Men's Soccer
2007 Season Review
(2007 Cumulative Season Statistics)
The Medaille Mavericks Men's Soccer Team continued their winning ways in 2007 with an unprecedented third consecutive (undefeated) regular season AMCC Conference Championship. The Mavericks were also the hosts the AMCC Championship game in the play-offs and advanced to the ECAC Semi-finals at Union College. They finished with a record of 17-3-2 overall, and brought their record over the previous three seasons to an unbelievable 55 wins, 6 losses, and 6 ties. Their winning percentage of 88% ranks them forth in NCAA Division III Men's Soccer during that period of time trailing only Messiah College (3-time NCAA champs), Trinity University, and York College of Pa. The Mavericks have dominated AMCC Men's soccer over the past three seasons with a record of 25 wins, 0 losses, and 2 ties during the regular season. The team was lead by captain's junior Jared Reisdorf (Strykersville, NY/Holland), senior Steven DeGroff (Allegany, NY/Allegany-Limestone), and junior Jacob Reisdorf (Strykersville, NY/Holland).
The Mavs tremendously successful season netted them many individual postseason honors. Heading up the honor roll for the Mavericks was sophomore midfielder Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster). Gary finished second in the nation in assists for the second consecutive season, was a 1st Team Regional All-American by the NSCAA and 1st Team All-Region player by D3KICKS. He received both of these honors as a freshman as well. In addition, Gary was named the AMCC Co-Player of the Year and was selected to the D3kicks.com National "Team of the Week" three times. Sophomore defender Josh Meier (South Wales, NY/Holland) was named a 2nd Team Regional All-American by the NSCAA and a 2nd Team All-Region player by D3KICKS, while bringing home 1st Team All AMCC Conference honors. Also receiving 1st Team AMCC honors was sophomore forward Kendell McFayden (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North). Junior defender Jacob Reisdorf (Strykersville, NY/Holland) and senior goalkeeper JJ Bliniski (Panama, NY/Panama) were named to the AMCC Second Team, and earning Honorable Mention honors, was junior midfielder Jared Reisdorf (Holland, NY/Holland).
Receiving recognition both on the field and in the classroom from the NSCAA as 2007 NSCAA/Adidas College Men Scholar All-East Region athletes were junior midfielder Jared Reisdorf (Holland, NY/Holland), Junior defender Jacob Reisdorf (Strykersville, NY/Holland), senior goalkeeper JJ Bliniski (Panama, NY/Panama), senior midfielder William Hoch (Blockville, NY/Panama) and senior defender Steven DeGroff (Allegany, NY/Allegany-Limestone). For DeGroff it was his 2nd time being recognized for this prestigious award and in doing so he has become Medaille College's 1st 2-time honoree. In order to be named a NSCAA/Adidas College Men Scholar All-East Region athlete a student must be a junior or senior, meet a minimum amount of requirement (playing time) on the field, and earn a cumulative GPA of at least 3.3.
In 2008 the senior class will try to win their fourth consecutive AMCC Regular Season Championship and their third trip to the NCAA tournament. They will return nine starters and many other letter winners.
2006 Season Review
The Medaille Mavericks Men’s Soccer team improved upon their 2005 campaign in which they made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. The Mavs of 2006 dominated AMCC play finishing at (9-0-0) in conference action and (20-1-1) overall. The Mavs not only made it to the NCAA Tournament but they received a first round bye due to their strong play throughout the season. The Mavs hosted Nazareth College in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament and it would be a game for the ages as the teams would finish regulation and two overtime periods deadlocked at (2-2). The game would then move to penalty kicks and the ending would prove to be epic as Nazareth would outlast the Mavs (16-15) on penalty kicks. The Mavs tremendously successful season netted them many individual postseason honors. The Mavs leader all season was senior, Ryan Mangano (Silver Creek, NY/Silver Creek), he led the nation in scoring and finished as the Runner Up for the National Player of the Year, he was also named the AMCC Player of the Year and was selected to the D3kicks.com "Team of the Week" twice. Also receiving AMCC honors were Cory Cwiklinski (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster), Jeremy Watson (Lockport, NY/Lockport), Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) and Craig Yanni (Hornell, NY/Hornell) were all named to the AMCC First Team, Boughton was also named the AMCC Newcomer of the Year. Sophomore, Jacob Reisdorf (Holland, NY/Holland) was named to Second Team and earning Honorable Mention honors were Jared Reisdorf (Holland, NY/Holland) and Kendall McFayden (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North). The Mavs have found tremendous success over the past two seasons as they are (38-3-3) in their (44) games over that time span. They will look to win the AMCC title for a third straight time in the 2007 season as they will return many skilled players in the fall.
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