DELRAY BEACH, Florida — WVU Tech concluded a historic 2016 season in overtime Wednesday afternoon as they fell to No. 1 seed Hastings College 2-1 in a quarterfinal of the NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship. The Golden Bears finish their campaign 18-3-2 while the Broncos will move on to the semifinals with a record of 22-0-1.

After an at-large bid and entering the championship as the No. 8 seed, Tech made program history by defeating Olivet Nazarene University, 2-1 (November 19) in Beckley, West Virginia to advance to the final site in Delray Beach, Florida. The Gold and Blue continued that historical momentum as they defeated No. 9 MidAmerica Nazarene 2-1 on November 28 in the second round.

Junior Francisco Neto fired a shot from 25 feet to the far post that made its way past Hastings goalkeeper Joe White and gave the Golden Bears a 1-0 lead in minute 31. Tech held onto that lead until the Broncos found their equalizer off a penalty kick made by their leading scorer, Daniel White, in the 50^th minute.

Hastings managed seven more shots and Tech three in regulation but the fans at the Seacrest Soccer Complex were awarded bonus soccer as the game was forced to overtime. With a little less than four minutes left in the first overtime, the Broncos' Adam Knight scored the golden goal to give Hastings the 2-1 victory.

Tech finished with four shots on goal compared to their opponent's five shots on goal. Hastings also held the advantage in corner kicks, 9-2.

Senior goalkeeper Hunter Moles finished his career with 170 saves and a save percentage of 0.829. This season was a career-best with 72 saves including three in Tech's final contest of 2016.

The team finished the season with five top-ten rankings in NAIA DI play including No. 1 in total assists (67), No. 2 in assists per game (3.050), No. 6 in total goals (76), No. 6 in total shutouts (12) and No. 10 in shutouts per game (0.550).