St. Thomas Aquinas College men's soccer student-athlete, Jack Nicholson, has been selected as the Division II National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee's representative on the NCAA Division II Management Council.
Senior Victor Salinas Furio has earned College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) First Team Academic All-American honors, and sophomore Gabriel Torres has earned Second Team Academic All-American honors for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
Gabriel Torres of the University of the District of Columbia has been named the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) East Region Player of the Year.
The fourth-ranked LIU Post men's soccer team saw its 2017 season come to an end on Saturday afternoon with a 2-0 loss to No. 3 University of Charleston in the NCAA Championship quarterfinal game in Charleston, W.Va.
For the third time in four years, the top-seeded LIU Post men's soccer team won the NCAA Division II East Region title, after knocking off second-seeded Adelphi University, 3-0, on Thursday night.
Junior Charlie Ledula scored the game-winner in the 85th minute to send the fourth-ranked and top-seeded LIU Post men's soccer team to the Third Round of the NCAA Division II tournament, after taking down the fifth-seeded University of the District of Columbia, 2-1, at Pioneer Soccer Park on Saturday afternoon.
The No. 5 seed University of the District of Columbia scored three first half goals and cruised to a 3-0 win vs. No. 4 Southern Connecticut State in First Round action of the Firebirds' NCAA Division II Tournament debut Thursday afternoon on the campus of LIU Post.
LIU Post and University of the District of Columbia men's soccer teams will have the opportunity to compete for a National Championship, as both schools were listed in the NCAA Division II Championship bracket released on Monday evening.
Behind a three-point effort by leading scorer Lukas Ostermann, the top-seeded LIU Post men's soccer team defeated the third-seeded University of the District of Columbia to capture the program's third-straight ECC Championship at home on Friday afternoon.
After winning the East Coast Conference Regular Season Championship, LIU Post nearly swept the All-Conference major awards, coming away with four of the five top honors.
On Tuesday afternoon, Victor Salinas Furio (Valencia, Spain) of University of the District of Columbia was honored as the East Coast Conference Elite 18 Award winner for the sport of men's soccer.
Sophomore transfer midfielder Jason Mayorga's first goal of the season with just under three minutes left to play in the first overtime made the visting No. 3 seed, University of the District of Columbia, a 3-2 winner vs. No. 2 Mercy College in the East Coast Conference semifinals Tuesday afternoon at Mercy Athletic Field.
LIU Post downed rival NYIT by a final of 3-0 on Tuesday afternoon to advance to the final of the ECC Men's Soccer Championship for the seventh straight season.
The LIU Post men's soccer team will kick off their 2017 season as prohibitive favorites to capture a third straight East Coast Conference Championship after unanimously being selected to the No. 1 spot in the league's preseason coaches' poll.
Frank Vertullo, who turned Suffolk Community College into one of the premier junior college teams in the nation, has been named head coach of the Queens College men's soccer team, Assistant Vice President for Athletics, Dr. China Jude, announced on Monday.