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Sheska Earns 400th Career Win as Warriors Rally for 2-1 Win at West Chester

10/25/2008 12:00:00 AM

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WEST CHESTER - Seniors Roshane Ellison and Nick Greenwood both scored goals in the final 11 minutes to help East Stroudsburg University overcome a 1-0 deficit and give head coach Jerry Sheska the 400th victory of his illustrious career as the Warriors won 2-1 at West Chester on Saturday.

Sheska, a 1968 graduate who is in his 27th season as head men's soccer coach at ESU (15-3, 8-1), is the fifth coach in Division II history with 400 career wins. He has led the Warriors to 15 PSAC titles and 15 NCAA playoff appearances in men's soccer, and also had a 39-10-2 record with a PSAC championship in the first three seasons of the women's soccer program from 1992 through 1994.

Sheska's teams have won at least 15 games in 14 of the last 16 years and captured 13 PSAC championships in that stretch, including a conference record seven consecutive titles from 1997 through 2003. He has a career record of 400-138-30 (.731).

Ellison has been one of the Warriors' top goal scorers during Sheska's career and delivered the game-tying goal in the 79th minute, his 16th of the year and the 35th of his career.

Greenwood scored the game-winning goal on an assist from Ellison with four minutes remaining and junior Larry Pokrywa made six saves to improve to 11-1 as the Warriors' starting goalkeeper this season.

West Chester (8-7-3, 3-4-1) scored five minutes into the game on a header by Mike Pryor but was unable to muster any more offense.

ESU, the top-ranked team by the NCAA in the Atlantic Region, travels to Millersville (13-2, 8-0) for a PSAC East showdown on Wednesday night. Both schools have already clinched the two playoff bids in the eastern division, with home field yet to be decided.

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