LIU Post Pioneers 2014-15: a Year in Review Winners of the 2015 East Coast Conference Commissioner’S Cup
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LIU Post Pioneers 2014-15: A Year in Review Winners of the 2015 East Coast Conference Commissioner’s Cup 2014-15 Conference Champions and NCAA Tournament Teams Men’s Lacrosse • Women’s Lacrosse • Football • Women’s Swimming • Men’s Cross Country • Women’s Cross Country • Field Hockey • Men’s Soccer • Women’s Soccer • Volleyball • Wrestling • Women’s Fencing • Softball 2014-15 Highlights Team Individual ECC Championships ECC Player of the Year Men’s Lacrosse Eivind Austboe (Offensive - Men’s Soccer) Women’s Lacrosse Kristin Brandman (Defensive - Women’s Soccer) Metropolitan Championship Emily Hanifan (Co-Defensive - Women’s Lacrosse) Women’s Swimming Susanne Vistnes (Offensive - Women’s Soccer) NE-10 Championships Talya Williams (Women’s Cross Country) Football Metropolitan Swimmer of the Year Nationally-Ranked Teams Johanna Pettersson Field Hockey NE-10 Player of the Year Men’s Soccer Dani Crouse (Defensive - Field Hockey) Women’s Soccer Steven Laurino (Most Valuable Player - Football) Men’s Lacrosse Keliann Margiotta (Field Hockey) Softball David Sumter (Defensive Lineman of the Year - Football) Women’s Lacrosse ECC Rookie of the Year Women’s Swimming Thomas Flynn (Men’s Cross Country) NCAA Championship/ Jason Lampkin (Men’s Soccer) Tournament Appearances Danielle Valenza (Volleyball) Men’s Cross Country Talya Williams (Women’s Cross Country) Women’s Cross Country ECC Position Awards Field Hockey Jake DeCarli (Pitcher, Baseball) Football Ashley Martin (Pitcher, Softball) Men’s Soccer Adam Winne (Goalkeeper, Men’s Lacrosse) Women’s Soccer ECC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Volleyball Women’s Swimming Eivind Austboe (Men’s Soccer) Wrestling Emily Hanifan (Women’s Lacrosse) Women’s Fencing Coach of the Year Softball Bryan Collins (Football) Women’s Lacrosse Andreas Lindberg (Men’s Soccer) Men’s Lacrosse Raenee Savin (Field Hockey) Maureen Travers (Swimming) 2014-15 Stats Conf. Conf Team Coach Record Record Finish Accomplishments of Note Baseball Mike Gaffney 18-18 14-10 4th Qualified for ECC Tournament Men’s Basketball Erik Smiles 17-13 11-9 3rd Qualified for ECC Tournament Women’s Basketball Deirdre Moore 17-12 13-7 5th Qualified for ECC Tournament M. Cross Country Rob Morris -- -- 3rd ECC Rookie of the Year (T. Flynn) W. Cross Country Rob Morris -- -- 3rd ECC Runner and Rookie of the Year (T. Williams) Women’s Fencing Mike Corona 3-8 -- -- Qualified for NCAA Northeast Championships Field Hockey Raenee Savin 18-4 10-1 1st NCAA National Finalist Football Bryan Collins 8-4 7-2 2nd NE-10 Champions, NCAA Tournament Bid Women’s Golf Tom Kane -- -- -- Second-Place Finish at Revolutionary Golf Classic M. Indoor Track Pat Slevin -- -- 6th Five All-ECC Selections W. Indoor Track Pat Slevin -- -- 8th Five All-ECC Selections Men’s Lacrosse John Jez 14-3 8-0 1st ECC Champions, NCAA National Quarterfinalist Women’s Lacrosse Meghan McNamara 15-4 8-0 1st ECC Champions M. Outdoor Track Pat Slevin -- -- 5th Seven All-ECC Selections W. Outdoor Track Pat Slevin -- -- 7th Two All-ECC Selections Men’s Soccer Andreas Lindberg 16-5-2 8-1-1 2nd NCAA East Region Champions Women’s Soccer Mark Dawson 15-3-1 8-0-1 1st NCAA Tournament Second Round Softball Jamie Apicella 32-17-1 22-6 2nd NCAA East Sub-Regional Final Appearance Swimming Maureen Travers 6-2 -- 1st Met Champions, Seven NCAA Participants Women’s Tennis Darrel Bielawski 7-6 5-3 4th Qualified for ECC Tournament Volleyball Shellane Ogoshi 20-14 11-5 3rd NCAA Tournament Bid Wrestling Joe Patrovich 4-15 -- -- Two NCAA National Qualifiers From the desk of the Athletic Director It is with tremendous pride that we look back upon all the wonderful achieve- ments of our 2014-15 student-athletes. Whether it is the competitive field, in the classroom or within the community, our four hundred student-athletes demonstrated championship efforts. It was another memorable year as the Athletic Department won a third-consec- utive East Coast Conference Commissioner’s Cup, recognizing the strongest athletic program in the ECC. Eleven of our programs advanced to an NCAA Tournament., including the field hockey team’s sec- ond-straight appearance in the National Championship game. Six of our teams finished the year nationally ranked. Academically, nearly 60 percent of our athletes achieved over a 3.0 grade-point average. Two athletes were ECC Scholar Athletes of the Year in their respective sports. We also had many Academic All-Americans. In the community, our student-athletes served over 3,500 hours. They took part in walks for worthy causes, aided the less fortunate and raised money to find cures for life-threatening diseases. Congratulations to the 2014-15 Pioneers for blazing a trail for future student-athletes to follow. POST PRIDE! 2014-15 Honors Fall 2014 missioner’s Honor Roll NFHCA Division II First- NFHCA/Gladiator Divi- Men’s Cross Coun- Inductee Team All-American … sion II National Academic Synapse Sports First- Squad Member try Dani Crouse - ECAC Di- Team All-American … vision II Defensive Player Taylor-Bay Sutton Steven Arnone - All-ECC NFHCA/Gladiator Divi- of the Year … Longstreth/ - Northeast-10 Com- Second Team sion II National Academic NFHCA Division II First- missioner’s Honor Roll Squad Member … Capital Thomas Flynn - East Team All-American … Inductee One Academic All-District Coast Conference Rookie Synapse Sports First- One At-Large Athlete … Lyn-Marie Wilson - Long- of the Year … All-ECC Team All-American … NE-10 Player of the Year streth/NFHCA Division II Second Team 2014 Victory Sports … All-NE-10 First Team … First-Team All-American Tours/NFHCA Division II Ryan Gioe - ECC Rookie NE-10 Player of the Week … Synapse Sports Sec- Senior Game Participant of the Week (Oct. 20) (Sept. 15, Sept. 29, Oct. 6, ond-Team All-American … NFHCA/Gladiator Divi- Oct. 27, Nov. 3) … North- … 2014 Victory Sports Michael Scott - NCAA sion II National Academic east-10 Commissioner’s Tours/NFHCA Division II Qualifier … USTFCCCA Squad Member … 2014 Honor Roll Inductee … Senior Game Participant All-East Region Honoree SGI/NFHCA Division II Northeast-10 Academic … All-NE-10 First Team … All-ECC First Team … Scholar of Distinction … All-Conference … NE-10 Player of the ECC Runner of the Week Capital One Academic Week (Nov. 17) (Oct. 6) All-District One At-Large Ericka Parks - North- Women’s Cross Athlete … 2014 NFHCA east-10 Commissioner’s Kaycee Zelkovsky - Syn- Country Division II National Schol- Honor Roll Inductee … apse Sports All-Rookie ar Athlete … NE-10 Defen- NFHCA/Gladiator Divi- Team … NFHCA/Gladi- Elizabeth Stirling - UST- sive Player of the Year … sion II National Academic ator Division II National FCCCA All-East Region All-NE-10 First Team … Squad Member Academic Squad Member Honoree … All-ECC NE-10 Defensive Player of … 2014 SGI/NFHCA Melissa Quintanilla Second Team the Week (Sept. 15, Oct. 6, Division II Scholar of - Northeast-10 Com- Nov. 3, Nov. 10) … North- Distinction … All-NE-10 Talya Williams - NCAA missioner’s Honor Roll east-10 Commissioner’s Rookie Team … North- Qualifier … USTFCCCA Inductee … NFHCA/Glad- Honor Roll Inductee … LIU east-10 Commissioner’s All-East Region Honoree iator Division II National Post Pioneer Excellence Honor Roll Inductee … ECC Runner of the Academic Squad Member Year … ECC Rookie of Award Football Stephanie Ruhle - North- the Year … All-ECC First Emilia Herran - North- east-10 Commissioner’s Head Coach Bryan Col- Team … ECC Runner of east-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Inductee lins - NE-10 Co-Coach of the Week (Sept. 8, Sept. Honor Roll Inductee … the Year 15, Oct. 6) … ECC Rook- NFHCA/Gladiator Divi- Cindy Russell - North- ie of the Week (Sept. 29 & sion II National Academic east-10 Commissioner’s Jess Agbotse - All-NE-10 Oct. 20) Squad Member Honor Roll Inductee Rookie Team … North- east-10 Commissioner’s Field Hockey Grace Ilias - Northeast-10 Heidi Schaffner - North- Honor Roll Inductee Head Coach Raenee Commissioner’s Honor east-10 Commissioner’s Savin - NFHCA East Roll Inductee … NFH- Honor Roll Inductee… NF- Breland Archbold- North- Region Coach of the Year CA/Gladiator Division II HCA/Gladiator Division II east-10 Commissioner’s … Northeast-10 Coach of National Academic Squad National Academic Squad Honor Roll Inductee Member the Year Member Dan Belfiore - CoSIDA/ Lauren Adamusik Keliann Margiotta - ECAC Meredith Stocklin - North- Capital One Academ- - Northeast-10 Com- Division II Offensive Player east-10 Commissioner’s ic All-District Team … of the Year … Longstreth/ Honor Roll Inductee … CoSIDA/Capital One Ac- 2014-15 Honors ademic All-American … east-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Inductee Honor Roll Inductee National Football Foun- Honor Roll Inductee Shane Hubbard - Don Deon Mash - North- dation Hampshire Honor Giancarlo Carvalho - Hansen Football Gazette east-10 Commissioner’s Society Inductee … Northeast-10 Commis- All-Super Region One Honor Roll Inductee Northeast-10 Academic sioner’s Honor Roll Induct- Third-Team Offense … All- All-Conference … North- Chris McBride - North- ee NE-10 First Team Offense east-10 Commissioner’s east-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Inductee Tyler Collins - North- Steven Laurino - Harlon Honor Roll Inductee east-10 Commissioner’s Hill Trophy Award Finalist Sean Binckes - Don Chris McGrane - North- Honor Roll Inductee … National Football Foun- Hansen Football Ga- east-10 Commissioner’s dation’s Campbell Trophy zette NCAA Division II Amir Crenshaw - North- Honor Roll Inductee Award Semifinalist … All-America Honorable east-10 Commissioner’s ECAC Division II All-Star Tremayne Nanton Mention … Don Han- Honor Roll Inductee … Don