ACSC Tournament

By Enson Tang

In the 2022-2023 ACSC, Dalat's Men's soccer team successfully established themselves in Dalat's record books. Not only did they come 1st in the tournament, but they did it without losing a game, which has never done before in the history of Dalat. The weeks leading up to ACSC were very intense; Coach van and Coach Ben pushed the boys at every practice to give it our all with ACSC in mind.

ACSC (Asia Christian Schools Conference), which happens every year for Soccer, Volleyball, and Basketball, consists of schools from Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korea. For the past two years, Covid took away that opportunity, but this year, with restrictions loosened, sports could happen again. Unfortunately for Hong Kong, their government restrictions still prevented them from competing. Soccer and volleyball ACSC happened from October 18-22; Men's varsity soccer in Bangkok, Thailand; men's varsity volleyball in Penang, Malaysia; and women's varsity volleyball in Manila, Philippines.

Men's varsity soccer was very successful in their expedition in Thailand, where they came 1st out of 6 teams. At the end of the tournament, Darryl Dwumfour (12), our star and only goalkeeper said, "First of all, this was many of our seniors' first ACSC tournament and first time being on a varsity team, and it was a great and incredible feeling to get 1st place. Our hard work and chemistry paid off as we played our best games of the season on that pitch, and I just want to relive the moment when the referee blew the final whistle and called it a game." 

For many of us, this was our first ACSC, and for us seniors, it is also our last, so to be able to play one last time for Dalat before graduating was an honor.