Megan Valentine, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Hilbert College, is pleased to announce that Jeff Hallenbeck will join the WNY campus community as the full-time Head Men's Soccer coach and Athletics Operation Coordinator.
La Roche University is excited to announce that Nick Russo has been named the head coach of the men's soccer program. Russo is a 2010 La Roche graduate.
The University of Pittsburgh Greensburg is pleased to announce the hiring of Marc Bucci as its head men's soccer coach. Bucci comes to Pitt-Greensburg from Pitt-Johnstown where he served as assistant coach during the 2018 season.
Penn State Behrend men's soccer goalie Chris Ralph was named the 2018 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Defensive Player of the Year and head coach Dan Perritano was named Coach of the Year.
Penn State Behrend men's soccer senior goalkeeper Chris Ralph was named to the 2018 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Men's Scholar All-America Third Team.
The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team earned its first-ever spot in the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Final rankings announced on Tuesday. The Lions finished No. 16 in the Top 25 after finishing with a 16-4-2 overall record for the 2018 season.
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
Six AMCC men's soccer players were named to the 2018 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III All-Great Lakes Region Team. Honorees include Medaille College's Lachlan Beever, Penn State Behrend's Chris Ralph, Aaron Harris and Dakota Lange, and Mount Aloysius College's Joshua Devlin and Cameron Kemp.
The No. 4 Calvin College (19-1) men's soccer team scored three goals in the final 19 minutes to defeat Penn State Behrend (16-4-2) 4-1 in the NCAA Division III Regional Semifinals held at Case Western Reserve University on Friday night.
Penn State Behrend battled past Lycoming College in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, defeating the Warriors 1-0 on Saturday night at John Carroll University in suburban Cleveland, Ohio.
A duo of Penn St. Behrend men's soccer players were honored by the Eastern College Athletic Conference Wednesday afternoon. Senior defender Ryan Maurer was named the Defensive Player of the Month for the month of October in the South region, while freshman forward Logan Brinsky was named the Rookie of the month.
The Penn State Behrend men's and women's soccer teams both picked up regional rankings in the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Great Lake Region poll.
Medaille College freshman forward Lachlan Beever has been named the 2018 AMCC Newcomer and Offensive Player of the Year. He had a standout rookie campaign offensively, scoring 19 goals and adding three assists for a total of 41 points.
After winning the AMCC Tournament title on Saturday, the Penn State Behrend men's soccer team will now have their sights set on the First Round of the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Tournament.
Maurer helped guide Penn State Behrend to an AMCC tournament title last week. He scored a pair of goals against Franciscan in the AMCC Semifinals and also added a goal in the AMCC title match against Medaille. More importantly, Maurer captained a Penn State defense that only allowed five goals against AMCC opponents this season. For his efforts in the AMCC Tournament, Maurer was named to the AMCC all-tournament team.
Blanchard scored the game-winning goal in the AMCC Championship game in the 76th minute, helping Penn State Behrend defeat Medaille College for the AMCC men's soccer title. Blanchard also had one assist in the AMCC semifinal against Franciscan earlier in the week. PSB will be headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016.
In AMCC men's soccer semifinal action, #1 Penn State Behrend defeated #4 Franciscan University 5-2, while #2 Medaille College got the 2-1 victory over Mount Aloysius College to advance to the championship game Saturday afternoon.
Gaughan set the single-season program individual win record with his win in net against Pitt.-Greensburg. Gaughan finished the week 2-0 with a .50 GAA, including a shutout against Pitt.-Greensburg. For the week, Gaughan recorded six saves to push his single-season total to 82, setting the program's single-season save record.
Vicent scored three goals over two games. He scored twice, including the game-winner, in the Redhawks' AMCC playoff berth clinching victory over Penn State Altoona. He then scored in La Roche's tournament game at Mt. Aloysius.
The third-seeded Mount Aloysius College men's soccer team earned a 2-1 victory over #6 La Roche College, while #4 Franciscan University handed #5 D'Youville College a 6-1 loss in the first round of the AMCC men's soccer tournament.
The AMCC men's soccer championship tournament kicks off this weekend as #6 La Roche College travels to #3 Mount Aloysius College and #5 D'Youville College travels to #4 Franciscan University.
The AMCC men's soccer game of the week features two of the three teams battling it out for the final two playoff spots. D'Youville College (4-3-1), La Roche College (3-4-1), and Penn State Altoona (3-5) are all in the hunt for the #5 and #6 seeds of the AMCC championship tournament.
Mastovich led the Lions defense to three wins this week, including two victories over two of the top teams in the AMCC. He was instrumental in allowing just eight totals shots on goal all week, while he anchored the defense that tallied two shut outs.
Ali took over last week for the Mavericks, scoring four goals and adding one helper to help Medaille go 2-0 in conference play. He contributed to three of Medaille's five goals against Pitt Bradford Wednesday, while scoring the game-winning goal against La Roche Saturday.
The Penn State Behrend Lions and Mount Aloysius College Mounties will gear up for their biggest game of the season this Saturday when the Lions head to Cresson for a pivotal Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference matchup with the Mounties.
Pitts was perfect again for the Mavericks, stopping all six shots on goal he faced last week going 2-0 and extending his clean sheet streak to four matches.