Men’s Soccer 2015 NCAA Championship Tournament First Round vs. Wilmington (Del.) Thursday, November 12, 2015 Brookville, N.Y. (LIU Post) Adelphi in the NCAA’s Federico De Oliveira, Caelan Hueber, and 2015 Adelphi University The Panthers return to the NCAA Division Alejandro Penzini all earned First Team Men’s Soccer II Tournament for the first time since 1975, honors while Toni Soler placed on the Sec- Quick Facts the year before the program became Divi- ond Team and Emily Thomsen on the Third sion I. In now the third year of returning to Team. Adelphi University Location: Garden City, N.Y. Division II, the Panthers make earn their Founded: 1896 first berth behind a 13-4-3 overall record as Head Coach Carlo Acquista Enrollment: 7,610 well as advancing to the NE-10 Champion- Carlo Acquista is in his ninth season with President: Dr. Christine M. Riordan ship Final. the Panthers, putting forth an overall record Athletic Director: Danny McCabe Conference: Northeast-10 of 87-64-15 towards 93 overall career victo- Home Field: Motamed Field Under the leadership of Mel Less, the ries. This is the first season Acquista has led Affiliation:NCAA Division II Brown and Gold finished in third place in the Brown and Gold to the NCAA Tourna- Nickname: Panthers the NCAAs throughout a three year span of ment. School Colors: Brown and Gold Athletic Dept. Phone: (516) 877-4240 1973-75, sandwiched by a National Champi- onship in 1974. 2014 was Acquista and the Panthers’ second Men’s Soccer Staff Information season at the NCAA Division II level, Head Coach: Carlo Acquista Adelphi got a first taste of the NCAA Tour- and its fortunes were eerily similar to the Record at School: 87-64-15 (Nine Seasons) Career Record: 93-122-25 (11 Seasons) nament in 1972, falling to Oneonta State previous year. After posting an 11-5-1 (9-4 Men’s Soccer Phone: (516) 877-4234 6-0 in the first round. The following year, a Assistant Coaches: Matthew Uy, Jordan Russilillo, 12-1-1 record helped earn a berth into the Adelphi Men’s Soccer Domenico Parrelli, James Diana, Gianluca Masucci field. From there, the Panthers three straight and Luis Ramos before dropping a 1-0 decision to UM-Saint NCAA Tournament Athletic Media Relations Louis. The Brown and Gold were able to Game-by-Game History Assoc. AD/Media Relations: Adam Siepiola grab third place behind 1-0 victory against Office Phone:(516) 877-4293 UMBC. Div. II NCAA Tournament History Email: [email protected] Overall Tournament Record: 11-3 Sports Information Director: Pat McWalters Office Phone:(516) 877-4236 An eight-game winning streak to end the Year Opponent Result Score Email: [email protected] 1974 season carried Adelphi to the National 1972 Oneonta State L 6-0 Graduate Assistant: Victoria Chiesa Championship with a 3-2 win against Seattle 1973 Kings Point W 4-0 Office Phone:(516) 877-3774 Email: [email protected] Pacific. The tournament started out with a 1973 Binghamton W 3-0 Office Fax:(516) 877-4237 3-0 victory against Babson before defeat- 1973 Springfield W 1-0 Website: www.AUPANTHERS.com ing Springfield 1-0 and Fed. City 3-0. The 1973 UM-Saint Louis L 1-0 Mailing Address: 1 South Ave. champions finished the year 16-1-1. 1973 UMBC# W 1-0 Garden City, N.Y. 11530 1974 Babson W 3-0 Men’s Soccer Contact: Pat McWalters 1974 Springfield W 1-0 The Panthers once again returned to the 1974 Fed. City W 3-0 Men’s Soccer History Tournament in 1975, claiming third place 1974 Seattle Pacific* W 3-2 First Year as a Varsity Sport: 1954 with a 3-1 record Championships. Upend- Division I: 1976-2012 1975 Bentley W 2-0 Division II: 2013-Present ing Bentley 2-0 and Le Moyne 6-0, Seattle 1975 Le Moyne W 6-0 All-Time Varsity Record/Years: 514-414-87/61 Pacific got revenge from the year before 1975 Seattle Pacific L 2-3 All-Time NE-10 Record/Years: 27-10-2/3 with a 3-2 victory in the semifinals. Adelphi 1975 Wisconsin Green Bay# W 9-1 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last: 14/2006 then defeated Wisconsin-Green Bay 9-1 to NCAA Championship: 1974 (Division II) earn Third Place. #NCAA Third Place Game *NCAA Championship 2015 Team Information Overall Record: 13-4-3 Recent Accolades NE-10 Regular Season Record: 9-2-2 James Thristino led six Northeast-10 All- Postseason: NE-10 Championship Final Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6 Conference selections for the Panthers by being named the NE-10 Rookie of the Year. Thristino also landed himself on the All- Rookie Squad. NE-10) regular-season record, the Panthers defeated Le Moyne in the conference quarterfinal, as they did in 2013. Acquista and his men would again suffer defeat in the semifinal, this time to Southern Con- necticut State. Senior Diego Zuniga earned Daktronics/Division II Conference Commissioners Association Men’s Soccer All-America Honorable Mention honors in addition to being named NSCAA/Con- tinental Tire NCAA Division II All-East Region Second Team with sophomore Caelan Hueber and ECAC All-Star Second Team with fellow classman Jordan Hibbert.

2013 was new for Acquista and the Panthers, as it was the first year in Division II and the Northeast-10 Conference. The squad finished with an 11-7 record and 9-4 conference mark to earn the fourth seed in the conference championship. The Brown and Gold defeated Le Moyne 3-0 in the opening round before falling to eventual national champion Southern New Hampshire 1-0 in the semifinals. Acquista’s group also had a Adelphi Among the Northeast-10 Ranks successful year in the classroom with the honor of earning a NSCAA Team Academic Award as well as a NE-10 Team Academic Excellence Award. Goals Furthermore, Jordan Hibbert (’15) was named one of 16 finalists for the 2014 Caelan Heuber – 10 – 4th Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award. James Thristino – 8 – T8th Assists 2012 marked the men’s soccer team’s final season at the Division I ranks. Caelan Heuber – 5 – 9th Acquista and the Panthers had wins over UMass, Princeton and NJIT while Federico De Oliveira– 3 – 24th facing quality programs like Boston University, Bucknell, Penn State and Points North Carolina State. Caelan Heuber – 25 – T4th James Thristino – 18 – 12th Acquista comes to Adelphi from St. Francis College (NY), where he held the Goals Against position of head coach for the past five seasons. During that time,Acquista Sergio Reyes – 15 – 2nd had his strongest season in 2004, guiding the Terriers to an 8-9-1 record and Save Percentage a fifth place finish in the , including wins overVermont, Sergio Reyes – .722 – 9th Stony Brook and Monmouth. TEAM Goals – 37 – 3rd Acquista’s coaching experience includes stints as an assistant coach at Hofstra Assists – 23 – 7th University and as a volunteer assistant at St. John’s in addition to a posting Goals per-game – 1.9 – T3rd as an assistant coach for the of the Premier Development Goals Against Avg. – .81 – 2nd League. Acquista also held coaching positions with the Storm Soccer Academy and as the director of coaching for the Brooklyn Knights.

Adelphi / Wilmington History This will be the first meeting between the two teams.

Season Recap The Panthers started the year with a 2-2 draw against then ranked No. 11 LIU Post before splitting the next four games. The team then won six in a row prior to the Northeast-10 Championship Final loss to Southern New Hampshire. During that six-game stretch, the Panthers scored 13 goals that included a 2-0 win against Le Moyne in the quarterfinals and a 2-1 victory at Merrimack in the semifinals.

With a 13-4-3 overall record, Adelphi earned the third seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament. This is the first NCAA berth for the Panthers in Division II since 1975. From 1976-2012, the Panthers played as a Division I program.

Prior to the end of the season, six members of the program were named NE-10 All-Conference selections, led by Rookie of the Year James Thristino. df sdf sdf asdf asdf asdf Wilmingtondsaf Wildcats 14-5 Member of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference

Wilmington posted a 14-5 overall record and a 10-2 mark in CACC action. The squad earned the #1 seed in their conference tournament and made it to the semifinals by defeating Goldey-Beacom 4-0. At the semifinal game, they fell to #4 seeded Chesnut Hill who fell to Bloomfield in the conference finals. Neither team made the NCAA tournament.

The Wildcats are lead by Clifford Nwechefom, a midfielder, who is tops on the team with 17 goals and four assists for 38 points. He is followed by Lance Berry, who also had 38 points on 13 goals and 12 assists; Josh Fawssett with 16 pts (6g, 4a), Jamie Burridge with 11 points (3g, 5a) and Steven O’Connor (5g, 1a) with 11 points.

Wilmington has relied on Frank Hall between the posts all season long. The (class) keeper started in 17 games and has logged nearly 1420 minutes in net, allowing just 10 goals for a .64 goals against average to go along withhis 53 saves.

There were a total of six All-Conference awards given to Wilmington players. Clifford Nwechefom, Juan Bernal, Lance Barry and Adrian Tash were named to the All-CACC First-Team while Joe Woodley and Frank Hall were named to the Second-Team. Head Coach Nick Papanicolas took home CACC Coach of the Year honors.

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A 14-2-2 record that included a 9-1 mark helped the Pioneers claim the East Conference Championship for the third time in the past four years behind a 3-0 win against NYIT. Per Forgaard was named the tour- nament’s Most Outstading Player with two goals.

By earning the number two seed in the East Region, LIU Post earns the right to host the First and Second Rounds of the NCAA Tour- nament as well as a bye through the first round.

Forgaard was named the Offensive Player of the Year after being selected the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year in August. Additionally, Jesper Malmstrom was named Goalkeeper of the Year and Rookie of the Year went to Charlie Ledula along with Head Coach Andreas Lingberg being named Coach of the Year. The Green and Gold also landed seven of the 11 First Team honorees along with one Second Team pick.

Lindberg is in his seventh season with the Pioneers, compiling a The Rivalry record of 102-27-11 to this point. He has also helped land eight Adelphi vs. LIU Post NSCAA All-Americans. In 2014, he was tabbed East Region Coach of the Year while advancing to the East Region Final after All-Time Series: Adephi leads 21-7 upsetting Southern New Hampshire along the way. Last 10 Meetings The Pioneers have won six of their last seven contests, going Date Winner Score Date Winner Score unbeaten in 12 straight before falling to Saint Thomas Aquinas 9/3/15 Draw 2-2 1987 Adelphi 2-1 4-3 on the final day of the regular season. 9/6/14 LIU Post 4-2 1986 LIU Post 1-0 9/7/13 LIU Post 3-2 1985 Adelphi 7-0 1989 Adelphi 1-0 1984 Adelphi 4-1 1988 LIU Post 1-0 1983 Adelphi 6-0 Honors and Awards

Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year James Thristino Northeast-10 First-Team All-Conference James Thristino - Forward Federico De Oliveira - Midfield Caelan Heuber - Midfield Alejandro Panzini - Midfield/Forward Northeast-10 Second-Team All-Conference Toni Soler - Midfield Northeast-10 Third-Team All-Conference NSCAA Coaches Emil Thomsen - Defense Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team NCAA Division II James Thristino - Midfield Men’s - National - Poll November 10, 2015

Rank School Prev. W-L-T 1 Pfeiffer 1 20-0-0 Adelphi Among the NCAA Ranks 2 Midwestern State 2 16-0-1 3 Southern New Hampshire 3 18-1-0 TEAM RANKS Goals Against Average - 63rd - .761 4 Palm Beach Atlantic 4 15-1-1 Total Goals - 40th - 37 5 Rockhurst 5 16-1-2 6 Charleston 6 16-3-0 INDIVIDUAL RANKS 7 Seattle Pacific 7 14-1-3 Goals Against Average 8 Colorado School of Mines 8 16-0-3 Sergio Reyes - 35th - .886 Save Percentage 9 Northwood 11 16-1-1 Sergio Reyes - 112th - .722 10 Fresno Pacific 15 14-2-2 Goals 11 Wingate 23 14-3-3 Caelan Hueber - 48th - 10 12 LIU Post 17 14-2-2 Points 13 St. Edward’s 13 15-2-2 Caelan Heuber - 54th - 25 14 Merrimack 14 14-3-2 15 Notre Dame NR 13-4-0 16 Young Harris NR 16-3-0 Alejandro 17 Cal Poly Pomona 24 13-2-3 Penzini 18 Rollins NR 11-7-0 19 Upper Iowa 20 13-3-1 20 Saginaw Valley State 19 14-3-1 21 Urbana 18 12-3-2 22 Lander 12 13-3-1 23 Cal. State-Dominguez Hills 9 13-2-3 24 Saint Leo 16 11-5-1 25 Millersville 21 14-4-1 RV: Carson-Newman, Northeastern State, Adelphi, Colordao Mesa, West Alabama, Fort Hays State, Lynn, Cedarville 2015 Adelphi Men’s Soccer Roster

Top Row (left to right): Christian Lird, Louis Sepulveda, Will Rezin, Shane McLaughlin, Kenneth Indergard, John Stojcevski, TJ Butler, Christian Molano, Moham- med Yonis, and Gabe Maurello Second Row (left to right): Alejandro Penzini, Wesley Bosse, Caelan Hueber, Spenser Powell, Brian Moran, Sergio Reyes, Jordan Daniel, Emil Thomsen, and William Schondfledt Front Row (left to right): Head Coach Carlo Acquista, Assistant Coach Jordan Russolillo, Director of Operations Gianluca Masucci, Assistant Coach John Sabal, Jacob Johansson, James Thristino, Quentin Sathasivam, Matt Giaconelli, Angelo Luongo, John Nunez, Toni Soler, Federico De Oliveira, Brendan Doherty, Assistant Coach Domeinco Parrelli, Assistant Coach James Diana, and Assistant Coach Matthew Uy

2015 Numerical Roster # Name Class Position Height Hometown/High School/Previous School 0 Brian Morgan Jr. GK 5-10 Franklin Square, N.Y. / H. Frank Carey 1 Spenser Powell Jr. GK 6-1 Attleboro, Mass. / Attleboro 2 Brendan Doherty Fr. D 5-9 Mineola, N.Y. / The Wheatley School 3 TJ Butler Jr. F 6-0 Weymouth, Mass. / Weymouth 4 Quentin Sathasivam So. D 5-6 Valley Stream, N.Y. / Valley Stream North 5 Emil Thomsen Jr. D 6-2 Værløse, Denmark / Birkerød Gymnasium () 6 Jordan Daniel Jr. D/M 6-1 Westhampton, N.Y. / Westhampton Beach () 8 Christian Lird Sr. F 6-0 Mineola, N.Y. / Mineola (Nassau Community College) 9 Kenneth Indergard Jr. M 5-9 Rovik, Norway / KVT 10 Alejandro Penzini Gr. M/F 6-2 Caracas, Venezuela / Washington Academy (St. John’s University) 11 James Thristino Fr. F 5-11 Port Jefferson Station, N.Y. / Comsewogue 14 Federico De Oliveira So. M 5-7 Kenilworth, N.J. (Portugal) / Brearley 15 Toni Soler So. M 5-8 Valencia, Spain / Universidad Jaume I 16 Shane McLaughlin Sr. M/F 6-0 Levittown, N.Y. / Division Avenue (Dowling College) 17 Louis Sepulveda Sr. D 6-0 Brentwood, N.Y. / Saint John the Baptist 18 Will Rezin Sr. M 6-0 Great Neck, N.Y. / Great Neck South 19 Gabe Maurello Jr. M 5-10 Middle Village, N.Y. / Forest Hills 20 Jacob Johansson Fr. D/M 5-7 Gislaved, Sweden / Stagneliusskolan Kalmar 21 William Schondfeldt Sr. D/M 6-1 Burträsk, Sweden / Anderstorpsskolan (Young Harris College) 22 John Stojcevski Sr. M 6-0 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia / Copperfield College (Victoria University) 23 Caelan Hueber Jr. M 6-2 Cincinnati, Ohio / Summit Country Day School 24 John Nunez Fr. F/M 5-6 Ozone Park, N.Y. / Christ the King 26 Cristian Molano Jr. D 5-10 Douglaston, N.Y. / St. Francis Prep 30 Matt Giaconelli So. M 5-9 Franklin Square, N.Y. / Saint Mary’s 32 Wesley Bosse Fr. F 6-1 Dix Hills, N.Y. / Half Hollow Hills East 77 Sergio Reyes Jr. GK 6-0 Kensington, MD / Northwood

Head Coach: Carlo Acquista Assistant Coaches: Matthew Uy, Jordan Russilillo, Domenico Parrelli, James Diana, Gianluca Masucci and Luis Ramos 2015 Men’s Soccer Schedule Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 13-4-3 .725 9-2-2 .769 L1 7-1-2 6-3-1 0-0

Date Opponent Location Result Sep. 3 LIU Post# Garden City, N.Y. T, 2-2 Sep. 5 Dominican (N.Y.)# Garden City, N.Y. W, 1-0 Sep. 12 at Millersville Millersville, Pa. L, 3-2 Sep. 15 New Haven* Garden City, N.Y. W, 2-0 Sep. 19 at Le Moyne* Syracuse, N.Y. L, 1-0 Sep. 23 at Assumption* Worcester, Mass. W, 3-1 Sep. 26 Saint Michael’s* Garden City, N.Y. W, 2-1 Sep. 29 at Bentley* Waltham, Mass. W, 1-0 Oct. 3 Merrimack* Garden City, N.Y. T, 1-1 Oct. 6 Queens (N.Y.) Garden City, N.Y. W, 3-0 Oct. 10 at Stonehill* Easton, Mass. W, 3-0 Oct. 13 at Franklin Pierce* Rindge, N.H. T, 2-2 Oct. 17 So. New Hampshire* Garden City, N.Y. L, 3-2 Oct. 21 at So. Connecticut* New Haven, Conn. W, 1-0 Oct. 24 at Saint Anselm* Manchester, N.H. W, 1-0 Oct. 27 American Int’l* Garden City, N.Y. W, 4-1 Oct. 30 Saint Rose* Garden City, N.Y. W, 3-0 Nov. 3 Le Moyne! Garden City, N.Y. W, 2-0 Nov. 6 at Merrimack! North Andover, Mass. W, 2-1 Nov. 8 at So. New Hampshire! Hooksett, N.H. L, 1-0 Nov. 12 vs. Wilmington (Del.)$ Brookville, N.Y. 1:00 PM #-Alumni Invitational *-NE-10 Conference Game !-NE-10 Championship $-NCAA Tournament 2015 NCAA DIVISION II TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND VS. WILMINGTON TOP POINT EARNERS/GOALKEEPER STATS Caelan Hueber Class: Junior #23 Position: Midfield Height: 6-2 Hometown: Cincinnati, O.H. High School: Summit Country Day 10 Goals - 5 Assists - 25 Points James Thristino Class: Freshman #11 Position: Forward Height: 5-11 Hometown: Port Jeff. Station, N.Y. High School: Comsewogue 8 Goals - 2 Assists - 18 Points Federico De Oliveira Class: Sophomore #14 Position: Midfield Height: 5-7 Hometown: Kenilworth, N.J. High School: Brearley 5 Goals - 3 Assists - 13 Points Alejandro Penzini Class: Graduate #10 Position: Midfield/Forward Height: 6-2 Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela High School: Washington Academy 5 Goals - 1 Assist - 11 Points Sergio Reyes Class: Junior #77 Position: Goalkeeper Height: 6-0 Hometown: Kensington, Md. High School: Northwood .89 GAA - .722 Save % - 39 Saves ADELPHI UNIVERSITY 2015 MEN’S SOCCER CUMULATIVE SEASON STATISTICS ADELPHI UNIVERSITY 2015 MEN’S SOCCER INDIVIDUAL SEASON STATISTICS ADELPHI UNIVERSITY 2015 MEN’S SOCCER CATEGORY LEADERS ADELPHI UNIVERSITY 2015 MEN’S SOCCER GAME BY GAME RESULTS ADELPHI UNIVERSITY 2015 MEN’S SOCCER TEAM GAME BY GAME STATISTICS ADELPHI UNIVERSITY 2015 MEN’S SOCCER OVERALL TEAM STATISTICS