On Tuesday, Oct. 25, Holyoke Community College defeated the Knights to advance to the next round of the playoff.

The game at Whittier Tech ended in a 1-1 tie and Holyoke advance to the semifinals due to penalty kicks.

In the first half the Knights had a big chance to put this game one nothing in their favor. In the 19 minutes in the game Sam De Amorim of Methuen passed to Fadi Serhan of Middletown as the Knights did not scored.

One minute later Holyoke cashed in as Michael Grochowski of Westfield scored the first goal of the game to make this 1-0 in favor of Holyoke.

In the first period Holyoke was playing more aggressive then the Knights.

In the 44 minutes of the game Johnathan Diaz of Methuen shot the ball, the goalie  jumped and prevented the Knights from scoring. Diaz was so close to tie the game.

In the first half the Knights had five shots on goal while Holyoke had 10. The Knights had four corner kicks and Holyoke one, both teams also had three offsides.

In the 51 minutes of the game the Knights missed an opportunity to tie the game. The Knights missed a lot of opportunities during the game that they couldn’t cash in.

The Knights in the second half were playing more aggressive than the first half.

Four minutes left before the regulation was over Leonard Rodriguez Ortiz of Methuen scored a game tying shot to force this game to overtime.

“Great feeling you know, I love it I loved it all at the moment at the end of the day it is what it is,” said Coach Eusebio Marote.

The Knights had 11 shots on goal while Holyoke had nine. The Knights had two corner kicks while Holyoke had one. Holyoke had two offside while Knights had none. Knights one fou; and Holyoke five during the second half.

In overtime Diaz almost ended but he missed the shot.

During overtime you play 10 minutes with five minutes in between break.

The first half ove overtime Knights had four shots on goal Holyoke none. The Knights also had one corner kick while Holyoke none. Both team had no offside and no fouls.

In the second half of overtime the referee ejected a fan out of the stadium.

In the second half of the final 10 minutes of overtime, the Knights had five shots on goal while Holyoke had two. Two corner kick for the Knights. Both teams did not had an offside. Holyoke had two fouls while the Knights had zero.

During the penalty shots Holyoke made four goals and the Knights three to eliminate the Knights from the postseason.

“Yeah they only had one chance and they put it away, it’s stupid honestly in my opinion they get one chance and end luckily… it’s just a very unfortunate game to be honest I think we were definitely deserved it more in my opinion, I don’t care what everyone says,” said Coach Marote.