OCTOBER 8 – WAYNE, NJ –  BC traveled to Passaic County on Thursday night as the team started its second half of the division schedule.  After a significant assault on the DePaul goal, including a Kyle Braithwaite shot, just inches over the crossbar and a John Semelsberger shot just inches wide of the goal, Braithwaite connected on a beautiful pass from Frank Burns.  That score came in the game's 29^th minute, making it one-nil.  Semelsberger scored shortly after in the game's 37^th minute as did Maxon Rivarola, just 50 seconds later.
     The teams entered halftime with BC leading 3-0 and a relatively quiet second half, only Semelsberger scoring, would improve the Crusaders to 9-0-2 on the season and 5-0 in the Big North United Red Division.  Jake Lee and Liam Agans assisted on first half goals.  Goalie John Coleman made four saves to capture his sixth shutout victory of the season and he pitched in an assist to boot.
 

TEAMS	1	2	FINAL
Bergen Catholic (9-0-2, 5-0)	3	1	4
DePaul Catholic (5-4, 2-4)	0	0	0

NOTES:

• JOHN SEMELSBERGER is now tied with Erick Alonso for 12^th on the all-time BC goal-scoring list with 33.
• SWEEP:  BC swept the two-game series with the Spartans for the first time since 2023.  It marks the 10^th time the Crusaders have taken two from DePaul Catholic, including a streak of 8 sweeps from 2015-2023.  BC put together an 18-game win streak over the DP during that time period.