PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sophomore Carlos Andrade scored the only goal of the match midway through the second half to send the No. 2 seed JWU-Providence men's soccer team to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship match with a 1-0 win over No. 3 University of Saint Joseph (CT) Tuesday afternoon at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex.

The win sets up a meeting with No. 5 seed Norwich on Saturday, November 4 at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex with the winner receiving the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

For JWU head coach David Kulik – who is 3-2 all-time against Norwich in the GNAC playoffs – this marks his seventh trip to the conference championship match, where he owns a 4-2 record. Two of those four wins came against the Cadets in the finals in 2015 (3-0) and 2016 (4-0). JWU secured its most recent GNAC Championship in 2019 with a 1-0 double OT win over St. Joseph's (ME).

The Wildcats closed the first half against USJ with a slim 5-4 advantage in shots. The Blue Jays had the best scoring chance for either side at 35:40 as Emmanuel Ofori struck the left post on a free kick.

In the second half, Andrade broke the scoreless tie at 65:30 when his header off a feed from graduate student Mikael Wallace-Boahin found the back of the net. The Blue Jays nearly tied the match at one late in the half but saw Matthew Dima's free kick strike the left post.

JWU closed the match with a 15-9 edge in shots, and the two schools combined for 23 fouls (23 for JWU, 18 for USJ). Graduate student Jacob Friedman made three saves to improve t 13-2-4 on the season.