield, Marcus Strath; sophomore midfield, Elton Teixeira; sophomore goal keeper, Estive Sosa; and  freshman midfield, Matti Puranen.

Like BHCC itself, the soccer team is a diverse group; players hail from Sweden, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Nigeria, as well as from Boston, Chelsea and Everett. Other players have families from Honduras, Brazil, Panama, El Salvador and Colombia. 

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About Bunker Hill Community College
With more than 50 years of academic excellence, Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is Massachusetts' largest community college, annually welcoming a diverse community of around 16,000 students. With campuses in Charlestown and Chelsea, BHCC extends its reach across several locations in Greater Boston. The College offers associate degrees and certificates, early college and dual enrollment, community education, corporate training, and industry-specific training programs. BHCC is celebrated for its diversity, boasting a student body where 65% identify as people of color and more than half are women. The College also embraces a global perspective, with over 600 international students representing 90 countries and conversing in more than 65 languages. Our commitment to diversity is further reflected in BHCC's designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI).