Conference Carolinas Announces Men’s Soccer Award Winners
Conference Carolinas Announces Men’s Soccer Award Winners
High Point, N.C. - Conference Carolinas
announces the men’s soccer all-conference teams during this
week's Conference Carolinas Men's & Women's Soccer Championship
Tournament. Awards include All-Conference First, Second, &
Third teams, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the
Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and Regular Season
Champions. Head coaches from conference member institutions
nominate and then vote on the award winners who represent the best
of the best for the league.
The conference championships started Monday with the top eight
teams qualifying for quarterfinal action. Semifinal play resumes
Thursday (men) and Friday (women) with the championship finals on
Saturday (men) and Sunday (women). All games are played at the
highest remaining seed after the quarterfinal round. Converse is
the host of the women’s tournament, while Limestone hosts the
men’s tournament. The women's tournament champion receives an
automatic berth to the NCAA DII championships while the top six
regionally ranked men's teams will qualify for postseason play.
Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year
Midfielder, Senior
Orritt became the first player in Limestone men’s soccer
history to earn Offensive Player of the Year honors. The
All-American currently ranks fifth in the conference with 10 goals
and 24 points, and is second in the league with four game-winning
goals. He posted the winning score in wins over Mars Hill, Barton,
King, and Emmanuel during his senior campaign.
Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year
Defender, Sophomore
Randriamanantena has been a dominating fixture in the Limestone
defensive backfield the past two seasons, and has anchored arguably
the best defensive unit in team history this season. He has helped
limit league opponents to just nine goals in 2014 while guiding the
defense to eight shutouts. The Saints have allowed just two goals
over the past seven contests.
Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year
Midfielder, Freshman
Cooksley has made a huge impact during his first season with the
Blue and Gold, posting six goals, four assists and 16 points. He
nailed a dramatic game-winner in the 89th minute in
a 2-1 come-from-behind victory against Lees-McRae and then followed
it up with the game-winning score against Southern Wesleyan.
Men's Soccer Coach of the Year
12th season as Head Coach
Alsop guided the Saints to their third straight Conference
Carolinas Regular Season Championship with a perfect 10-0 league
record, and has his team primed for its second consecutive NCAA
Tournament appearance. Limestone finished with the top-ranked
offense in the league this season, posting 35 goals against league
opponents, and also boasted the top defensive unit in the
conference.
Men's All-Conference
1st-Team
Nathan Regis, Pfeiffer -Forward
Jorge Mackenna, Limestone -Forward
Andrew Settlemire, Erskine -Forward
Chris Hicks, King –Forward
Sam Orritt, Limestone -Midfielder
Erik Pajunk, Barton -Midfielder
Martim Galvao, Pfeiffer -Midfielder
Lalaina Randriamanantena, Limestone -Defender
Vebjoern Olstad, Limestone -Defender
Marvyn Rieger, Lees-McRae -Defender
Tom Godfrey, Limestone -Goalkeeper
Men's All-Conference
2nd-Team
James Galvani, Lees-McRae -Forward
Jaime Siaj, Pfeiffer -Forward
Roberto Soares, Pfeiffer –Forward
Dante De Luca, Barton -Midfielder
James Smith, Lees-McRae -Midfielder
Harry Cooksley, Limestone -Midfielder
Jovan Gracia, Barton –Defender
Maurice Kleinert, Lees-McRae -Defender
James Morgan, Lees-McRae -Defender
Niko Andrade, Pfeiffer -Defender
Nicholas Stover, Lees-McRae -Goalkeeper
Men's All-Conference
3rd-Team
Nick Fuller, Belmont Abbey -Forward
Kevin Williams Lopez, Mount Olive -Forward
Cooper Gaypia, Mount Olive –Forward
Tyler Agiovlassitis, Limestone -Midfielder
Eli Carrasco, King -Midfielder
Ross Henderson, Erskine –Midfielder
Ryan Murphy, King -Midfielder
Josh Heafield, Erskine -Defender
Kendale Liburd, King -Defender
Sam Hibbert, Limestone -Defender
Nicolas Dulac, Pfeiffer -Goalkeeper
Men's Soccer Regular Season
Champions
Limestone College