Head Coach Tom Giovatto: On Friday, October 20th at Bridge Park, St. Fran- cis Brooklyn’s 11th year head coach Tom Giovatto recorded his 100th career win against Robert Morris and now owns a remarkable record of 106-65-30 (.602) All of these wins have come along the Terrier sidelines. Building a Dynasty At SFBK: The Terriers have won four of the last five NEC Champion- ships. They lost to LIU Brooklyn in the semifinal game in penalty kicks in 2015. Home Sweet Home: Brooklyn Bridge Park has served as an unbelievable advan- tage for the Terriers since beginning play at their new home in 2013. The Terriers are a combined 33-5-4 (.825) on their turf during the five seasons. The Terriers have never lost more COLLEGE INFORMATION Location Brooklyn Heights, NY than one contest in any of their five seasons at BPP. Founded 1859 President Miguel Martinez-Saenz Enrollment 2,700 Conference Dominance: Nickname Terriers The Terriers are a combined 12-0-2 over the past two years in Colors Red & Royal Affiliation NCAA Division I Northeast conference play. Over the past five years, the Red & Conference Northeast Blue are a combined 23-6-6 against their NEC opponents. The Home Field(Capacity) Brooklyn Bridge Park (1,000) Terriers last regular-season loss in NEC play came on 11/8/15 School Website www.sfc.edu at LIU Brooklyn. The Blackbirds then went on to defeat the Athletics Website www.SFCathletics.com Terriers in penalty kicks in the NEC Finals on 11/13/15. Twitter @SFBKTerriers Facebook SFCTerriers Defense Wins Championships: The Terriers have outscored COACHING STAFF Head Coach Tom Giovatto (Iona, 1997) their NEC opponents by a 21-2 count during the NEC regular- Overall Record at St. Francis 106-65-30 (10th Season) season over the past two years. The Terriers did not allow Overall Career Record Same an NEC goal in all of 2016, a stretch which extended into the Assistant Coaches Andy Cormack Cyril Coisne NEC post-season. This season they owned a 9-2 advantage and outscored their opponets, 8-0, in the 2017 NEC Champi- TEAM INFORMATION First Season 1968 onships. Program Record 441-348-86 (50 years) NEC Program Record 130-108-25 NEC Regular-Season Titles 5 NEC Tournament Ttles 7 Final 2017 Record 14-4-1 Final 2017 NEC Record 6-0-1 Reg. Season NEC Place First NEC Postseason NEC Champions NCAA Tournament History 12th appearance Overall Record 3-11 (play-in games do not count) Year-by-year 1974 First Round Cornell L 2–4 1976 First Round Adelphi W, 2-0 Sweet Sixteen Hartwick L, 0-3 1977 First Round Hartwick L 1–5 1978 First Round Adelphi W, 1-0 Sweet Sixteen Columbia W, 2-0 Elight Eight Clemson L, 0-4 1982 First Round Columbia L 1–4 1995 Play-In Rhode Island L 0–4 1996 Play-In Army L 0–3 1998 Play-In Jacksonville L 0–3 2013 First Round Penn State L 0–1 2014 First Round Old Dominion L 0–3 2016 First Round Dartmouth L, 0-1 2017 First Round Fordham

2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Men’s Soccer Roster # Name CL P HT WT Hometown/High School 00 George Angelidis Jr. GK 6-2 155 Whitestone, / Francis Lewis 0 Nicolas Casado So. G 5-10 180 Benidoram, Spain/ Ies Pere Mariaorts 1 Roberto Bazzichetto Sr. G 6-0 150 San Vendemiano, Italy / G. Marchesini 2 Leo Folla Sr. MF 6-3 190 New York, New York / NYC Lab School 3 Dominick Falanga Sr. D 5-11 171 Brooklyn, NY / New Utrecht 4 Kieran Young So. M 5-6 142 Archfield, Scotland / North Berwick 5 Faouzi Taieb So. D 6-3 185 Marseille, France / Ettp Om 6 Sami Gliguem Jr. M 6-1 185 Paris, France / Paris X Nanterre University 7 Anthony Gimenes Jr. M 5-8 150 Marseille, France / Eetpom 9 Ali Tounkara Jr. F 5-11 165 Aulnay, France/Lycee Voillaume 10 Federico Curbelo Sr. M 6-1 178 Brooklyn, NY / Christ the King 11 Amir Islami Jr. M 5-9 145 Staten Island, NY / Miraj Islamic School 12 Collyns Laokandi Sr. D 6-5 195 Paris, France / University of Reims Champagne Ardenne 14 Lukas Pusz So. D 5-10 163 Queens, New York / Queens Metro 15 Domenico Pugliese Fr. D 5-11 160 Huntington, New York / Saint Anthony’s 16 Chris Gruver Fr. F 6-0 173 Caracas, Venezuela / Sewanhaka 19 Dennis Coke, Jr. Fr. MF 5-8 165 Jamaica, New York / Thomas Edison Career & Technical 20 Marco Torriani So. D 6-1 170 Gentile, Italy / Liceo Scientifico Giuseppe Terrangi 21 Matteo Caribotti So. F 6-1 175 Massa, Italy / Liceo Scientifico E. Fermi 23 Tommy DeAndrade Jr. M 5-10 155 Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela / Inst. Cumbres De Caracas 24 Ahmed Faiad So. GK 6-1 165 Brooklyn, New York / Almadinah 33 Nadim Saqui Sr. D 5-11 176 Brooklyn, NY / Brooklyn College Academy

Head Coach Tom Giovatto (11th Season) Assistant Coaches Andy Cormack, Cyril Coisne, Rafael Royett

00 George Angelidis An-ja-lee-dis 0 Nicolas Casado Kah-say-doe 1 Roberto Bazzichetto Bazz-i-chetto 2 Leo Folla Foe-la 5 Faouzi Taieb Fough-zee Tie-eb 6 Sami Gliguem GLig-em 7 Anthony Gimenes Jimenez 8 Edoardo Belfanti Edwardo 9 Ali Tounkara Alee-Tune-kara 10 Federico Curbelo Ker-belo 12 Collyns Laokandi Lay-oh-Candy 14 Lukas Pusz Pughz 15 Domenico Pugliese Puh-glee-see 20 Marco Torriani Tore-eye-ahni 21 Matteo Caribotti Mah-teyo Cari-boat-ee 23 Tommy DeAndrade Dee-Andrade 33 Nadim Saqui Sock-ee

Coaches Cyril Coisne Cyril Kwan The Automated ScoreBook St. Francis Brooklyn Soccer Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

Overall: 14-4-1 Conf: 6-0-1 Home: 8-1-1 Away: 6-3-0 Neut: 0-0-0

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## Player gp-gs g a pts sh sh% gw pk gp-gs g a pts sh sh% gw pk 9 TOUNKARA, Ali 19-17 8 2 18 38 . 2 1 1 4 0 7-7 1 0 2 14 . 0 7 1 1 0 3 FALANGA, Dominick 19-18 7 1 15 35 . 2 0 0 2 0 7-7 4 0 8 16 . 2 5 0 1 0 6 GLIGUEM, Sami 14-8 4 2 10 20 . 2 0 0 1 0 7-50008 . 0 0 000 5 TAIEB, Faouzi 19-18 3 1 7 22 . 1 3 6 2 0 7-7 1 0 2 8 . 1 2 5 1 0 33 SAQUI, Nadim 16-2 3068 . 3 7 510 5-010211.000 1 0 2 FOLLA, Leo 18-17 2 2 6 9 . 2 2 2 1 0 7-7 1 1 3 5 . 2 0 0 1 0 21 CARIBOTTI, Matteo 18-7 2 3 7 13 . 1 5 4 1 0 6-00111 . 0 0 000 19 COKE JR, Dennis 18-1 1 0 2 2 . 5 0 0 1 0 6-0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 10 CURBELO, Federico 19-17 1 6 8 27 . 0 3 7 0 0 7-7 0 3 3 11 . 0 0 0 0 0 4 YOUNG, Kieran 17-5 1 1 3 3 . 3 3 3 1 0 7-3 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 0 16 GRUVER, Chris 10-0 0333 . 0 0 000 6-00332 . 0 0 000 01 01 4-1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 14 PUSZ, Lukas 4-0 0000 . 0 0 000 2-00000 . 0 0 000 20 TORRIANI, Marco 19-18 0 2 2 12 . 0 0 0 0 0 7-7 0 0 0 6 . 0 0 0 0 0 12 LAOKANDI, Collyns 15-14 0 2 2 16 . 0 0 0 0 0 7-7 0 2 2 11 . 0 0 0 0 0 11 ISLAMI, Amir 18-12 0 3 3 8 . 0 0 0 0 0 7-7 0 2 2 3 . 0 0 0 0 0 7 GIMENES, Anthony 18-15 0 4 4 12 . 0 0 0 0 0 7-50004 . 0 0 000 1 BAZZICHETTO, Rober 18-16 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 23 DEANDRADE, Tommy 14-7 0 0 0 10 . 0 0 0 0 0 4-10002 . 0 0 000 15 PUGLIESE, Domenico 12-3 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 0 0 3-0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0 Total 19 32 32 96 240 . 1 3 3 14 0 7 9 12 30 94 . 0 9 6 6 0 Opponents 19 16 17 49 157 . 1 0 2 4 0 7 2 4 8 53 . 0 3 8 0 0

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## Player gp-gs min. ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho gp-gs min. ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho 0 CASADO, Nicolas 2-1 180:00 1 0.50 5 . 8 3 3 1 1 0 1 7-7 683:33 2 0.26 24 . 9 2 3 6 0 1 5 1 BAZZICHETTO, Rober 17-16 1583:33 15 0.85 47 . 7 5 8 13 3 1 7 7 683:33 2 0.26 25 . 9 2 6 6 0 1 5 Total 19 1763:33 16 0.82 53 . 7 6 8 14 4 1 8 7 683:33 9 1.18 37 . 8 0 4 0 4 0 1 Opponents 19 1763:33 32 1.63 86 . 7 2 9 4 12 0 3 Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total St. Francis Brooklyn 46 43 3 2 94 St. Francis Brooklyn 135 100 3 2 240 Opponents 25 27 0 1 53 Opponents 63 93 0 1 157 Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total St. Francis Brooklyn 1 6 2 0 9 St. Francis Brooklyn 14 16 2 0 32 Opponents 1 1 0 0 2 Opponents 4 12 0 0 16 Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total St. Francis Brooklyn 11 14 0 0 25 St. Francis Brooklyn 24 29 0 0 53 Opponents 16 21 0 0 37 Opponents 46 40 0 0 86 Attendance Summary SFBK Opponent Attendance Summary SFBK Opponent Total 510 687 Total 2440 2139 Dates/Avg Per Date 4/128 3/229 Dates/Avg Per Date 10/244 9/238 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Selected Player Notes has a pair of assists this year. Goalie, Roberto Bazzichetto: Has been a rock in goal over the past D, Dominick Falanga: A four year two seasons for the Terriers. Af- starter and has helped lead the ter arriving on Remsen Street last Terriers to three NEC Titles. This season, the San Vendemiano, Italy season, the New Utrecht product native earned First Team NEC is tied for 8th in the NEC in scor- All-Conference honors and did not ing with 15 pts. The health studies allow a single goal in over 500 min- major currently 2nd on the team utes of conference regular-season with seven goals, including a pair and post-season play...He yielded just three goals on of game-winners. The Brooklyn the year for a league-leading 0.33 goals against aver- native was named the NEC Player of the Week after his age in 823.28 total minutes. This year, the professional remarkable second-half hat-trick in under 6 minutes studies major won 13 contests and has come up with against Robert Morris on October 20th...He earned seven shutouts. He’s allowed 15 goals in 17 starts and First Team All NEC honors for the second straight sea- was selected as a First Team All-Conference pick. son... Last season, the defender earned Second Team NSCAA All-Northeast Region honors and was a First MF, Federico Curbelo: A four- Team All-NEC selection after tying for the team-lead year contributor and has helped with 12 points. lead the squad to three NEC Championships...A Second Team F, Ali Tounkara: The Terriers lead- All-NEC pick this season... The ing scorer in his first season on Brooklyn native has started 38 Remsen Street...The MVP of the games over the last two years in the 2017 NEC Tournament after tying midfield. This year, the Christ the a tournament record with four King graduate leads the team with goals and eight points... Produced six assists, which is tied for 7th in the NEC. The Red & the game-winners in both games Blue’s corner kick specialist also scored a goal at Cor- and has four game-winners on the nell. Last season, the management major scored a pair season...Has eight goals and two of goals and also paced the squad with four assists. assists....Also has a pair of assists against Lafayette... Named to the 2017 NEC All-Rookie Team D, Collyns Laokandi: A First Team NSCAA Northeast Region selec- D, Faouzi Taieb: The 2017 NEC tion and a First Team All NEC pick Defensive Player of the Year...Has in his first year on Remsen Street scored three goals, including a pair in 2016...Earned First Team NEC of game-winners this season versus honors again in 2017...He was also Manhattan and Fairleigh Dickin- named the Northeast Conference son. Taieb became the first Terrier Defensive Player of the Year as well since Kevin Correa in 2012 and as the ECAC Division I Defensive seventh overall to claim the NEC Player of the Year, becoming first Terrier to win either Rookie of the Year award in 2016. award...The Paris, France native also managed to score The Marseille, France native found the back of the net two goals and added three assists…This season, the twice during the regular season, including a game- professional studies major has fought off some early winner against Saint Francis U on October 14. season injuries to start 14 games for the Terriers. He CAREER HIGHLIGHTS at 10-6-2 and a remarkable 7-2-1 conference record. The achievement 2013 National Soccer Coaches helped SFBK lock the second seed in the conference tournament, thus Association of America ending a ten-year postseason drought. (NSCAA) North Atlantic Region Coach of the Year Prior to his promotion to head coach, he served as the assistant coach of 2013 National Soccer Coaches the Terriers team in 2006. Giovatto was responsible for all the recruiting Association of America efforts while overseeing the scouting duties on the opposing teams. (NSCAA) National Coach of the Year finalist Giovatto received his first chance to coach collegiate soccer back in 2001 2013 BigAppleSoccer.com as he was hired as an assistant coach at Saint Peter’s University (Jersey Coach of the Year City, New Jersey). He aided in all aspects of the men’s soccer program, Six Double-Digit Win Seasons which included recruiting and fund raising efforts. In 2003, Giovatto 4 NEC Tournament Champi- got his first taste of success as the Peacocks’ captured the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship while posting a school- onships high 18 wins. Saint Peter’s advanced to the second round of the NCAA 4 NCAA College Cup berths Men’s College Cup that season. Back in December of 2009, Saint Peter’s 2016 NEC Coach of the Year University honored the entire 2003 squad by enshrining them into the 2017 NEC Coaching Staff of school’s Hall of Fame. _Tom Giovatto has a the Year 2016 BigAppleSoccer.com After a two-year stint at Saint Peter’s, Giovatto headed to Stony Brook career-record of 106-65-30 Coach of the Year University as an assistant coach. As part of the staff, Giovatto was re- Career Record: 92-63-29 (41-30-12 NEC) sponsible for all on-field coaching duties, while assisting in all the recruit- ing processes, fund-raising and was responsible for scheduling matches for the season. On the field, the university achieved the most wins in the Appointed just the fourth head coach in the history of the St. Francis school’s history and capped off a stellar season by making its first ever Brooklyn men’s soccer program on August 22nd, 2007, Tom Giovatto has playoff appearance in the America East Tournament. made an impact in his 11 seasons at the helm of the Terriers. Giovatto holds a 106-65-30 overall record and has delivered four Northeast Con- A 1997 graduate of Iona College, Giovatto was a three-year varsity letter- ference Championships to the program, including four in the last five winner for the Gaels, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communica- seasons. He is the second winningest coach in Terrier history. tions. Upon graduation, Giovatto had the opportunity to play for the New York/New Jersey Metrostars (currently the ) of The Terriers enjoyed a record-setting season in 2016 as they captured during the preseason. The following year, he joined their first NEC regular-season crown since 1998 after going 6-0-1 in the of the Premier Develop- the league. St. Francis Brooklyn was the first NEC team to go through ment League (USL PDL). In 2000, Giovatto was invited to play for the a conference regular-season and post-season without allowing a single Baltimore Blast of the National Premiere Soccer League (NPSL) during goal. Giovatto was named the 2016 NEC Coach of the Year for his efforts the preseason. After his playing days came to a close, Coach Giovatto and was also named the BigApple.Com College Coach of the Year. In obtained a United States Soccer Federation License. addition, the entire Terriers’ coaching staff was named the 2016 North Atlantic Region Staff of the Year. Giovatto and his wife, Lisa, have a daughter and son and reside in Brook- lyn Heights. The veteran coach guided the team to their first Northeast Conference championship since 1998 after SFBK came from behind to defeat Bryant University in overtime, 3-2, in the 2013 championship game. With the win, the Terriers claimed the conference’s automatic bid and reached the First Round of the NCAA College Cup for the first time since 1982 when they squared off against the #16 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions.

With a dynamic offensive and defensive playbook in Giovatto’s arsenal, the Terriers were ranked 24th in the entire NCAA in Save Percentage (.817) while also placing among the top-50 teams in Scoring Offense (1.63), Shutout Percentage (0.37), Team Goals Against Average (0.87), Total Goals (31) and Wins-Loses-Tied Percentage (0.658). At season’s end, he was recognized as the 2013 National Soccer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA) North Atlantic Region Coach of the Year and was also the recipient of the 2013 BigAppleSoccer.com Coach of the Year.

The Terriers also advanced to the NCAA’s in 2014 after winning the NEC Tournament yet again.

In his “sophomore” season back in 2008, the team sparkled as they finished the season with an 11-4-3 mark, thanks in part to a remarkable eight-match winning streak (spanning from September 15th to October 24th). The following season, the Terriers continued to exhibit success as they posted their second straight double-digit win total, finishing the year St. Francis Brooklyn (14-4-1) picked up right where they left off in Friday’s semifinals when NEC Tour- nament MVP Ali Tounkara (Aulnay, France/Lycee Voillaume), a junior striker, scored his third goal of the tournament when he was able to get past the LIU defense in the 10th minute of play.

“It was great to score an early goal,” said Tounkara after the contest. “There was a lot of pressure leading up to the game so to score that fast gave us a great amount of Brooklyn, NY – It was an all-Brooklyn battle on Sun- confidence and put us in a good position. The MVP is day afternoon at Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park with nice but I wouldn’t have been able to achieve it without the NEC Men’s Soccer title at stake. The two neighbor- the help of my teammates.” hood rivals typically play right down to the wire, but this day belonged to St. Francis Brooklyn as the Terri- “Ali was incredible for us,” Giovatto stated. “When you ers took control from the start en-route to a dominant have a hot striker you ride him and that’s what we did 5-0 victory over LIU Brooklyn. It marked the second with him over the last few days.” straight title for the Red & Blue and fourth in the last five years. There is little doubt that the Terriers have Dominick Falanga (New York, NY/NYC Lab School) created a dynasty in the NEC. added another goal in the 24th minute, his seventh of the year, converting a header off of a long service into “This was a complete performance today against a very the box from teammate Marco Torriani (Appiano Gen- good team,” said Terriers’ 11th-year head coach Tom tile, Italy/Liceo Scientifico Giuseppe Terrangi). Giovatto. “I couldn’t have asked for anything better and I’m so proud of our guys. “I’m not sure if we learned The Terriers would take the 2-0 lead into halftime. anything from playing them a week ago, however, I’m glad that we won that game and were able to play on In the 60th minute of play, it was Tounkara again our home field today. The big crowd really helped us slipping past the LIU backline and scoring his NEC and getting a quick goal put a lot of pressure on them record-tying fourth goal of the tournament to give the knowing that we don’t give up many goals.” Terriers a three-goal advantage. It was his team lead- ing eighth tally of the season. The five-goal differential tied for the biggest in NEC Championship match history. Fairleigh Dickinson beat Junior midfielder Sami Gliguem (Naterre, Paris/Paris Mount St. Mary’s, 7-2, to win the 2008 crown. X Nanterre University) added a fourth goal for the Ter 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team

Ali Tounkara (SFBK), Tournament MVP (left and below) Dominick Falanga (SFBK) Faouzi Taieb (SFBK) Nadim Saqui (SFBK) Rasmus Hansen (LIU) Daniel Quiros Herrero (LIU) Naeem Charles (LIU) riers, putting home a rebound in the 75th minute. Jamie Leddy (FDU)

In the 87th minute, Nadim Saqui (Brooklyn, NY/ Justin Depardieu (FDU) Brooklyn College Academy) scored his second of the Jake Cooper (RMU) tournament on a header to make it 5-0. Gustof Moberg (RMU)

St. Francis Brooklyn outshot LIU Brooklyn (6-9-3) 18-4 on the afternoon. Robert Bazzichetto (San Ven- demiano, Italy/G. Marchesini) earned his seventh shutout of the season for the Terriers. Anthony Sciola (Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College) made three saves for the Blackbirds.

The Terriers have now won seven NEC Tournament titles and have earned their eighth NCAA Tournament bid.

The NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer announcement will air on Monday, November 13th at 1 pm ET on NCAA. com.

Taieb, who hails from Marseille, France, became the second straight St. Francis Brooklyn player to earn NEC Defensive Player of the Year accolades - joining teammate and fellow all-star Collyns Laokandi - and seventh in school annals. An All-Rookie selection a year ago, Taieb helped lead a Terriers defense that sur- rendered just two goals in seven league games, includ- ing five shutouts. The 2016 NEC Rookie of the Year also provided some offensive punch with three goals, including two of the game-winning variety. With Labovitz’s honor, FDU can now boast of eight NEC Rookie of the Year award winners in its history, the most of any school. The Great Falls, VA native is currently tied for third in the league in goals (7) and ranks seventh in points (15). Labovitz was named NEC Somerset, NJ -- On the eve of the Northeast Confer- Rookie of the Week twice this season and also NEC ence (NEC) Tournament, the league announced its Player of the Week on October 31st. He was the lone 2017 major award winners and All-Conference hon- freshman to earn All-NEC recognition with his selec- orees. LIU Brooklyn junior forward Rasmus Hansen tion to the second team. (Greve, Denmark/Brondby Gymnasium) was tabbed the NEC Player of the Year and St. Francis Brooklyn Giovatto is closing out his eleventh year at the helm of sophomore defender Faouzi Taieb (Marseille, France/ the Terriers with his team preparing to host the NEC Ettp Om) was unanimously chosen as NEC Defensive Tournament after claiming its second consecutive Player of the Year. NEC regular season title. The Terriers went unbeaten in conference play for the second consecutive year and NEC regular season champion St. Francis Brooklyn are a combined 12-0-2 against league rivals the last took home two of the four major awards, while Fair- two seasons. SFBK, which clinched the regular season leigh Dickinson and LIU Brooklyn each claimed one title with a 2-1 overtime victory at LIU Brooklyn last major accolade, which were announced at the annual Friday, is currently ranked fourth in the most recent pre-tournament banquet hosted by the top-seeded Ter- United Soccer Coaches Northeast region poll. riers. AWARD WINNER HIGHLIGHTS FDU freshman forward Jacob Labovitz (Great Falls, VA/Langley) was named the NEC Rookie of the Year St. Francis Brooklyn led the way with four All-NEC and St. Francis Brooklyn head coach Tom Giovatto and first team selections and six All-NEC honorees overall. his staff were voted as the Coaching Staff of the Year Fairleigh Dickinson placed four student-athletes on for the second straight season. All-NEC teams, followed by Central Connecticut, LIU Brooklyn and Saint Francis U with three apiece. The Hansen, a three-time first team All-NEC honoree, led Terriers also landed an NEC-high three players on the the Blackbirds in goals (7) and points (18) during a NEC All-Rookie squad. regular season that saw the Blackbirds secure the #2 seed with a 4-2-1 league mark. He ranks third in the St. Francis Brooklyn goalkeeper Roberto Bazzichetto league in those two categories heading into the post- (San Vendemiano, Italy/G. Marchesini), midfielder season. The Greve, Denmark product and former NEC Dominick Falanga (Brooklyn, NY/New Utrecht) and Rookie of the Year became the second LIU Brooklyn defender Collyns Laokandi (Paris, France/University player to win the NEC Player of the Year award in as of Reimes Champagne Ardenne) made their second- many years after Simen Hestnes was honored in 2016. straight All-NEC first team appearances for the Ter- Hansen is also the fifth Blackbird to win the award in riers. Bazzichetto leads the NEC with a 0.62 goals school history. against average and ranks second with an .833 save percentage. Falanga is tied for sixth on the circuit with six goals. LIU Brooklyn redshirt senior midfielder Naeem Charles (Trinidad & Tobago/Westinghouse) earned All-NEC second team honors, a year after collecting first team honors. One of the NEC’s top goal scoring threats, Robert Morris forward Bayley Winkel (Whitby, Ontario/Hen- ry Street (Drexel)) was recognized with a first team nod. Heading into the NEC Tournament, he leads the Colonials and ranks second in the NEC with 10 goals and 22 points. RMU senior midfielder Keane McIvor (Diego Martin, Trinidad & Tobago/St. Anthony’s Col- lege) made his third-straight appearance on the All- NEC second team. He is the current NEC leader and sits 17th nationally with eight assists on the year. Saint Francis U placed two players on the All-NEC first team. Junior forward Mario Mastrangelo (Venetia, PA/ Peters Township) and senior midfielder Troye Kier- nan (Pittsburgh, PA/Upper St. Clair) led a prolific Red Flash offense that ranks first in the NEC and 11th -na tionally in scoring (2.11). Mastrangelo finished the reg- ular season with an NEC-high 13 goals and 26 points, He currently ranks eighth nationally in goals, 10th in goals per game (0.76) and third in game-winners (5). Kiernan ranks in the NEC top-10 in goals (5), assists NEC Defensive Player of the Year Fouzi Taieb (6) and points (16). 2017 Northeast Conference Men’s Soccer Award Winners Defensive Player of the Year Faouzi Taieb St. Francis Brooklyn D SO Coaching Staff of the Year Tom Giovatto St. Francis Brooklyn 11th Season

2017 Northeast Conference Men’s Soccer First Team All-Conference Name School Pos Yr Dominick Falanga St. Francis Brooklyn M Sr. Collyns Laokandi St. Francis Brooklyn D Sr. Roberto Bazzichetto St. Francis Brooklyn GK Sr. Faouzi Taieb St. Francis Brooklyn D SO 2017 Northeast Conference Men’s Soccer Second Team All-Conference Name School Pos Yr Federico Curbelo St. Francis Brooklyn MF Sr. Leo Folla St. Francis Broioklyn D Sr. 2017 Northeast Conference Men’s Soccer All-Rookie Team Name School Pos Yr Matteo Caribotti St. Francis Brooklyn F So. Sami Gliguem St. Francis Brooklyn MF Jr. Ali Tounkara St. Francis Brooklyn F Jr. The Automated ScoreBook St. Francis Brooklyn Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Goals Assists Shots On Goal Corners YC RC Aug 25 Massachusetts 1-2 1/2 1/3 6/21 2/6 4/5 0/1 1/0 Aug 29 LAFAYETTE 2-1 2/1 2/1 10/9 8/3 3/9 2/1 0/0 Sep 01 GEORGE WASHINGTON 3-1 3/1 2/0 11/2 8/1 2/4 0/1 0/0 9/3/2017 Saint Peter's 3-2 3/2 3/1 10/10 6/4 6/7 1/1 0/0 Sep 06 Howard 1-0 1/0 1/0 15/11 5/4 2/2 1/2 0/0 Sep 09 NJIT 0-3 0/3 0/3 11/8 3/6 1/2 2/4 0/0 Sep 13 HARTFORD 0-1 0/1 0/1 15/4 5/2 6/2 0/0 0/0 Sep 16 Manhattan 2-1 2/1 0/1 14/5 9/1 7/4 3/2 0/1 Sep 22 Cornell 1-2 1/2 1/2 9/14 5/5 6/5 0/1 1/0 Sep 26 HARTWICK 2-1 2/1 2/1 11/11 5/7 4/5 0/0 0/0 Oct 08 Fairleigh Dickinson 1-0 1/0 1/0 10/8 6/6 4/5 0/0 0/0 Oct 13 SHUM 0-0 0/0 0/0 14/6 5/1 7/2 4/3 0/0 Oct 20 RMU 3-1 3/1 3/2 14/7 7/5 5/3 0/3 0/0 Oct 22 SFU-M 1-0 1/0 1/0 12/5 7/3 6/1 1/3 0/0 Oct 27 Central Connecticut 1-0 1/0 2/0 10/7 5/1 3/2 1/0 0/0 Oct 30 BRYM 1-0 1/0 2/0 10/5 4/3 5/3 0/0 0/0 Nov 03 LIU Brooklyn 2-1 2/1 3/2 24/15 12/8 5/6 2/2 0/0 Nov 10 RMU 3-0 3/0 3/0 16/5 8/3 7/3 0/1 0/0 Nov 12 LIU BROOKLYN 5-0 5/0 5/0 18/4 8/0 6/2 3/4 0/1 Totals 32-16 32/16 32/17 240/157 118/69 89/72 20/29 2/2

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category The Automated ScoreBook St. Francis Brooklyn Game Results (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Overall Conf Att. Goals scored Aug 25 at Massachusetts L 1-2 0-1-0 0-0-0 326 TAIEB, Faouzi (CURBELO, Federico) Aug 29 LAFAYETTE W 2-1 1-1-0 0-0-0 172 CARIBOTTI, Matteo (TOUNKARA, Ali) CARIBOTTI, Matteo (TOUNKARA, Ali) Sep 01 GEORGE WASHINGTON W 3-1 2-1-0 0-0-0 225 GLIGUEM, Sami (unassisted) GLIGUEM, Sami (YOUNG, Kieran) TOUNKARA, Ali (GLIGUEM, Sami) 9/3/2017 at Saint Peter's W 3-2 3-1-0 0-0-0 250 GLIGUEM, Sami (GIMENES, Anthony) FALANGA, Dominick (FOLLA, Leo) TOUNKARA, Ali (GIMENES, Anthony) Sep 06 at Howard W 1-0 4-1-0 0-0-0 75 COKE JR, Dennis (FALANGA, Dominick) Sep 09 at NJIT L 0-3 4-2-0 0-0-0 397 - Sep 13 HARTFORD L 0-1 4-3-0 0-0-0 277 - Sep 16 at Manhattan W 2-1 5-3-0 0-0-0 180 FOLLA, Leo (unassisted) TAIEB, Faouzi (unassisted) Sep 22 at Cornell L 1-2 5-4-0 0-0-0 224 CURBELO, Federico (GIMENES, Anthony) Sep 26 HARTWICK W 2-1 6-4-0 0-0-0 486 TOUNKARA, Ali (ISLAMI, Amir) FALANGA, Dominick (CURBELO, Federico) * Oct 08 at Fairleigh Dickinson W 1-0 7-4-0 1-0-0 215 TAIEB, Faouzi (FOLLA, Leo) * Oct 13 SHUM T O 2 0-0 7-4-1 1-0-1 110 - * Oct 20 RMU W 3-1 8-4-1 2-0-1 175 FALANGA, Dominick (CURBELO, Federico) FALANGA, Dominick (GRUVER, Chris) FALANGA, Dominick (CURBELO, Federico) * Oct 22 SFU-M W 1-0 9-4-1 3-0-1 212 TOUNKARA, Ali (GRUVER, Chris) * Oct 27 at Central Connecticut W 1-0 10-4-1 4-0-1 227 FOLLA, Leo (LAOKANDI, Collyns;CURBELO, Federico) * Oct 30 BRYM WOT 1-0 11-4-1 5-0-1 13 YOUNG, Kieran (ISLAMI, Amir;GRUVER, Chris) * Nov 03 at LIU Brooklyn WOT 2-1 12-4-1 6-0-1 245 FALANGA, Dominick (ISLAMI, Amir) SAQUI, Nadim (CARIBOTTI, Matteo;LAOKANDI, Collyns) Nov 10 RMU W 3-0 13-4-1 6-0-1 325 TOUNKARA, Ali (GIMENES, Anthony) TOUNKARA, Ali (GLIGUEM, Sami) SAQUI, Nadim (CURBELO, Federico) Nov 12 LIU BROOKLYN W 5-0 14-4-1 6-0-1 445 TOUNKARA, Ali (unassisted) FALANGA, Dominick (TORRIANI, Marco) TOUNKARA, Ali (TAIEB, Faouzi) GLIGUEM, Sami (CARIBOTTI, Matteo) SAQUI, Nadim (CARIBOTTI, Matteo;TORRIANI, Marco)

Team Record W-L-T Attendance Dates Total Avg. Overall: 14-4-1 Total: 19 4579 241 Conference: 6-0-1 Home: 10 2440 244 Home: 8-1-1 Away: 9 2139 238 Away: 6-3 Neutral: 0 0 0 Neutral: 0-0 Overtime: 2-0-1