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Yavapai completed its first perfect season when it beat San Jacinto, 1-0, and won its seventh NJCAA
Division I men's tournament.
Dirk Petersen scored on a header off a free kick in the 13th minute.
Petersen is one of 10 Roughrider
sophomores who finished with back-to-back national titles. They won 26 straight games in 2008 and 33 games in a row over two seasons.
The win over San Jacinto avenged one of the two
losses in 2007. Francis Khamis andJustin Meram finished 1-2 in career goals with 53 goals and 51 goals, respectively. Meram and Khamis are 1-2 in career points with 132 and 125, respectively. Both marks break the
records of Edson Rico set in 1989-90. NJCAA D1 MEN Quarterfinals Nov. 20 in Phoenix San Jacinto 4 South Suburban 1 Mercer
County 3 CCBC-Essex 1 Garden City 1 Georgia Perimeter 0 Yavapai 3 Schoolcraft 1 Consolation Semifinals Nov. 21 in Phoenix South Suburban 3 CCBC-Essex 2 Georgia Perimeter 2 Schoolcraft 0 Semifinals Nov. 21 in Phoenix San Jacinto 2 Mercer County 1 Yavapai 4 Garden City 1 Fifth-Place Game Nov. 23 in Phoenix South Suburban 1 Georgia Perimeter 1 Third-Place Game Nov. 23 in Phoenix Mercer County 5 Garden City 4 Final Nov. 23 in Phoenix Yavapai 1 San Jacinto 0