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ECC Men's Soccer Report - Week 10

ECC Men's Soccer Report - Week 10

Offensive Player of the Week
Daniel Dalmau, Mercy (So, F - Madrid, Spain)
Dalmau had a game-high nine points on four goals and one assist in Mercy's win over D'Youville on Saturday.

Defensive Player of the Week
Clement Anet, Bridgeport (Sr, GK - Cosse le Vivien, France)
Anet came up big on Saturday making three saves to notch his fifth shutout of the season to help the Purple Knights grab the final ECC Championship Tournament spot with a 3-0 road win over Staten Island. Clement has now recorded clean sheets in back-to-back matches, and he has not allowed a goal in his last 222:32 minutes played.

Rookie of the Week
Pau Echarri, Mercy (Gr, F - Madrid, Spain)
Echarri had three goals and six points in Mercy's win over D'Youville on Saturday.


ECC Weekly Honor Roll

Arthur Djengue Bille, Daemen (Sr, M - Paris, France)
Scored Daemen's first goal (10th minute) in 4-2 Senior Day win over Queens on November 6... Marked fourth goal in 2021 campaign and the fifth of his Wildcat career... Contributed three of Daemen's 10 shots on goal against the Knights... Wrapped up season scoring in four of Daemen's last five contests and recording at least one point in six of the last seven contests... Wildcats were 2-2 this season when Djengue Bille scored in a contest.

Marcos Lerma, Daemen (Sr, GK - Zaragoza, Spain)
Recorded four saves in 4-1 loss at Lock Haven on November 2... Followed up by tying career-high of 12 saves in 4-2 Senior Day victory over Queens on November 6, the final appearance of his Daemen career (15th of season, 18th of career.) Previous 12-save outing came during Daemen's last Senior Day game, a 3-1 win over RWC on April 25, 2021.

Jorge Umana, St. Thomas Aquinas (Jr, F - Orangeburg, N.Y.)
Jorge Umana scored the game-tying goal in the 80th minute of the Spartans' regular season finale at Molloy, which ended in a 1-1 draw.

Asier Vegas, St. Thomas Aquinas (Sr, GK - Bilbao, Spain)
Vegas stopped four of five shots faced in the Spartans' 1-1 draw at Molloy to close the 2021 regular season. Vegas posted an 0.82 goals against average and an .800 save percentage for the match.


ECC Men's Soccer Players of the Week

Date     Offensive Defensive Rookie
9/7 Dylan Ruiz, Roberts Wesleyan           Nick Conklu, Molloy           Giovanni Fabiano, Molloy          
9/13 Nick Dumond, D'Youville  Clement Anet, Bridgeport             Leonel Zalaya, Queens 
9/20 Vitor Gomes, District of Columbia            Matthias Kuhn, Mercy  Ignacio Pericet, District of Columbia           
9/27 Seif Samy, St. Thomas Aquinas  Nick Conklu, Molloy (2)  Cole Allen, St. Thomas Aquinas 
10/4 Anthony Bolivar Sanchez, St. Thomas Aquinas           Orlando Zambrano Jr., Molloy            Pau Echarri, Mercy 
10/12 Jorge Umana, St. Thomas Aquinas  Dario Cruz, Queens Bougary Sissoko, Staten Island 
10/18 Dylan Ruiz, Roberts Wesleyan (2)  Caleb DaSilva, Roberts Wesleyan            Eirik Elvestad, Mercy 
10/25 Pau Echarri, Mercy  Felipe Baeza, Mercy Ethan Picard, D'Youville
11/1 David Breitenbach, Mercy  Asier Vegas, St. Thomas Aquinas Benjamin Lidh, St. Thomas Aquinas
11/8 Daniel Dalmau, Mercy  Clement Anet, Bridgeport (2)  Pau Echarri, Mercy (2)

Standings

 
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Conference
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Overall
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PTS GP Record Win % PF PA GP Record Win % GF GA Last 10 Streak
St. Thomas Aquinas 1. * 20 9 6-1-2 0.778 23 10 17 10-3-4 0.706 36 19 6-1-3 Tied 1
Dist. Columbia 2. 18 9 5-1-3 0.722 13 6 17 8-5-4 0.588 28 22 5-1-4 Tied 1
Mercy 17 9 5-2-2 0.667 29 10 16 9-5-2 0.625 38 16 5-3-2 Won 1
Molloy 3. # 17 9 5-2-2 0.667 9 7 21 9-7-5 0.548 21 25 3-3-4 Lost 1
Bridgeport 4. 17 9 5-2-2 0.667 14 4 17 5-7-5 0.441 23 27 3-4-3 Lost 1
Roberts Wesleyan 15 9 4-2-3 0.611 14 8 18 8-7-3 0.528 30 25 5-3-2 Lost 1
Queens (N.Y.) 9 9 3-6 0.333 10 20 16 8-8 0.500 24 32 4-6 Lost 1
Daemen 9 9 3-6 0.333 10 15 16 5-11 0.313 21 30 3-7 Won 1
Staten Island 4 9 1-7-1 0.167 2 13 17 3-12-2 0.235 11 32 2-6-2 Lost 3
D'Youville 1 9 0-8-1 0.056 2 33 18 5-10-3 0.361 35 47 1-8-1 Won 1


Last Week's Results

Tuesday November 02, 2021
Wednesday November 03, 2021
Thursday November 04, 2021
Saturday November 06, 2021
* Conference


Upcoming Games

Wednesday November 10, 2021
Thursday November 11, 2021
Saturday November 13, 2021
% Post season


NCAA Statistical Rankings

Through Games November 7


ECC Team Notes

Bridgeport: The UB men's soccer team claimed the final spot in this season's ECC Men's Soccer Championship Tournament with a 3-0 win at Staten Island on Saturday. UB heads into the ECC tourney with a 5-6-5 overall mark and finished the year at 5-2-2 in conference play. UB will travel to top-seeded St. Thomas Aquinas College on Wednesday afternoon in one ECC semifinal. Senior Jesse Clark leads the Purple Knights in scoring with 13 points on a team-best six goals with one assist. Classmate Hannes Nilsson has netted four goals so far in 2021, all of which are game-winners. Graduate student goalkeeper Clement Anet has been part of five shutouts this season and has a streak of 222:32 minutes played without allowing a goal currently.

Daemen: Went 1-1 this past week to wrap up 2021 campaign with 4-1 non-conference loss at Lock Haven on November 2 and 4-2 Senior Day win over Queens on November 6... Michel Holscher scored Daemen's lone goal via penalty kick against Bald Eagles at 27:46 to cut Lock Haven's lead to 2-1 at halftime before allowing two unanswered goals... Arthur Djengue Bille scored fourth goal of season in 10th minute for 1-0 Daemen lead against Queens... Queens responded by scoring off Daemen own goal to tie score at 1-1 in 19th minute... Wildcats picked up the scoring with three second half goals, starting with Michel Holscher's unassisted goal (third of season) in 51st minute to give Daemen a 2-1 advantage... Chris Cox scored his first goal of the season in 74th off a pass from Carlos Espana to give the Wildcats a 3-1 lead... Queens responded almost four minutes later (78:09 mark) as they forced pressure in front of the Daemen net, leading to another Wildcats own goal. This cut Daemen's lead to 3-2 with just under 12 minutes remaining in regulation... Derek Mancuso scored first goal of season in the 85th minute off pass from Anthony Cupello to give Daemen the eventual 4-2 final score... In his final appearance in net for Daemen, goalkeeper Marcos Lerma Escobar tied his Wildcat career-high of 12 saves in the victory (15th start of season)... Improved to 5-11 overall this season, most wins in single season since 2018... 3-6 finish in ECC play, tied for program's most wins in ECC play in single season (2017, 2018)... Daemen men's soccer program honored nine seniors before the contest.... Third time Daemen scored four or more goals in a contest in 2021.

District of Columbia: UDC fell 1-0 to Roberts Wesleyan in their regular season finale. The Firebirds will compete in the ECC Championship for the first time since 2017 after clinching the No. 2 seed. UDC will take on No. 3 Molloy on Wednesday evening. 

D'Youville: Saints fell to Mercy on Saturday ... Saints will go to the USCAA Championships next week in Virginia Beach ...

Mercy: The Mercy College men's soccer team went 1-1 on the week with a win over D'Youville and a loss to Dominican. The Mavericks were led by sophomore Daniel Dalmau who had a team-high nine points on four goals and one assist.

Molloy: The Lions tied St. Thomas Aquinas, 1-1, Saturday, November 6 to finish the regular season 9-6-3 overall and 5-2-2 in ECC play. Peter Mayer scored for Molloy in the 67th minute, and graduate student Nick Conklu made three saves.

Queens: Following a 1-1 week, the Knights conclude their season 8-8, their third .500% season in four years under head coach Frank Vertullo.

Roberts Wesleyan: No team notes submitted.

Staten Island: The College of Staten Island Men's Soccer team come up short in the final minutes of the second overtime period against the Cougars of Caldwell University, 2-1. Then, the Dolphins hosted the University of Bridgeport this afternoon on Senior Day in the inaugural meeting between the two sides. Ahead of kickoff, the Dolphins recognized their trio of graduating players, Tarik Eastman, Bryant Navarro, and Breny Salas. However, the positivity for the Dolphins ended with the Senior Day celebration as they fell to the Purple Knights by a score of 3-0. The Dolphins finish the 2021 season 3-12-2 overall, 1-7-1 against the East Coast Conference with the defeat.

St. Thomas Aquinas: The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Soccer team went 0-0-1 last week, playing to a 1-1 draw at Molloy. STAC (9-3-3, 6-1-2 ECC) clinched the ECC Regular Season title and the top seed in the upcoming conference tournament, which begins on Wednesday, November 10 as STAC will host No. 4 seed Bridgeport in the semifinal at Spartan Field, with kickoff set for 1:30pm.


Polls

United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25
United Soccer Coaches Division II East Region
NCAA Super Region 1 Poll 
ECC Preseason Poll

Previously in the Polls

NCAA Super Region 1

  WK1     WK2
Mercy         12 11

United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll

  PRE     WK1     WK2     WK3     WK4     WK5     WK6     WK7     WK8     WK9
Mercy         RV - - - - - - - - -

United Soccer Coaches East Region Poll

  WK1     WK2     WK3     WK4     WK5    WK6     WK7     WK8     WK9
Dist. Columbia - - - - - - 8 8 6
Mercy         6 6 5 6 - - 9 9 9
Molloy 9 - - - 9 9 10 10 -
Queens - 9 9 7 - 8 - - -
St. Thomas Aquinas      - - 10 10 7 5 6 7 5

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