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PURCHASE, N.Y. - The Yeshiva University men's soccer team wrapped up its 2012 campaign in grand style this weekend, as the Maccabees captured a 5-1 triumph over Hudson Valley Men's Athletic Conference (HVMAC) tournament champion, Berkeley College of New York on Friday afternoon, before rounding out the season with a 2-1 victory on "Senior Day" Sunday morning over City College of New York - the third-place team in the City University of New York Athletic Conference.

The 2012 season for the Maccabees (3-8; .273) was by percentage, believed to be the second-highest total in school history (2009; 4-10, .286), and the two-match winning streak to wrap up the slate is believed to be the first in program history. YU knocked home 18 goals in its 11 matches (1.64), which was just shy of the 2009 Macs squad (25 in 14 games, 1.79/gm.).

Nov. 16: Yeshiva 5, Berkeley (NY) 1

Junior forward Daniel Benchimol (Miami, Fla.) netted a hat trick for Yeshiva, while senior Jordan Rosenthal (Overland Park, Kan.) and sophomore Leon Aboudi (Bala Cynwyd, Pa.) both registered a goal and assist in the triumph.

YU scored the first four goals of the match, including Rosenthal's first-career tally in the 11th minute, when he blasted a cleared free kick home from 25 yards out.

Junior Simon Goldstein (Vienna, Austria) led Aboudi down the right channel for his team-high eighth goal of the season in the 25th minute to double the Macs advantage. For Aboudi, his 0.73 goals per game average is believed to be the top mark in school history, while his eight-goal campaign ties Zachary Stern (2010) for the single-most in the season in recent memory.

Aboudi sent Benchimol in alone on the keeper in the 32nd minute, and the latter calmly dribbled around the Berekley netminder and finished to push the YU lead to three.

After a left-side throw-in by Rosenthal, junior team captain Jack Sztrigler (Mexico City, Mexico) sent Benchimol into the box alone once again in the 52nd minute of play. Benchimol touched past the keeper once more, and ripped the twine netting for his fourth goal of the season to lift the Macs to a 4-0 advantage.

Following a Berkeley tally in the 59th minute, less than two minutes later Benchimol forced a turnover on the right sideline about 30 yards from goal and raced in alone. He dribbled all the way to the edge of the six-yard box, and finished high inside the far post to account for the final score.

YU held a 20-8 advantage in the shots department, while Berkeley owned a 3-1 edge in corners. Yeshiva senior keeper, Nathan Japhet (Pawtucket, R.I.) turned aside five shots in victory.

Nov. 18: Yeshiva 2, CCNY 1

Following the contest, interim head coach Josh Pransky and the Macs honored Rosenthal and Japhet, who rounded out their college soccer careers.

Yeshiva scored two goals late in the first half, and used a seven-save performance from Japhet to preserve the two-match winning streak.

Sztrigler opened the scoring in the 33rd minute of the match, when he found himself in alone down the right channel inside the penalty area. After his initial point-blank shot was turned aside by CCNY's Chris Blanco, Sztrigler scored on his own rebound for his second tally of the year.

Four minutes later, Sztrigler set up the eventual game-winning tally by Benchimol. Sztrigler sent a through ball from his central midfield position down the right channel for Benchimol, who finished to the lower-left corner from roughly 12 yards away to register his sixth marker of the year.

CCNY sliced its deficit in half in the 59th minute off a cross-six-yard-box pass following a combination play down the left sideline, but Yeshiva was able to hold off the Beavers -- with Japhet's double-save effort in the 51st minute of playing coming back to be a crucial moment in the match.