IF i WIN I ’ L L B A C K I T U P W I T H H U M I L I T Y.
Don’t undo my hard work with poor sportsmanship.
Table of Contents University of Bridgeport............................................................4 Mercy College..............................................................................5 Molloy College............................................................................6 Roberts Wesleyan College.........................................................7
East Coast Conference Staff Dr. Robert Dranoff Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org 631.372.0332
Melissa Reilly Associate Commissioner mreilly@eccsports.org 631.372.1886
Casey Rafferty Assistant Commissioner crafferty@eccsports.org 631.372.0886
The 2019 East Coast Conference Soccer Championship Program was written, laid out and designed by Casey Rafferty, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Communications, in Adobe InDesign CS5. Cover art work was designed by ECC Communications and Operations Assistant, Ruth Rodriguez. Special thanks to the editorial assistance provided by: Bob Dranoff, Melissa Reilly, and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name Yr 1 Carlos Tofern So. 2 Vinicius Lelis Jr. 3 Tom Godden So. 4 Jonas Schmelcher So. 5 Marlon Montanella Gr. 6 Luis Cari So. 7 Erlend Skagestad Sr. 8 Oscar Facey So. 9 Nikolai Vadseth Sr. 10 Goncalo Mendes Gr. 11 Hannes Nilsson Fr. 12 Felipe Dias Fr. 13 Lucas Santos Sr. 14 Odhran Casey So. 15 David Torres Fr. 16 Josh Erdos Fr. 17 Alex Cota Jr. 18 Brian McGivern Jr. 19 Kamrock Tovar So. 20 David Intrabartolo Fr. 21 Yoel Salvador Sr. 22 Jesse Clark So. 23 Leandro Avila Sr. 24 Marcus Carrington So. 27 Shinichiro Hirai Sr. 30 Mamadou Traore Sr.
Pos GK B B B B F M M M M M GK M B M M M M M/F F F M F GK M F
Ht 6-2 5-10 5-9 6-2 5-11 5-4 5-7 6-0 6-0 5-6 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-9 5-10 5-6 5-6 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-11 5-9 6-0 5-11 5-4 6-3
Wt 190 175 164 195 174 140 155 148 165 140 180 180 170 140 140 135 145 150 145 155 170 160 165 195 125 185
Hometown/Previous School Hamburg, Germany/Wichern-Schule Naugatuck, Conn./Post University Leeds, England/Garforth Academy Berlin, Germany/Schul-und Leistungssportzentrum Berlin Cannes, France/Young Harris Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull Mjoendalen, Norway/Drammen Vigeregaaende Skole Trangsund, Sweden/Varmdo Gymansium Langevaag, Norway/Aalesund VGS Vila do Conde, Portugal/U. of Porto Gothenburg, Sweden/Vadsbogymnasiet Bridgeport, Conn./Fairchild Wheeler Sao Paulo, Brazil/Monroe College Derry, Northern Ireland/St. Columb’s College Stamford, Conn./Westhill Stratford, Conn./Fairchild Wheeler Glen Cove N.Y./Glen Cove Dublin, Ireland/Maynooth University Stratford, Conn./Information Technology & Software Eng. Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa Bridgeport, Conn./Central Stratford, Conn./Bunnell Panama City, Panama/Iowa Western CC Hamden, Conn./Hamden Hamamatsu, Japan/Inasa Bronx. N.Y./Bronx HS of Business
Head Coach: Peter Doneit (4th season) Assistant Coaches: Shane Recklet, Wade Dixon Graduate Assistant Coach: Jonathan Macadam Volunteer Assistant Coach: Javier Miraballes
Quick Facts
Location: Bridgeport, Conn. Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 4,800 Nickname: Purple Knights Colors: Purple and White President: Laura Skandera Trombley, Ph.D. Director of Athletics: Lou Izzi Stadium: Knights Field
About Bridgeport
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Coach Peter Doneit
Leandro Avila
Oscar Facey
Did You Know?
• The Bridgeport women’s soccer program claimed the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship with a 1-0 win over Grand Valley St last December • Since 2012, 12 University of Bridgeport student-athletes have earned national CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. • UB softball won its first-ever ECC Championship this past Spring. • UB began play in its new baseball field adjacent to campus in beautiful Seaside Park earlier this year. • The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won six of the last 10 USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships.
Marion Montanella
An international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs, at the University of Bridgeport, the New England’s fastest growing university, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UB is among America’s strong international universities with 25 percent of our students coming from overseas. The University’s commitment to educate students from throughout the world is recognized in the US News and World Report issue on colleges. With students from more than 80 countries who are active in student government, publications and clubs, the University of Bridgeport prides itself in being a real world experience in globalization. Through its International Programs, the University provides academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities which support the University’s commitment to promote global citizenship and a commitment to public service. There are 200 full- and part-time faculty, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars. Known for its competent, committed, caring faculty, the University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 11:1. It also takes pride in its commitment to diversity. Some 32 percent of its students are members of minorities. Committed to creating new learning venues, the University of Bridgeport’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its Office of Distance Learning pioneered the first online graduate degree program in the State of Connecticut. A variety of online courses and certificate programs are also available.
MERCY COLLEGE
No. Name 0 Jordan Williams 1 Joel Serrano 2 Juan Lares 3 Kevin Aguilar 4 Aaron Denk-Gracia 5 Jose Izarra 6 Kevin Rodriguez 7 Maximiliano Rebolledo-Camus 8 Manuel Achondo Coach Pedro Velazquez 9 Santiago Corral 10 Ignacio Mangada 11 Gaston Rozenblum 12 Nigel Hawthorne 13 David Sassano 14 Saul Melendez 15 Rainiero Salas 16 Matthias Kuhn 17 Archie Jones 18 Vasco Baptista 19 Steven Fernandez Santiago Corral 20 Yaw Gyamera Jr. 21 Ryan Sipavicius 22 Filip Malmgren 23 Hamza Khan 25 Francisco Ricci
Yr Pos Jr. GK Jr. GK Gr. B So. B So. B Sr. M Sr. M/F Sr. M/F Sr. M Sr. F Sr. M/F Sr. B Jr. M/F Fr. B R-Fr. B So. B/M Fr. B/M So. M/F Fr. M R-Fr. F R-So. B R-So. F Jr. B Fr. B Jr. B
Ht 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-2 5-9 5-4 5-11 5-11 6-6 5-9 5-9 5-10 5-9 5-9 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-7 5-8
Wt 195 168 190 175 189 160 140 165 158 195 163 179 180 165 156 159 178 160 168 175 174 165 160 138 169
Hometown/Previous School Newton, N.J./North Carolina Wesleyan College Arecibo, P.R./Marshalltown CC Orlando, Fla./Warner University Bronx, N.Y./Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy Mannheim, Germany/Liselotte-Gymnasium Mannheim Valencia, Venezuela/Marshalltown CC Queens, N.Y./ASA College Santiago, Chile/Saint George’s College Santiago, Chile/Colegio Verbo Divino Buenos Aires, Argentina/Instituto Francesco Faa Di Bruno Alicante, Spain/Campbellsville University Buenos Aires, Argentina/Escuelas Tenicas ORT Queens, N.Y./Millersville University Ossining, N.Y./Ossining Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Hayes Panama City, Panama/Alderson Broaddus Viernheim, Germany/University of Mannheim London, England/Northbridge Alges, Portugal/Escola Secundaria de Miraflores Rego Park, N.Y./Iona College Brooklyn, N.Y./LIU Brooklyn Flushing, N.Y./Holy Cross Viken, Sweden/Martin Methodist College London, England/Sutton Grammar School Buenos Aires, Argentina/Warner University
Head Coach: Pedro Velazquez (4th Season) Assistant Coaches: Byron Garcia, Juan Gatti, Jose Carlos Arevalo, Jack Nicholson
Ignacio Mangada
Quick Facts
Gaston Rozenblum
Did You Know?
• Mercy is making their third straight appearance in the ECC Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Championship. Founded: 1950 • The Mavericks look to win their first ECC Championship Enrollment: 9,403 since 2004. Nickname: Mavericks Colors: Blue and White President: Timothy L. Hall Director of Athletics: Matt Kilcullen, Jr. Stadium: Mavericks Field
About Mercy:
Mercy College is a New York metropolitan area college of over 9,000 students studying at five campus locations including: Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains, Yorktown Heights. With over 90 undergraduate and graduate programs, 25 of which are offered online, Mercy College offers a quality liberal arts education within five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Students may take classes during the day, evenings, weekends, and online, so that they can fit a rigorous Mercy College education into their busy lives. Mercy College also offers tremendous financial support so that the cost of college is not a barrier to success. The faculty is dedicated to the scholarship of teaching. Mercy College professors include Fulbright Scholars, published authors and national authorities in their fields. Mercy College offers a comprehensive intercollegiate NCAA Division II program that sponsors 16 varsity sports. The main campus located on the scenic banks of the Hudson River in Dobbs Ferry is just minutes from Manhattan. Mercy College students reside in the College’s on campus dormitory and within the suburban community of Dobbs Ferry. Intramural activities are also offered throughout the year for the recreational athlete. To apply to Mercy College visit www.mercy.edu or call 1-877-MERCYGO.
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MOLLOY COLLEGE No. Name 0 Sergio Peralta 1 Dennis Mejia 2 Matt Miller 3 Oscar Magnusson 4 Bryan Argueta 5 Orlando Zambrano Jr. 6 Eli Whyte 7 Paul Morales 8 Carlos Bonilla 9 Kenneth Garcia 11 Luis Mata 13 Zuberi Symister 14 Anthony Rojas 15 Justin Kearns 16 Angelo Bordenca 17 Anthony Cestaro 18 Ryan Mehryari 20 Nick Biglin 22 Mike McGovern 23 Joe Leon 24 Carlos Ponce 25 Danny Muir 26 Bachir Gueye 27 Silvestre Macias 28 Joey Gahan 29 Justin Hessler 30 Ryan Essigman 31 Ryan Hilke 32 Andrew Davila 33 Thomas Robbert
Yr Fr. So. Sr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Gr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So.
Pos GK GK M M M B M M M F F F B B M/F M F B M M B B F GK F/B M M F M M/B
Ht 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-9 6-0 6-2 5-7 5-9 5-9 6-2 5-5 5-6 5-9 5-8 5-8 5-9 5-11 6-3 6-2 5-5 6-0 5-10 6-2 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-5 6-4 6-0 6-2
Wt Hometown/Previous School 145 Middle Village, N.Y./Cardozo 160 Oyster Bay, N.Y./Oyster Bay 160 Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside 150 Halmstad, Swe./Kattegattgymnasiet 172 Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood 170 Flushing, N.Y./Queensborough 165 Selden, N.Y./Suffolk 138 Jackson Heights, N.Y./McClancy 155 Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood 165 Elmhurst, N.Y./St. Joseph’s Brooklyn 150 Maracaibo, Venezuela/Riffa Views 170 Central Islip, N.Y./St. Anthony’s 170 Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood 140 Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage 150 Flushing, N.Y./Holy Cross 155 Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa 170 Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur 215 Massapequa Park, N.Y./Hofstra 155 Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side 140 Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park 165 Massapequa, N.Y./Amityville 150 Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa 160 Coram, N.Y./Longwood 180 Central Islip, N.Y./Anthony’s 155 Kings Park, N.Y./St. Pius V 145 Garden City, N.Y./Garden City 135 Rockville Centre, N.Y./ Long Island Lutheran 165 Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun 170 Bellmore, N.Y./Mepham 185 Centereach, N.Y./Centereach
Head Coach: Danny Longo (11th Season) Assistant Coaches: Michael Dombo, Tyler Botte, Adam Carnwath, Christina Restivo
Quick Facts
Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 3,300 Nickname: Lions Colors: Maroon and White President: Drew Bogner, Ph.D Director of Athletics: Susan Cassidy-Lyke Stadium: John A. Darcy Field at RVC Sports Complex
About Molloy:
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Coach Danny Longo
Nick Biglin
Carlos Bonilla
Did You Know?
• This is the Lions first appearance in the ECC Championship since 2016. Molloy played New York Tech to a 0-0 draw and advanced on penalty kicks in the semifinals. The maroon and white fell to LIU Post, 3-0, in the final. • Seniors Anthony Cestaro, who was the 2016 ECC Rookie of the Year, Paul Morales, and Matt Miller appeared in the postseason. • This is the first year the Lions have won double-digit matches since 2016, when they won 11. • Cestaro set the Molloy all-time assist record (19) in the team’s win over Georgian Court Oct. 23.
Anthony Cestaro
Molloy College is an institution of the Dominican tradition which offers students a rich, multi-dimensional educational experience in an academically challenging environment. We foster critical thinking and creative exploration while preparing students to live and work in the global world of today. Money magazine recently ranked Molloy College the #1 “Value All-Star” in the nation.
ROBERTS WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Coach Scott Reber
Alex Perez Vega
No. Name 00 Joe McNulty 01 Sam Diltz 1 Jared Gibbons 2 Dan Reger 3 Kristian Annibali 4 Jaheed Loblack 5 Josh DaSilva 6 Pau Guillem Marzal 7 Johanz Tusiime 8 Marc-Anthony Blackburn 9 Terrell Spencer 10 Barrington Smith 11 Laudo Cardona 12 Ethan Leonard 13 Camillo Ospina 14 Shaq Rouse 16 Hunter Salisbury 17 Dylan Martinez 19 Alex Perez Vega 20 Jordan Sullivan 22 Jeremiah Ochepo 23 Dylan Ruiz 26 Aaryn Massy
Yr Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. So. So.
Pos GK GK GK B M M B B F M F B M M M M M M M M B F B
Ht 6-0 6-5 6-1 6-3 5-7 5-9 6-0 5-7 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-11 5-9 5-10 5-7 6-5 5-8 5-10 5-8 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-4
Wt 185 225 185 165 140 160 165 140 140 165 145 170 185 160 145 180 180 170 160 170 165 180 190
Hometown/Previous School Brockport, N.Y./Brockport Newmarket, Ontario/Newmarket Johannesburg, South Africa/Trinityhouse Spencerport, N.Y./Spencerport Gates, N.Y./Gates-Chili Pickering, Ontario/California (Pa.) Markham, Ontario/Markham Catarroja, Spain/IES Berenguer Dalmau Entebbe, Uganda/Our Savior Oshawa, Ontario/Monseigneur Paul Dwyer Pickering, Ontario/Pickering Pickering, Ontario/St. Mary’s Stamford, Conn./Stamford Medina, N.Y./Medina Colombia/County College of Morris Toronto, Ontario/Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Webster, N.Y./Homeschool Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas Institute Panama City/Charles Finney London, England/Monroe CC Nigeria/Our Savior Mexico City, Mexico/Huron Heights Whitby, Ontario/All Saints Catholic
Head Coach: Scott Reber (5th Season) Assistant Coaches: Peter Mastrogiovanni, Phil Schmitt, Tai Aderounmu, Kenny Aderounmu
Dylan Ruiz
Quick Facts
Terrell Spencer
Location: Rochester, N.Y. Founded: 1866 Enrollment: 1,823 Nickname: Redhawks Colors: Red, Black, and White President: Dr. Deana L. Porterfield Director of Athletics: Bob Segave Stadium: Roberts Wesleyan Soccer Stadium
Did You Know?
• This is Roberts Wesleyan’s first-ever appearance in the ECC Men’s Soccer Championship. • Sophomore forward Dylan Ruiz currently ranks third in the country in goals this season with 17 • Two-time Olympic medalist (gold, silver) Jenn Suhr (pole vault) played basketball at Roberts Wesleyan. She ranks second all-time in program history with 1,819 career points.
About Roberts Wesleyan:
With an enrollment of nearly 2,000 students and a tradition of excellence since 1866, Roberts Wesleyan College is a leader among liberal arts colleges with a Christian worldview. The College offers more than 50 undergraduate programs, as well as graduate programs in education, school psychology, school counseling, health administration, nursing education, nursing leadership & administration, strategic marketing, social work and strategic leadership. Roberts Wesleyan also offers innovative undergraduate degree-completion programs for working adults in health administration, nursing, organizational management, and teacher education.
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