The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team was honored by the NCAA for being the 2019-20 Division III Statistical Champion for winning percentage.
The Lions finished with a 19-2 overall mark, setting a new school record for wins in a season. Behrend won its 10th AMCC Championship and made its eighth NCAA Tournament appearance. The Lions began the season by winning the Herb Lauffer Memorial Tournament and proceeded to post a 10-0 record at home.
Behrend was nationally ranked from start of the season to the finish, reaching a program-best 10th ranking. The Lions were the final unbeaten and untied team in the nation with 11 straight wins to begin the 2019 season.
Sean Hallas has been named the Medaille College interim head men's soccer coach, replacing Craig Wilkinson, who stepped down to pursue other opportunities.
Penn State Behrend men's soccer senior Matt Warnaka and junior Richard Blanchard were named to the 2019 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Scholar All-East Region Team.
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford senior student-athlete Ugwunna Amadi has been selected by the NCAA to attend the Division III Student Immersion Program this January.
Penn State Behrend men's soccer senior Andrew Mastovich and junior Richard Blanchard were named to the 2019 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III All-Star Team.
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.
Penn State Behrend once again started off the year with several AMCC championships and is in the lead for the Presidents Cup title after the fall sport season.
On Monday, Laurence Hutchinson was named the Head Men’s and Women’s Soccer Coach at Mount Aloysius College.
Hutchinson was the Associate Head Soccer Coach for the Men’s and Women’s programs during the 2018 season. During 2018, he helped the Men’s program to 15 wins and an appearance in the AMCC semi-finals. The Women’s program won, a record, 14 games and made their first-ever appearance in the AMCC Championship Game.
He was also part of the coaching staff from 2016-17, as a Graduate Assistant with the Men’s team. Hutchinson was part of 26 wins during that period, including a program-record, 16 wins in 2017. Both years, the program made an appearance in the AMCC Tournament.
Hutchinson played college soccer at Tennessee Wesleyan, prior to joining the staff at Mount Aloysius. He earned All-Conference honors while at Tennessee Wesleyan and helped them to an NAIA Tournament appearance.
He is a 2016 graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan, with a degree in Exercise Science. He earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Mount Aloysius in 2018. Hutchinson is a native of Middlesborough, England.
In addition, Interim Head Coach Adam Sprague has been elevated to Co-Head Men’s and Women’s Soccer Coach. After a successful season on the sidelines that saw the teams win a combined 27 games, Sprague will be back in 2020.
Hutchinson and Sprague will share coaching duties, as well as recruiting and day-to-day operations. Sprague will also step into the Athletics Compliance Coordinator position at Mount Aloysius, in addition to his coaching responsibilities.
The No. 9 Kenyon College Lords men's soccer team had five different players score to defeat No. 20 Penn State Behrend 5-0 in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
While the fall sports season has just about ended for most teams, there are several AMCC teams gearing up for yet another game, and what most would consider as the most exciting time of the year.
Warnaka made a career-high eight saves over 90 minutes to help the Lions defeat Medaille in the AMCC Championship game. He registered 11 saves during the AMCC Tournament and recorded a pair of wins for a 0.50 goals-against average.
Blanchard registered three goals and one assist for seven points in the AMCC Tournament this week. He tallied both game-winning goals to help the Lions claim their 10th AMCC Championship. Blanchard netted two goals and handed out one assist in the semifinals, before burying a penalty kick late in the second half in the AMCC title game for the win.
Eyre earned two wins to help get the Mounties to advance in the AMCC Tournament. His first win was a shutout against Franciscan, where he registered four saves to clinch the number three spot in the conference tournament. Then on Saturday, he limited Pitt-Bradford to one goal in the playoff victory.
Napier came up big for the Mavericks, scoring the game-winning goal in the dying minutes of the second half against Pitt-Bradford. The win clinched the Mavs as the #1 seed for the AMCC Tournament with Napier being the hero.
Both higher seeds picked up men's soccer first round victories on Saturday when #3 Mount Aloysius College beat #6 Pitt-Bradford 4-1, and #4 Franciscan University defeated #5 La Roche University 3-1.
The AMCC Men's Soccer Championship Tournament kicks off this weekend as Medaille College has clinched the #1 seed and hosting rights for the tournament championship.
The final AMCC men's soccer game of the week for the 2019 season will feature the Franciscan University Barons (12-2-2, 7-1-1 AMCC) taking on the Mount Aloysius College Mounties (13-5, 7-2). The Barons are currently in third place in league standings, while the Mounties are holding down the fourth spot.
Gorman went 2-0 this week playing all 180 minutes in two pivotal wins for La Roche against Penn St. Altoona (10/23) & Pitt Bradford (10/26). In those performances, Gorman finished with eight saves and only allowed two goals, while also picking up a shutout. With their backs against the wall, Gorman and the Redhawks have won back-to-back games for the first time all season, clinching a spot in the conference postseason for the 13th year in a row.
Devlin had an explosive offensive week as he tallied five goals, for 10 total points, on only nine shots. He recorded two goals against Alfred State with one being a game-winning goal. Devlin also sdded a hat-trick against Pitt-Greensburg, on Wednesday.
The Pitt-Bradford (8-6, 4-3 AMCC) and D’Youville College (7-8, 3-4 AMCC) men’s soccer teams enter the AMCC Game of the Week in fifth and sixth place, respectively, and in the thick of the playoff mix.
Allan was the quarterback of the Medaille defense in a 2-0 week for the Mavericks that saw them defeat D'Youville College (3-0) on Tuesday and then Mount Aloysius (3-0) in Saturday's AMCC Game of the Week to keep Medaille in first place.