RED DRAGONS MEN’S SOCCER 2010 Season Preview After a Disappointing 2009 the Midfield Features Four Season That Included Six One-Goal Returners and Three Newcomers
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2010 Team GuiDE RED DRAGONS MEN’S SOCCER 2010 Season Preview After a disappointing 2009 The midfield features four season that included six one-goal returners and three newcomers. setbacks and ended with a loss Senior Patrick Meany played in in the SUNYAC Quarterfinals on 15 games with nine starts last penalty kicks, the Cortland men’s season and recorded one goal soccer team looks to bounce on the season. Junior Max Grant back in 2010 and earn an NCAA saw action in 13 games in 2009 berth under seventh-year head off the bench, contributing four coach Dwight Hornibrook. points on a goal and two assists. Junior E.J. Reutemann appeared The roster includes three in all 17 games with 10 starts goalkeepers in 2010. Senior Patrick and registered one assist on the Pidgeon returns this season and season. Sophomore Simon Park is likely to see significantly more picked up two assists in 13 games, action than he has previously. which included one start. Sophomore Niko Martinez-Reyes Junior E.J. Reutemann. played at Nassau Community Three freshmen join the team Senior Corey DeVille. College prior to arriving at in the midfield. Bryan DiBuono Cortland, while was a four-year freshman Collin Okoniewski was a three-year starter at Yorktown, earning all-league and all- starter at Wilson Central and earned second team section honors twice. Gabriel Morales was a three- all-league honors as a senior. time all-league and all-section selection at Roy C. Ketcham. John Recordon started for two seasons Defensively, the team returns five players at Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania. and welcomes four newcomers. Senior Andrew Schwert has split time between forward and Offensively, Cortland has six forwards on the defense during his career. Last season, he played in roster. Senior Evan Waggoner scored two goals and started 16 games and tied for second on the in 12 games as a junior, which included five starts. team in scoring with seven points on two goals Sophomore Benjamin Bouvet-Boisclair, who may and three assists. Senior Steve Bartkowski, a third also see time in the midfield, appeared in 11 games team All-SUNYAC selection at forward as a junior, with two starts as a freshman and scored a pair of could see action at both forward and defense. goals. Junior Brendan Wells returns to the program Last season, he tied Schwert in scoring with seven after missing the 2009 season. points on three goals and an assist. Two seniors and one freshman join the squad Junior Lukas Wear has started every game Senior Patrick Pidgeon. in 2010. Joe DiGirolomo was a three-year starter in his first two seasons, including 17 in 2009. He at Misericordia University and helped lead the collected one goal and one assist on the season team to back- with his score being the game winner versus Geneseo. Senior to-back NCAA appearances. Corey DeVille returns to the squad after missing the 2009 Mike Gimblette, who previously season. In his last action in the 2008 season, he appeared in 12 played baseball for the Red games with six starts. Sophomore Dragons, started for three Dave Zacharczyk played in seasons at Yorktown High and six games with one start as a earned all-league honors as a freshman. junior and senior. Ricky Jarvis enters Cortland after starting Sophomore Anthony Lubrano four seasons at Carle Place High, joins the Red Dragons after earning team MVP and all-county playing at New York Tech as a honors as a senior. freshman. Sophomore Cody Carbone is in his first year with the program having played at Hunterdon Central in New Jersey in high school. Freshman Ian Cusack started for three seasons Senior Evan Waggoner. at Northport High, and freshman Manny Moyse was a three-year starter at Half Hollows Hills East Junior Lukas Wear. High School. CORTLAND Coaching Staff Dwight Hornibrook A native of Fredericton, N.B., Hornibrook is a graduate of Fredericton High School, where he earned Rookie of the Year and MVP honors in soc- Head Coach cer. His team was crowned provincial champion in 1977. In 1992, Hornibrook was inducted into the city of Fredericton Sports Wall of Fame. Dwight Hornibrook begins his seventh season as the head coach of the Cortland He and his wife, Donna, who is the field hockey coach at Cornell men’s soccer program in 2010 after a success- University, currently reside in Lansing, N.Y., with their two daughters, Kath- ful stint at Houghton College (N.Y.) of the ryn and Emily. American Mideast Conference (AMC). Horni- brook also served as an assistant coach for the Steve Axtell Cornell University men’s soccer team during Assistant Coach the spring of 2004. Steve Axtell returns to the Cortland men’s Last season, the Red Dragons reached the quarterfinals of the SU- soccer coaching staff in 2010 after serving as a NYAC Tournament and featured a second team All-ECAC and third team all-region selection. volunteer assistant during the 2007 campaign. Axtell played three seasons for the Red Dragons after In 2008, Hornibrook led Cortland to an 11-7-3 record and its first State transferring from SUNY Oneonta, earning third team University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) tournament title All-SUNYAC honors in 2008. He appeared in 39 games in his career and and NCAA Division III playoff appearance since 2003. The Red Dragons, who recorded nine shutouts. finished tied for 17th nationally after earning a win in the opening round of the NCAA playoffs, had two players earn all-region honors. Axtell, who earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and is pursu- ing a master’s degree in exercise science at the College, holds a National In 2007, Cortland finished with an 11-7-1 record. Hornibrook’s squad Diploma with Distinguished Pass and National Goalkeeping Diploma advanced to the SUNYAC tournament semifinals and featured the league’s from the NSCAA. He is also a certified strength and conditioning spe- Player of the Year. His Red Dragon teams also qualified for the SUNYAC cialist and has received a conditioning for soccer diploma from the playoffs in 2005 and 2006. International Coaches Association. In his first season on the sideline in 2004, Hornibrook led the Red Besides assisting with both the men’s and women’s soccer Dragons to a 10-10 record to become just the second men’s soccer coach programs at Cortland, Axtell has served as the head coach of the in school history to win at least 10 games in his debut season. Cortland also Central Region scholastic soccer team at the Empire State Games won 10 games during the 2005 campaign. In all, Hornibrook’s players have and the WAZA FLO soccer club in Ithaca, N.Y. He has also served as earned 17 All-SUNYAC and four all-region honors. the goalkeeper coach and the U16 girls coach of Empire United of the United States Youth Development Academy and acted as direc- Hornibrook, who earned NCCP Level Five Certification in 1986 from tor of soccer at Camp Winadu in Mass. for two years and Ithaca the National Coaching Institute and holds a Canadian Soccer Association A MicroSoccer for one year. License, has a six-year record of 54-50-11 at Cortland and a career mark of 173-96-24 that includes a 119-46-13 mark from 1995-2003 at Houghton. Corey Fonseca Assistant Coach He led Houghton to the AMC North Division title in his last season, posting a 15-4-1 record, and was named the AMC North Division and the The 2010 season is Corey Fonseca’s second as NSCAA/adidas Northeast Region Coach of the Year for his efforts. The an assistant coach for the Cortland men’s soc- team posted wins over Division II Ashland, Gannon, Le Moyne and Mercy- cer team. Fonseca earned a bachelor’s degree in hurst and dropped a 2-1 decision to eventual NAIA national champion Rio kinesiology with a concentration in coaching at Grande during the 2003 season. Hornibrook’s teams captured NAIA regional the College and is currently pursuing a master’s titles in 1995 and 1996. degree in sports coaching from the United States Sports Academy. Prior to Houghton, Hornibrook was a member of the Canadian Na- A native of Bridgeport, N.Y., Fonseca graduated from Chit- tional Team staff and director of the Atlantic Regional Training Center from tenango High School and was a team captain on the soccer and 1987-94. During that time, he coached with World Cup, Olympic and U-17 basketball teams. National teams in international competition, including the U-17 World Cup in 1987 and World Cup qualifying in 1992. Hornibrook served as head coach of the Winnipeg Fury in 1990 and was a player/assistant coach for the Nova Scotia Clippers in 1991 in the Canadian Soccer League. In 1998-99, he was the North American scout for Middlesbrough FC of the English Premier League. He has also served on the preseason coaching staff of the Roches- ter Rhinos during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Hornibrook graduated from the University of New Brunswick, Canada, in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in education. He was a five-year member of the soccer team as a midfielder and was a two-time Atlantic Universi- For more information on the SuNY Cortland ties Athletic Association (AUAA) all -star. The team won a national title in men’s soccer program, please contact: 1980 and he was named an Athlete of Distinction in 1982. After graduation, Hornibrook was a member of the North American Soccer League’s (NASL) Dwight Hornibrook, Men’s Soccer Head Coach Toronto Blizzards reserve squad in 1983.