CUNY Athletic Conference 2002-03 Year in Review
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CUNY Athletic Conference 2002-03 Year In Review MEN’S SOCCER 2002 CUNYAC / Brine Championships MEDGAR EVERS MAKES HISTORY WITH TITLE Ridgewood, NY - Maybe the fifth time is the charm...at least it should be for Medgar Evers. Despite consistently placing among the top teams in CUNYAC, TOURNAMENT the grand prize has eluded Medgar Evers College...until today. The Cougars came into the 2002 CUNY Athletic Conference / Brine Men’s Soccer Championship MVP with savvy, defeating regular season winner and number one seed CCNY 4-0 at SEKOU the Metropolitan Oval. On the bench for his fifth CUNY final in the past eleven years, head coach Stanley Harmon finally gets to hold the top prize. FORBES “It’s a long time coming,” said Harmon, who will begin the school’s first NCAA Tournament run. “We had the squad this year and there were no letdowns. Once I have all my players together, there aren’t many schools that can beat us.” Medgar Evers got on the board quickly, when sophomore Thomas Nelson (Brooklyn, NY) sent a free kick to sophomore Sekou Forbes (Brooklyn, NY) in the second minute. Forbes chested the ball with his back to the net some 18 2002 CUNYAC / BRINE yards away, turned quickly and side volleyed it into the upper right corner, stun- ning all present with the lighting quick and awesome goal. The Cougars were far MEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP from done. In the 33rd minute, Forbes sent a beautiful cross from the left side to @ METROPOLITAN OVAL freshman Omar Gordon (Brooklyn, NY), who one-timed the pass into the left (RIDGEWOOD, NY) corner. Just like that, it was 2-0 Medgar Evers. The Cougars extended the lead to st nd 3-0 when sophomore Jason Dryden (Brooklyn, NY) headed in a corner kick from 1 2 Final freshman Noel Watson (Brooklyn, NY) in the 41st minute. MEDGAR EVERS 3 1 4 Despite creating chances and playing some attractive offensive soccer, the Beavers never managed to break the ice in this one. CCNY pushed forward from CCNY 0 0 0 the second minute when they fell behind 1-0 and sent the troops forward in the Scoring Recap: second half, but to no avail. Even senior Gary Byrne (New York, NY) came out of School Minute Goal Scorer (Assist) the backfield to try to stimulate the offense, albeit without success. MEC 2nd Sekou Forbes (Thomas Nelson) MEC 33rd Omar Gordon (Sekou Forbes) The Cougars wrapped up the scoring in the 89th minute when goalkeeper MEC 41st Jason Dryden (Noel Watson) Ancil Steeple (Brooklyn, NY) converted a penalty kick after Dryden was taken MEC 89th Ancil Steeple - Penalty Kick down in the box. Steeple also made nine saves to record his fifth shutout of the season. Corner Kicks: Medgar Evers 6, CCNY 4. Shots On “We felt very confident after beating Tech in the semifinals,” said Harmon Goal: Medgar Evers 16, CCNY 10. Saves: Ancil about avenging a 3-0 regular season loss. “That confidence will carry into the Steeple (Medgar Evers) 9, Roger Cyrus (CCNY) 4. NCAAs, where we have a great chance to move on and with a little luck we can go far.” Medgar Evers struggled to balance the work and school schedules of its players the entire sea- son but put together a nice winning streak when it counted the most. The Cou- gars posted four straight wins to wrap up the regular season and enter the CUNYAC Tournament on a roll. CUNY Athletic Conference 2002-03 Year In Review MEN’S SOCCER CUNY TOURNAMENT RESULTS CUNY FINAL STANDINGS CHAMPIONSHIP at METROPOLITAN OVAL (Ridgewood, NY) CUNYAC Overall First Round W L T PTS W L T Pct. #9 John Jay 1, #8 Brooklyn 1 (2 OT) 1. CCNY 7 0 1 22 12 4 1 .735 John Jay advances via Penalty Kick shootout 8-6 2. MEDGAR EVERS 5 2 1 16 12 8 1 .595 Quarterfinals 3. CITY TECH 5 3 0 15 7 7 0 .500 #1 CCNY 2, #9 John Jay 0 #2 Medgar Evers 4, #7 Baruch 3 4. STATEN ISLAND 5 3 0 15 7 8 2 .471 #3 City Tech 2, #6 York 1 5. HUNTER 4 4 0 12 6 11 0 .353 #5 Hunter 2, #4 Staten Island 0 6. YORK 4 4 0 12 6 6 1 .500 Semifinals 7. BARUCH 2 6 0 6 3 10 0 .231 #1 CCNY 2, #5 Hunter 0 8. BROOKLYN 2 6 0 6 4 8 1 .345 #2 Medgar Evers 4, #3 City Tech 1 9. JOHN JAY 1 7 0 3 6 15 0 .286 Final #2 CCNY 4, #1 CCNY 0 CUNY WEEKLY HONORS Tournament Most Valuable Player Sekou Forbes So. F Medgar Evers Players of the Week Week 1 Roger Cyrus CCNY Sr. GK CUNY ALL-STARS Week 2 George Ofosu-Ameyaw City Tech Sr. F Week 3 Richard Franco City Tech Fr. F First Team All-CUNY Week 4 Ernard Pellumbi CCNY Fr. F Roger Cyrus Sr. GK CCNY Week 5 Roger Cyrus CCNY Sr. GK Noel Escoto Fr. D City Tech Week 6 Gary Byrne CCNY Sr. D Thomas Nelson So. D Medgar Evers Takuma Sugata So. D Hunter Rookies of the Week Gregorio Valverde Jr. D John Jay Week 1 Ademilola Ogunmokun Brooklyn Fr. F Rachid Chergui So. MF Baruch Week 2 Ernard Pellumbi CCNY Fr. F Lee Cohen Sr. MF Hunter Week 3 Noel Watson M. Evers Fr. MF Santiago Helman So. MF CCNY Week 4 Peter Strachnyi CSI Fr. F Noel Watson Fr. MF Medgar Evers Week 5 Richard Franco City Tech Fr. F Jason Bowery Jr. F John Jay Week 6 Raphael Ospina Hunter Fr. MF Douey Wright Fr. F CCNY Second Team All-CUNY Damion Bhoorasingh Fr. GK York CUNY POSTSEASON SCORES Baffour Acheampong Jr. D Hunter Thomas Kenson Sr. D CCNY NCAA TOURNAMENT 1st Round @ Babson Park, MA Maxo Maitre Fr. D City Tech #4 Babson 3, #5 MEDGAR EVERS 0 Joseph Awadjie So. MF Brooklyn ECAC Quarterfinals @ CCNY (New York, NY) Deighton Cyrus Jr. MF Medgar Evers Cheik Keita So. MF York #6 NYU 0, #3 CCNY 0 (NYU advances 3-1 on penalty kicks) Darwin Salgado Sr. MF CCNY Ricardo Williams Fr. MF City Tech Marwan Amer So. F Staten Island Jason Dryden Fr. F Medgar Evers Richard Franco So. F City Tech Player of the Year Gary Byrne Sr. D CCNY Rookie of the Year Ademilola Ogunmokun Fr. F Brooklyn Coach of the Year GARY BYNRE ADEMILOLA OGUNMOKUN STANLEY HARMON Stanley Harmon 12th Season Medgar Evers CCNY BROOKLYN MEC COACH CUNY Athletic Conference 2002-03 Year In Review MEN’S SOCCER INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS SCORING G GLS AST PTS AVG. TEAM SCORING G GLS. AVG. GA AVG. MARGIN 1. Douey Wright (CCNY) 17 14 2 30 1.76 2. Jason Bowery (John Jay) 20 14 2 30 1.67 1. CCNY 17 41 2.41 14 0.82 + 1.59 3. Ademilola Ogunmokun (Brooklyn) 11 7 1 15 1.36 2. YORK 13 15 1.15 22 1.69 + 0.54 4. Ernand Pellumbi (CCNY) 16 8 4 20 1.25 3. BROOKLYN 13 21 1.62 21 1.62 0.00 5. Noel Watson (Medgar Evers) 18 3 14 20 1.11 6. Takuma Sugata (Hunter) 15 6 3 15 1.00 4. MEDGAR EVERS 21 51 2.43 51 2.43 0.00 7. Peter Strachnyi (CSI) 15 5 4 14 0.93 5. STATEN ISLAND 17 30 1.76 32 1.88 - 0.12 8. Joseph Awadjie (Brooklyn) 12 5 1 11 0.92 9. Durraine McKenzie (CCNY) 16 6 2 14 0.88 6. NY CITY TECH 14 23 1.64 35 2.50 - 0.86 10. Asmir Dzemovski (CSI) 12 5 0 10 0.83 7. JOHN JAY 21 31 1.48 69 3.29 - 1.81 11. Marklin Anglin (Medgar Evers) 20 7 2 16 0.80 8. HUNTER 17 25 1.47 57 3.35 - 1.88 12. Rachid Chergui (Baruch) 10 3 2 8 0.80 13. Omar Gordon (Medgar Evers) 17 5 3 13 0.76 9. BARUCH 13 17 1.31 48 3.69 - 2.38 Did Not Play 75% of Their Team’s Games Richard Franco (City Tech) 9 8 1 17 1.89 CUNY QUARTERFINAL RECAPS Sekou Forbes (Medgar Evers) 14 7 7 21 1.50 Jason Dryden (Medgar Evers) 13 8 2 18 1.38 Marwan Amer (CSI) 11 6 2 14 1.27 Quarterfinals: #1 CCNY 2, #9 John Jay 0 Roger Delfosse (Medgar Evers) 11 5 3 13 1.18 New York, NY - The #1 seed in the CUNY Tournament, CCNY, defeated John George Ofosu-Ameyaw (City Tech) 9 4 1 9 1.00 Jay College 2-0 in the tournament quarterfinals at home. With the victory, Haider Abbas (CSI) 8 3 2 8 1.00 CCNY advanced to the semifinals and improved its record to 11-2-1 overall. Durraine McKenzie scored the first goal with 14:28 to go in the first half on an GOALS G GLS AVG. assist by Santiago Helman. Helman scored the second tally on a penalty kick 1. Douey Wright (CCNY) 17 14 0.82 at the 61:14 mark during the second half. “It was a hard fought game by both 2. Jason Bowery (John Jay) 20 14 0.70 teams under cold conditions,” said head coach Ray D’Argenio. John Jay 3. Ademilola Ogunmokun (Brooklyn) 11 7 0.64 finished the season at 6-15. 4. Ernand Pellumbi (CCNY) 16 8 0.50 5. Asmir Dzemovski (CSI) 12 5 0.42 Quarterfinals: #2 Medgar Evers 4, #7 Baruch 3 (OT) Staten Island, NY - Omar Gordon scored in the 95th minute to lift Medgar ASSISTS G A AVG.