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SVC’s Eschler Named 2008 NECC Soccer Goalie of the Year Sophomore Aaron Eschler of Gloversville, N.Y., brought recognition to the Mountaineers when the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) named him 2008 NECC Men’s Soccer Goalie of the Year. The Mountaineers were also recognized with the Team Sportsmanship Award. “To be recognized by our competition for demonstrating great sportsmanship throughout the season is a very big deal,” said coach
Tim Penrod. “This was truly a competitive season, and I feel that every team in our conference deserves this award. The individual players on our team should be commended for this—they kept their heads all season long.” For the season Eschler tallied 150 saves with 2.32 goals against average (GAA), topping the NECC in saves and save percentage. He played 1,243:48 minutes while notching 52 saves, 2.00 GAA and a .812 save percentage in all six conference matches. Winning the Goalie of the Year guarantees Eschler an automatic spot on the All-NECC first team. Coach Penrod is impressed with
CLAIRCIUS AND KARNIK ARE NAMED NECC ALLCONFERENCE First year student Joa Claircius, from Clermont, Florida (photo, right) has been named to the 2009 New England Collegiate Conference’s Sec-
WINNING FORM–Goalie Aaron Eschler is heads and shoulders above the rest as the 2008 New England Collegiate Conference Goalie of the Year.
the sophomore transfer student, citing him as an important component to the team’s success. “This is a great
honor for a young man who worked very hard all season long,” said Penrod. “He kept us in every game that we played this season. While he probably received a lot of votes for this honor because of the saves he made, what gets lost in the shuffle are the little things: commanding the penalty area, communication to the entire team and his distribution of the ball. He is a complete player and I think he is only going to get better over the next two years.” Eschler, a Psychology major at Southern Vermont College, is a strong student. “I like my psych classes here at SVC, specifically ones taught by Professor Glenn Gross.”
BACK AT BAT SVC alumni (in light shirts) returned to Epstein Field to take on the 2008-2009 student players. From left to right: Greg Bastek ’89, Robert Burke ’97, Dan Bosely ’08, Gerald Van Loan ’95, Michael Collins ’95 and William Colantuoni ’94. Missing: Adam Pipkin ’04. SVC Players, (in dark shirts, front row, sitting): Eric Wells, Dan Cook, Keith Diotte. Kneeling, Assistant Coach Ethan Kipnes,
ond team, after a breakout year finishing 34th
Pete Metzler, Ian Valentine, Pat Warrington, Dave Gage, Adam Northup, Hank
in the country in scoring for Division III schools,
Blethen, Rob Murawski. Standing: Team Manager Jon Geissler, Eric Gardner,
with 18.6 points per game. Junior Joe Karnik,
Roger Manning, Mike Donato, Andrew Morin, Ben Naaktgeboren, Tim Johnson,
from Castleton, New York was named to the
Brett Pawlek, Mark Hackett, Head Coach Don Schaffer. The actual score from
NECC All-Conference First-Team, scoring a team high of 405 points overall and averaging 19.3 points per game in 21 games. Karnik is on pace to
the Homecoming showdown was undisclosed, but the Alumni report was a general consensus that, “no one got hurt and a good time was had by all.”
be a 1000 point scorer with a total of 817 points after this season.
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SOUTHERN VERMONT COLLEGE
Homecoming Weekend September 2008 EVERETT SOCCER FIELD DEDICATED Pictured at the ribbon-cutting photo at left are, (from left to right) Head Women’s Soccer Coach Shawn Holcombe, women’s team captain Leslie
top right: Matt Haggerty
Surdam ’09, President Karen Gross, former Director of Athletics (current Women’s Basketball Coach) Ben Kozik, Head Men’s Soccer Coach Tim Penrod and men’s team captains Elias Skiff ’11 and Ben Bollinger ’09. That weekend, the women’s team fell to Mitchell College 3-1, while the men’s team defeated Elms College 1-0.
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