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EIGHT SAINTS EARN ACADEMIC AWARD
The eight Saints below have earned Liberty League All-Academic Team status for their excellence in the classroom.
Joseph Domingo Junior Economics
JORDAN JAMES SIGNS PRO CONTRACT
Mar. 4: Jordan James has signed a contract to play with the Wilmington Hammerheads (NC). The Hammerheads play in the USL 2nd Division, and they were 2003 League Champions and Lamar Hunt Open Cup Quarterfinalists.
Considered one of the best run organizations in the country, the Hammerheads have a large fan following in the area, and regularly draw crowds of 4,000+. They are also very involved in the youth soccer scene and James will be involved in youth coaching as well.
For more information on Hammerheads soccer, visit:
ST. LAWRENCE SOCCER ANNOUNCES CAPTAINS FOR 2005 CAMPAIGN
Feb. 22: The St. Lawrence men’s soccer team has announced their captains for the upcoming 2005 season. Elliot Savitz, Steve Watson, and Jason Koshi will lead a Saint squad that finished last season with a 16-3-1 mark. In 2004, SLU won the Liberty League with a perfect 7-0 record, and made their seventh consecutive NCAA appearance.
Savitz was named first-team Regional All-America, first-team Liberty League, and an Academic All-America. He started all 20 games for the Saints and had a goal and three assists for five points in his junior season. Watson earned second team All-American status after leading the Saints in scoring with13 goals and one assist for 27 points. Three of his goals were game-winners. Watson was the Liberty League Player of the Year, a first-team Regional All-American, and first-team Liberty League.
Koshi played in 19 games this season and scored 1 goal and added 3 assists.
SAINTS FINISH ANOTHER
The St. Lawrence men’s soccer team completed another extraordinary year, finishing with a final record of 16-3-1, and winning the Liberty League title with a record of 7-0. The Saints ultimately ended their season with an overtime loss to Williams in the NCAA Sectionals. St. Lawrence was nationally ranked throughout the season. They entered the preseason ranking in 9th place, and were ranked as high as 5th during the season.
Senior back Steve Watson earned second team All-American status after leading the Saints in scoring with13 goals and one assist for 27 points. He also contributed three game-winning goals. Watson was the Liberty League Player of the Year, a first-team Regional All American, and Liberty League first team. Midfielder Elliott Savitz was named first-team Regional All-America, Evan Schutt was named a second-team back, and goalkeeper Jordan James was named to the third team. All three were Liberty League first team members.
Savitz started all 20 games for the 16-3-1 Saints and had a goal and three assists for five points in his junior season. He was also named an Academic All-American this season. Schutt a national All-American last year, was named regional All-America for the second straight year at back. James played every minute of the season in net for the Saints as a graduate student and had a 0.59 goals against average with 10 shutouts. He was also the Liberty League defender of the week throughout the regular season.
Earning second-team All-Liberty League status are senior forward
Charlie Bour and junior midfielder Phillip Koshi. Bour is used to
league recognition, having earned first-team status the past two
seasons. He recorded 3 goals and 2 assists on the year, including
1 game winning goal. Koshi added 1 goal and 6 assists on the year
for the Saints.
The Saints will lose 13 players before next season, including: Bour, McIntire, Schutt, James, Garan Diarra, Ezequiel Rodrigo, Ryan O’Dowd, Garrett Huntley, Kyle Krueger, and Nate Farrell, Phillip Koshi, Joe Domingo, and Panos Georgiadis.
Diarra, a steady force in the Saints backfield, started 17 games, and played in 18, adding 2 assists on the year. Rodrigo started 12 games for SLU and played in all 20, notching 4 goals and 2 assists. Two of his goals were game winners. O’Dowd played in all 20 games for the Saints and started 12 of them, recording 3 goals and 5 assists, including 1 game winning goal. J. Koshi played in 19 games this season and scored 1 goal and added 3 assists. Huntley played in 16 games and contributed 2 assists. Krueger was injured for the majority of the season and only saw action in 3 games. Farrell was also injured and did not see time this year.
P. Koshi and Domingo each have enough credits to graduate and will do so at the end of this year. P. Koshi started every game for SLU and contributed 1 goal and 7 assists. Domingo played in all 20 games, starting 6 of them, and scored 2 goals and added 2 assists. Freshman, Georgiadis played in all 20 games and scored 2 game winning goals and contributed 2 assists. He is going to take this spring to travel, and his return in the fall is not definite.
Returning for the Saints are: Watson, Jason Koshi, Savitz, Nick Mangee, Charlie Bogosian, Gil Schaper, Brendan Tougher, Axel Galeano, Chris Lonegan, and a very talented group who just finished their rookie season.
Watson and J. Koshi each have one more year of eligibility and will use them next season. Mangee started 19 games and played in all 20, recording 1 assist. Bogosian, the 2003 Liberty League Rookie of the Year, was injured for part of the season, but played in 15 games and started 4. He scored 2 goals, including 1 game winner, and had 3 assists. Schaper remained a force throughout the season in the forward position, playing in 19 games and earning Liberty League Offensive Performer of the Week for his efforts against Hamilton and Hobart. He came off the bench strong to score 6 goals on the year including 2 game winners. Tougher started all 20 games for SLU in the backfield and added 2 assists. Galeano came off the bench in 15 games this season for the Saints. Lonegan saw action in 12 games this year.
The freshman class will be entering their sophomore year with a lot of game experience and a trip to the NCAA tournament under their belt. The rookie class includes: Sean Charles, David Osorno, Chris Harrison, James Merrill, and Michael Bobbie. Charles played in 19 games on the year and started 2. Osorno played in 12 games, scored 3 goals and had 1 assist. Harrison played in 11 games and had an assist. Merrill played in 13 games and Bobbie saw action in 8 games.
SLU earned the NSCAA/Adidas Team Academic Award for the third straight year, posting a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the 2003-04 academic year.
Making the NSCAA East Team Region Academic All-America second team are Savitz and Schutt. Savitz earned a 3.78 and Schutt earned a 3.70, both are History majors. Domingo and P. Koshi earned NSCAA East Team Region Academic All-America honorable mention status. Domingo earned a 3.80 in Economics, and P. Koshi earned a 3.37 in History.
Expectations are high for the St. Lawrence men’s soccer team because they are used to a tremendous amount of success. Next season, the Saints will be attacking another Liberty League Championship, and not only expecting another trip to the NCAA Tournament, but making a run at the National Championship.
JAMES NAMED TO 2005
MLS
SLU goalkeeper Jordan James was named to the 2005 MLS Draft Pool. He was not drafted, but he has been contacted by a couple of A-League teams, re-named the USL 1st Division.
James attended the InfoSport Combine, an MLS and A-League combine held in Florida in the beginning of January, and did very well. He was the only non-Division I goalkeeper to be in the pool, and one of three DIII players in the list. Dan Lader, Salisbury, and Patrick McGinnis, Colorado College, were the other DIII players. None of the three were drafted.
To see the entire draft pool, click on the link:
WATSON NAMED 2 ND TEAM ALL AMERICA; SAVITZ IS ACADEMIC ALL AMERICA
Dec. 17: St. Lawrence University soccer player Steve Watson has been named to the second team NSCAA/adidas Division III All America team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. In addition, junior midfielder Elliott Savitz was one of eight Division III players named to the 38-player NSCAA/adidas men's College Scholar All America team.
Watson, who played both defender and forward this season, led the Saints in scoring with13 goals and one assist for 27 points and had three game-winning goals.
He was also Liberty League Player of the Year and was a first-team Regional All America. He follows in the footsteps of his older brother Shawn, who was a first-team All america in 2002. Steve Watson becomes the 14th player to earn national All America honors for the Saints since 1996.
Savitz, a history major and Dean's List student, was named to the third team Scholar All America team which includes players from NCAA Divisions I, II and III and NAIA teams.
FOUR SAINTS ON REGIONAL ALL AMERICA TEAM
Four members of St. Lawrence University’s 2004 men’s soccer team were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Northeast Regional All America team in voting by the regions coaches. Midfielder Elliott Savitz and back Steve Watson were named first-team Regional All Americas while Evan Schutt was named a second-team back and goalkeeper Jordan James was named to the third team. The NSCAA national All America teams will be announced next week.
Savitz, San Diego, CA, started all 20 games for the 16-3-1 Saints and had a goal and three assists for five points in his junior season. Watson, Scottsdale, AZ, was the Liberty League Player of the Year and played both back and forward for the Saints. Named to the regional All America squad as a back, he was also the leading scorer for the Saints with 13 goals and one assist for 27 points and had three game-winning goals.
Schutt, Webster, NY, a national All America last year, was named regional All America for the second straight year at back. James, Liverpool, NY, played every minute of the season in net for the Saints as a graduate student and had a 0.59 goals against average with 10 shutouts.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAMS EARN NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARD
Dec. 1: The St. Lawrence men’s and women’s soccer teams each earned the NSCAA/adidas Team Academic Award for posting a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the 2003-04 academic year.
A total of 363 intercollegiate soccer programs (73 men, 290 women) were recognized. Of that total, only 53 schools had both its men's and women's teams acknowledged.
This is the second straight year St. Lawrence has had both teams honored. |
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