Offensive Player of the Week |
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Defensive Player of the Week |
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Rookie of the Week |
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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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
Upcoming Games
NCAA Statistical Rankings
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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D'Youville: Saints fell to Mercy on Saturday ... Saints will go to the USCAA Championships next week in Virginia Beach ... |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Roberts Wesleyan: No team notes submitted. |
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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. |
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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 East Region
NCAA Super Region 1 Poll
ECC Preseason Poll
Previously in the Polls
NCAA Super Region 1WK1 | 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 |