This season finished with a 22-7 record, including a perfect 5-0 Regular Season League Record and 6-0 at home in the Bird Bath.  The boys' play was good enough for our first League Championship since 2017, first 20-win season since 2019, 7th straight NCS Tournament qualification, and 6 All League selections.

 

All DAL-Valley Selections:

MVP Goalie - Ryland Pierce

First Team - Misha Popov & Nic Austen

Second Team - Gunnar Sondeno & Alex Lam

Honorable Mention - Isaiah Kalogirou

 

Records Broken:

Single Season Goals - Misha Popov - 113

Single Season Steals - Misha Popov - 109

Single Season Ejections Drawn - Misha Popov - 52

Career Goals - Misha Popov - 247

Career Steals - Misha Popov - 233

Career Blocks - Ryland Pierce - 475

Career Ejections Drawn - Misha Popov - 115

Team Goals - 351

Team Steals - 449

Team Blocks - 317

Team Ejections Drawn - 168

 

The incredible regular season was capped by an improbable run to the NCS Semifinal game as the 7th seed.  In the first round, the it was the battle of the Falcons as College Park took on Foothill HS from Pleasanton.  With a 12-10 win, our Falcons advanced to face the #2 ranked Monte Vista Mustangs.  It was a hard fought game that saw multiple players earn 3 ejections, but the Falcons prevailed 10-8, with a 5 goals from Misha Popov and 4 from Nic Austen.  The Falcons fell in the Semifinal game to the eventual D1 Champion Redwood Giants 11-8.

 

Congratulations to our three graduating seniors; Mason Gourley, Zac Gartner, and Alex Lam.

 

Next year, the College Park Falcons are moving up to the DAL Foothill Division to join some of the East Bay's finest teams in Miramonte, Campolindo, and Las Lomas.  The tough competition should help prepare for another deep NCS run in 2024 and 2025.