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Table of Contents University of Bridgeport............................................................4 LIU Post.........................................................................................5 New York Institute of Technology...........................................6 Queens College............................................................................7
East Coast Conference Staff Robert Dranoff Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org 631.348.3451
Melissa Reilly Associate Commissioner mreilly@eccsports.org 631.348.3453
Casey Rafferty Assistant Commissioner crafferty@eccsports.org 631.348.3452
The 2015 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 Casey Rafferty. 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 Pos Ht Wt Hometown/Previous School 1 Daniel Coviella Fr GK 5-10 160 Ribadesella, Spain/IES Avelina Cerra 2 Daniel Augenstein Sr B/M 5-8 145 Sandnes, Norway/ Bryne VGS 3 Hector Pommills Sr B 5-9 170 Bridgeport, Conn./U of New Haven 4 Rafael Torres Jr B/M 6-0 175 Belo Horizonte, Brazil/ Magnum 5 Najja Forbes Jr M 6-0 175 Couva, Trinidad & Tobago/Monroe College 6 Andrew Quintos Fr B 6-1 175 Kearny, N.J./Kearney 7 Luis Fajardo Sr F 5-8 155 Danbury, Conn./Danbury 8 Femi Coker So F/M 5-6 140 Johannesburg, South Africa/Ruschcroft 9 Lazar Baresic So F 6-0 165 Belgrade, Serbia/Vazduhoplovna Akademija 10 Jay Abreu Jr M 5-5 155 Palmas, Brazil/Monroe College 11 Luka Ivanovic Jr F 5-10 165 Belgrade, Serbia/Evergreen Valley College 12 Fabio Junior Jr GK 6-1 200 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Monroe College 13 Erick Romero Sr M/B 5-7 150 Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk 14 Oliver Karlsson Fr B 5-10 155 Gothenburg, Sweden/Katrinelundsgymnasiet 15 Jordan Gerald Sr M/B 5-7 155 West Orange, N.J./West Orange 16 Kieran Simms Sr B 6-3 190 London, England/Andrew College 17 Jaylan White So B 5-10 170 Dix Hills, N.Y./Dix Hills West 19 Arthur Angst Jr B 6-0 185 Bay Shore, N.Y./SUMY Delhi 20 Jose Irias So B 5-7 145 Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon 22 Matt Strout So F 5-6 145 Northport, N.Y./Northport 23 Stephon Stewart So B/F 5-8 150 Trumbull, Conn./Central Conn. State U. 24 Jhonah-George Felipe Fr M/F 5-3 140 Kailua, Hawaii/Kalaheo 25 Dominick Roberge So B 6-2 195 New Hyde Park, NY/Sewanhaka HS 26 Juan Munoz Fr GK 6-0 165 Bogota, Colombia/El Camino Academy 27/21 Klyde Jacques Fr F 5-8 145 Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin 28 Abraham Baldissi Fr F 6-1 150 Cartagena, Colombia/Colegio Jorge Washington Head Coach: Brian Quinn (16th season) Assistant Coaches: Peter Doneit, Matt Hoffmann, Han Park, Jonathan Raj, and Allan Petit-Homme
Quick Facts
Location: Bridgeport, Conn. Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 4,800 Nickname: Purple Knights Colors: Purple and White President: Neil Albert Salonen Director of Athletics: Anthony Vitti Stadium: Knights Field
About Bridgeport
Did You Know?
• The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won six of the last seven USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships. • UB men’s swimmer Ruben Gimenez has been selected the last two years as the NCAA Division II National At-Large Academic All-America of the Year. • The Bridgeport women’s volleyball team has hosted the NCAA Division II East Regional in 2013 and 2014. • The Bridgeport men’s basketball program has made three consecutive NCAA Division II Championship appearances and 21 total in the program’s history.
Coach Brian Quinn
Luis Fajardo
Najja Forbes
Luka Ivanovic
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.
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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.
LIU POST
No. Name 0 Kevin LaBarbera 1 Jesper Malmstrom 2 David Arvidsson 3 Seb Baxter 4 Alfred Lindberg 5 Joey Forgaard 6 Erik Berthagen 7 Johann Kristjansson 8 Tom Bowen Coach Andreas Lindberg 9 Charlie Ledula 10 Per Forgaard 11 Jason Lampkin 12 Nicolai Andersen 13 Oliver Hollingsaeter 14 Maxime Devillaz 15 Vincent Tavernese 16 Harry Pearse 17 Matias Ruiz 18 Brian McPartland 19 Ian Jonsson Per Forgaard 21 Justin Cebollero 22 Christian Chavez 23 Alex Billington 24 Cameron Gamble 25 Neil Feminella 26 Demetri Partsinevelos 27 Paul Hayes 28 James Hayes 29 Toby Ilomuanya 31 Yannick Laroche 32 Morten Wenaas
Jason Lampkin
Yr Pos Sr. GK Jr. GK So. B Gr. B Sr. F Jr. B R-So. M Jr. F Gr. M Fr. M Sr. M Jr. B Fr. B/M So. B Jr. F Gr. M So. M Sr. M Jr. GK So. B Fr. B Fr. M Sr. M Sr. F R-Fr. F So. M Fr. B Fr. M Fr. F Gr. B Fr. M
Ht 6-4 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-2 5-8 5-9 5-9 5-7 5-7 5-9 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-3 5-9 5-9 5-7 6-0 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-4 6-0 6-0
Wt 240 168 167 163 176 187 172 160 154 180 176 160 150 145 154 155 150 165 210 159 175 143 150 128 165 160 154 165 185 167 174
Hometown/Previous School Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place Linkopping, Sweden/Lindsey Wilson Gothenburg, Sweden/Aspero Idcottsgymnasium Saffrom Walden, England/Loughborough Grabo, Sweden/Suffolk C.C. Stavanger, Norway/St. Svithun Gothenburg, Sweden/Lindsey Wilson Reykjavik, Iceland/Fjolbrautaskolinn Aberdovey, Wales, U.K./Cardiff Metropolitan London, England/Winchmore Stavanger, Norway/St. Svithun Hawardon, North Wales, U.K./Hawardon Odense, Denmark/Mulernes Legatskole Alesund, Norway/Alesund VGS Stehag, Sweden/Polhemskolan Garden City, N.Y./Garden City Hillindon, London, England/Furzeplatt Southampton, N.Y./Southampton Hicksville, N.Y./Hofstra Stockholm, Sweden/Blackebergs Gymnasium Commack, N.Y./Commack Freeport, N.Y./Freeport Preston, England/Carr Hill North Lanarkshire, Scotland/Caldervale West Islip, N.Y./Islip Westbury, N.Y. / Hicksville Cutchogue, N.Y. / Mattituck Cutchogue, N.Y. / Mattituck South Orange, N.Y. / Oakwood Friends Los Angeles, Calif. / Lycée Français (Adelphi) Molde, Norway / Molde
Head Coach: Andreas Lindberg (7th Season) Assistant Coaches: David Stapleton, Dusan Erceg, Jonathon Watkin and Victor Muntean
Quick Facts
Matias Ruiz
Location: Brookville N.Y. Founded: 1954 Enrollment: 8,472 Nickname: Pioneers Colors: Green and Gold President: Dr. Kimberly R. Cline Director of Athletics: Bryan Collins Stadium: Pioneer Soccer Park
Did You Know?
• Senior forward Per Forgaard is tied for third in the ECC with 10 goals. He leads the conference with 11 assists and is second in total points with 31. • The LIU Post men’s soccer team was favored to win the 2015 ECC crown in the preseason poll • LIU Post comes in to the tournament ranked No. 10 in the NSCAA Division II Top 25 poll.
About LIU Post
The LIU Post Campus of Long Island University is a private, residential campus in Brookville, New York, offering more than 250 undergraduate and graduate degrees in accountancy, business, computer science, education, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts. Founded in 1954, LIU Post offers small classes, state-of-the art facilities and a safe, beautiful campus just 25 miles from Manhattan. Situated on 307 acres on the North Shore of Long Island, the campus features stately historic mansions, redbrick academic buildings, rolling green lawns, and formal gardens. Special campus highlights include wireless classrooms, a writing center, a museum, a recreation center, and one of the largest research libraries in the New York Metropolitan Region. LIU Post’s’ 8,500 undergraduate and graduate students enjoy exceptional health and fitness facilities, more than 80 clubs and 1,000 activities each year, competitive NCAA sports programs and the celebrated Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. More than 85 percent of the LIU Post students receive some form of financial assistance or scholarship. LIU Post’s award-winning Cooperative Education program places students at companies from MTV to American Express as well as government, health care and community service agencies. Our professional experience and Career Planning Office sponsors career fairs with top employers and keeps students in touch with the latest job openings. LIU Post graduates have gone on to become entrepreneurs, executives at major firms, teachers, doctors, artists, scientists and journalists. Many of our more than 100,000 alumni have achieved prominence in society’s most dynamic fields. For more information, visit the LIU Post Web Site at www.liu.edu/post.
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NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY No. Name Yr 00 Alvaro Cruz Gr. 1 Jonathan Rico So. 2 Alberto Salcedo So. 3 Alejandro Del Cura So. 4 Gonzalo Barroso Sr. 5 Marcos Vilches So. 6 Santiago Echevarria Jr. 7 Carlos Coto So. 8 Kris Ruiz Jr. 9 John Camponeschi So. 10 Ben Wilson Jr. 11 Simon -Peter Omooba Fr. 12 Jorge Sariego So. 14 Martin Sundell Fr. 15 Rory Head Fr. 16 Ion Barbarin Garcia So. 17 Kirsh Patel So. 18 Jordan Cousineau Jr. 19 Chris Mouzakitis Jr. 20 Daniel Lembo Fr. 21 Kerdel Niles Fr. 22 Brayan Cruz Fr. 23 Alex Barbosa Sr. 26 Niyah Highsmith Jr. 27 Alex Russon Fr. 28 Khyri Wharton Fr. 29 Philip Atbashyan Fr. 38 Ryan MacCrea Gr. 39 Andrew Pereira Fr.
Pos GK GK B B B B B M B F B F M/F F M B/M M B B M F M M/F B F M M GK GK
Ht 6-4 6-2 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-5 5-11 5-8 5-9 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-8 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-0 5-8 6-1 5-9 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-6 6-1 6-3 5-11
Wt Hometown/Previous School 180 Madrid, Spain/Universidad Rey Juan Carlos 172 Elmhurst, N.Y./Aviation 155 Granada, Spain/Granada University 176 Madrid, Spain/Fuentelarreyna School 165 Madrid, Spain/Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 172 Navarra, Spain/Navarra University 141 Mexico City, Mexico/Sierra Nevada 145 Moravia, Costa Rica/EMVA 150 Melville, N.Y./Half Hallow Hills East 160 Capena, Italy/Kennedy 180 Southampton,England/Bitterne Park School 172 London, England/University of East London 140 /Centro Eduacatiovo Los Campos U. 144 Enebyberg, Sweden/Danderyds Gymnasium 145 Kent, England/Maplesden Noakes School 160 Pamplona, Spain/Zaragoza U. 140 Buckinghamshire, England/Georgia Perimeter 165 Reading, England/Henley College 155 Queens, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy 145 Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville 160 Macoya Garden, Trinidad & Tobago/ 135 Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees 160 Old Westbury, N.Y./Nassau C.C. 160 Deer Park, N.Y./St. John the Baptist 150 Staffordshire, England/ Codsall Community 140 Medford, N.Y./Longwood 155 Bellmore, N.Y./ John F. Kennedy 185 Hillsborough N.J./Hillsborough 155 Mineola, N.Y./Mineola
Coach Carlos Del Cid
Head Coach: Carlos Del Cid (15th Season) Assistant Coaches: Pablo Posada and Franz St. Lot
Quick Facts
Location: Old Westbury, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 15,000 Nickname: Bears Colors: Blue and Gold President: Edward Guiliano, Ph. D. Director of Athletics: Duane Bailey Stadium: President’s Stadium
Gonzalo Barroso
Alvaro Cruz
Did You Know?
• Four NYIT men’s soccer members won ECC weekly awards, including three rookies in three consecutive weeks (Philip Atbashyan 10/5, Krishen Patel 10/13, Simon-Peter Omooba 10/20) • The Bears entered the first NCAA East Region Poll, which was released on October 21, at No. 7 with an 8-4-1 in-region record. • NYIT women’s tennis is no stranger to ECC Championships as they clinched regular season and won the tournament for the fourth consecutive season last month. Alessia Rossetti was named ECC Player of the Year and Head Coach Jason Pasion was named Coach of the Year by his peers. • NYIT volleyball Head Coach Gail Wasmus is currently in her 30th season at the helm of the program, which celebrates its’ 40th anniversary this year.
Ben Wilson
About NYIT:
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has 12,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. NYIT sponsors 11 NCAA Division II programs and one Division I team.
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Led by President Edward Guiliano, NYIT is guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger void. To date, 95,000 graduates have received degrees from NYIT. For more information, visit nyit.edu.
QUEENS COLLEGE
Coach Carl Christian
Nicholas Matusewicz
No. Name Yr 1 Robbie Webster Jr. 2 Daniel Saint Louis So. 3 Gustavo Holtz Sr. 4 Calvin Moyes Sr. 5 Aitor Gurruchaga Sr. 6 Juan Sebastian Nino Sr. 7 Nikolas Maher Jr. 8 Glen Reid Sr. 9 Paul Sandoval Sr. 10 András Breuer Fr. 11 Isaiah Kossinne Sr. 12 Navdeep Bains Sr. 13 Nicholas Matusewicz Jr. 14 Alex Gimadiev Fr. 15 Vincent Companion Fr. 16 Georgios Thomatos Jr. 17 Joseph Palermo Fr. 18 Pol Narbona Sr. 19 Steven Koutsounadis So. 20 Chris Bravo Fr. 21 Brian Belfont Jr. 22 Kevin Giraldo So. 25 James Brostowski Jr.
Pos GK B M B B B F M F M M M M B B B B M M M M M GK
Ht 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-2 5-10 5-6 5-11 5-8 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-7 6-4 5-10 5-9 5-10 5-6 6-0
Wt 190 160 160 180 175 170 180 160 145 165 130 162 142 165 160 175 185 187 150 150 162 150 185
Hometown/Previous School Perth, Australia/Univ. of Western Australia Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream Central Sao Paolo, Brazil/Colegio Waldorf Micael de Sao Paolo Glasgow, Scotland/Jordanhill Pamplona, Spain/San Fermin Ikastola Bogota, Colombia/Reuven Feuerstein New Lennox, Ill./Lincoln Way West Falkirk, Scotland/British School of Houston Texas Mineola, N.Y/Mineola Budapest, Hungary/Ferencváros Torna Club London, England/Herkimer C.C. Bellerose, N.Y/Queens High School for Science Flushing, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook Hollywood, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Flushing, N.Y./St. Francis Prep Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville Barcelona, Spain/Europa International School Flushing, N.Y./Francis Lewis Hewlett, N.Y./Hewlett Hempstead, N.Y./Nassau C.C. Corona, N.Y./Aviation Lindenhurst, N.Y./Stony Brook
Head Coach: Carl Christian (4th Season) Assistant Coach: Chris Grenzig
Glen Reid
Quick Facts
Location: Flushing, N.Y. Founded: 1937 Enrollment: 20,000 Nickname: Knights Colors: Navy Blue and Red President: Dr. Felix V. Matos Rodriguez Director of Athletics: China Jude Stadium: Queens College Soccer Field
Robbie Webster
Did You Know?
• Queens College head coach Carl Christian played for the Knights from 1987-91. He was a four-time All-Conference selection, and received the school’s outstanding freshman and senior awards to bookend a storied career that included over 50 goals scored. • The seven conference victories are the most by the program since Christian took over as head coach in 2011. • An impressive 11 different players have registered at least one goal this season for the Knights.
About Queens: Queens College, located on a beautiful 77-acre campus in Flushing, New York, opened its doors in 1937 with the goal of offering a first-rate education to talented people of all backgrounds and financial means. Part of the City University of New York (CUNY) since its founding in 1961, Queens College is one of CUNY’s largest senior colleges. It enjoys a national reputation for its liberal arts and sciences and professional programs, and was cited in the 2012 edition of The Princeton Review’s The Best 376 Colleges for its academic excellence and generous financial aid packages. The college has 69 undergraduate and 62 graduate programs in four divisions, which offer day and evening courses: Arts and Humanities; Education; Mathematics and the Natural Sciences; and the Social Sciences. Students are taught by top scholars who are dedicated to teaching and research. Of our 641 full-time faculty, nearly 90% have the terminal degree in their fields (not all fields offer doctorates) and 65% have tenure. Over 120,000 students have graduated since the college’s first class of 1941. Our alumni include such household names as Paul Simon and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as the CEOs of major companies and leaders in the fields of medicine, education, media, the law, and politics.
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We have joined institutions across 22 conferences and independents in committing to safe, fun, and entertaining sporting experiences on Division II campuses. We have signed the pledge to create and continue family-friendly experiences for everyone.
NCAA Division II presidents and chancellors affirm that athletics events should reflect the values of higher education and the mission of each institution. Division II emphasizes learning and development in a personal setting. As chancellors and presidents, we are concerned about the uncivil behavior exhibited at college athletics contests and thereby pledge to work together to make respectful, familyfriendly events a standard of the Division II experience.
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