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tomer
DRIMMER
NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
10 MIDFIELD 5-7 SENIOR MBA
HAWKS TIDBIT: Tomer Drimmer, who enters tonight’s match with three career goals, is coming off a 2020-21 campaign that saw him earn US Coaches All-Northeast Second Team honors
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SCHEDULE DAY THUR. MON. FRI. MON. SAT. TUE. SAT. TUE. SAT. TUE. SAT. TUE. SAT. WED. SAT. SAT. MON. SAT. WED.
DATE OPPONENT KICKOFF+/RESULT 8/26 HOLY CROSS T, 1-1 (2ot) 8/30 AT VILLANOVA L, 1-2 9/3 BROWN 7:30 PM 9/6 AT BOSTON COLLEGE 5:30 PM 9/11 AT SACRED HEART 1 PM 9/14 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 7 PM 9/18 AT UMBC* 7 PM 9/21 AT FAIRFIELD 7 PM 9/25 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7 PM 9/28 DARTMOUTH 7 PM 10/2 AT STONY BROOK* 6 PM 10/5 YALE 7 PM 10/9 UALBANY* 7 PM 10/13 AT VERMONT* 7 PM 10/16 BINGHAMTON* 4 PM 10/23 AT UMASS LOWELL* 2 PM 11/1 NJIT* 6 PM 11/6 AMERICA EAST QUARTERFINAL^ TBD 11/10 AMERICA EAST SEMIFINAL^ TBD
SAT.
11/13
AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP^
TBD
RED - HOME GAMES (AL-MARZOOK FIELD) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^ PLAYED AT HIGHEST SEED OF EACH MATCH
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TONIGHT’S MATCH
Hartford returns home for a nonconference tilt against Brown on Friday evening. The Hawks are unbeaten on Al-Marzook Field with an 0-0-1 record.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Friday will be the seventh meeting between Hartford and Brown in a series that dates back to the 1996 campaign. The Bears own the edge in the all-time series with a 4-2 mark, but the Hawks came out on top in the last meeting between the two squads, taking a 2-1 decision in Providence in 2019 (Sept. 6).
The win ignited an 11-game unbeaten streak for Hartford, which marks the program’s longest rally since making the transition to Division I in 1984.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
After seeing its 2020-21 season get canceled due to COVID-19, Brown will take the field for the first time since defeating Dartmouth, 2-1, in its 2019 season finale. The Bears posted a 4-94 overall record that season, including a 2-2-3 mark in Ivy League games.
LAST TIME OUT
Villanova spoiled an early Hawks’ lead to take a 2-1 victory in the Hartford defeated Brown, 2-1, on Granite State this past Monday. Stevenson Field for its first win of Knights-Browne put Hartford on the 2019 season. Addrian Knights- top early, netting his first goal this season in the seventh minute, Browne scored the game-winner with less than two minutes left in before the Wildcats knotted up the score later in the first half. regulation to lead the Hawks to Villanova scored the game-winner the come-from behind victory.
LAST TIME THEY MET
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on a penalty kick in the 87th minute to steal the win.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E*
MILESTONE WATCH
Amidst his 11th season at the helm of the Hawks, head coach Tom Poitras is one win shy of reaching the three-quarter century mark at Hartford. Boasting the second-most wins in Hartford’s Division I era with a 74-74-33 record, his 265 career victories over 27 seasons as a head coach are the 25th-most among all active Division I coaches.
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RECORD
4-9-4
L1
STREAK
W1
2
GOALS
15
1.00
GOALS/GAME
0.88
12.0
SHOTS/GAME
11.8
.417
SHOTS %
.075
10-24
SOG-ATT
86-200
.417
SOG %
.430
ASSISTS
15
12
CORNER KICKS
93
0-0
PK: GOALS-ATT
0-2
1.35
GAA
1.17
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The Hawks head to Boston College to face the Eagles for a Labor Day showdown on Monday (Sept. 6). Kickoff from Newtown Campus Field in Newton, Mass., is set for 5:30 p.m.
0-1-1
9 .750
SAVES
81
SAVE %
.794
* Brown stats from 2019 campaign
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
Binghamton New Hampshire Vermont NJIT UMass Lowell Stony Brook UAlbany Hartford UMBC
OVERALL AE W-L-T PCT W-L-T PTS 2-0-0 1.000 2-0-0 1.000 2-0-0 1.000 1-0-1 .750 1-0-1 .750 1-1-0 .500 1-1-0 .500 0-1-1 .250 0-1-1 .250
0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0
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(O-1-1 OVERALL, 0-0-0 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
Hometown/Last School
1
Rotem Fadida
So.
GK
6-0
180
2
Nick Benjamin
Sr.
B
5-8
150
3
Nir Gvili
So.
B
6-1
175
Yehud, Israel
4
Pablo Basarte
Gr.
B
6-0
150
Zaragoza, Spain/Univ. of the District of Columbia
5
Jesus Galvan-Garcia Fr.
B
6-1
170
Blaine, Minn./Centennial
6
Wyatt Leto
M/B
6-0
155
Niskayuna, N.Y./Christian Brothers Acad. Santoña, Cantabria, Spain/I.E.S Marqués de Manzanedo
So.
Haifa, Israel/Irony Hey
Stonington, Conn./Stonington
7
Darío Cavada
So.
M
5-10 160
8
Babou Sanyang
So.
M
5-8
155
Rockville, Md./Magruder
9
Nadav Datner
Jr.
F
6-1
175
Ya’ad, Israel/Texas A&M International
10 Tomer Drimmer
Sr.
M
5-7
160
Shoham, Israel/Shoham
11
Fr.
M
6-1
165
Plainville, Conn./Plainville
12 Nate Becher
Patrick Gryczewski
So.
M
5-9
145
Sorrento, Fla./The Woodstock Academy
13 Peter Dakoyannis
Jr.
M
6-1
160
Newton, Mass./Newton South
14 Max Stilb
So.
M
6-2
175
Grafton, Wis./Grafton
15 Demario Cameron
Jr.
M
6-3
185
Kingston, Jamaica/Campbell Univ.
16 Alex Quinones
So.
F
5-9
155
Bedford, N.H./Bedford
17 Justin Rivas
Fr.
M
5-9
155
West Hartford, Conn./Conard
18 Nate DiLoreto
Fr.
GK
6-2
170
Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern
19 Alex Cole
Andover, Minn./Andover
Fr.
M
5-7
155
20 Addrian Knights-Browne Jr.
M
5-9
145
Ajax, Ontario/Ajax
22 Jason Addi
Jr.
B
6-2
220
Middletown, Conn./Xavier
23 Olivier Sylvain
Fr.
M
6-2
165
Montreal, Quebec/Heritage
24 Jordon May
So.
M
5-10 160
New Hyde Park, N.Y./St. Francis Prep
26 Rodrigo Levy
So.
B
5-6
140
Cochabamba, Bolivia/Hughes Schools
27 Mevlan Lebiti
Sr.
M
5-8
170
Goshen, Conn./Wamogo
28 Daniel Ikechukwu
Fr.
M/B
5-10 155
Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin
29 Emmanuel Ofori
Fr.
F
6-2
180
East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford
31 Trey Sadler
So.
M
6-0
135
Newington, Conn./Newington
32 Alec Boyd
Jr.
B
6-4
210
Glendora, Calif./Glendora
HEAD COACH TOM POITRAS - 11th Season - Southern Connecticut ’92
ASSISTANT COACHES MIKE KULAS - 11th Season - Southern New Hampshire ’02 QUENTON SWIFT - Third Season - Hartford ’17 GEORGE KOSTELIS - Second Season - Hartford ’93
BROWN BEARS (0-0-0 OVERALL, 0-0-0 IVY LEAGUE)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Sr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Jr. So. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr.
James Swomley Owen Schwartz Taha Kina Zakary Lawal Noah Atanda Keegan Walpole Jack Cloherty Will Crain Alex Mina Nicolas Perez Brady Van Epps Evan Posnanski Andrew Rose Mike Balleani Malcolm Johnson Tanner Barry Gavin Tabije Connor Smith Derek Waleffe Charlie Adams Cian Carlson Paul Elliott Kojo Dadzie Kyle Gee Levi Pillar Max Waldau Michael Chung Will Hassett Cal Walsh Harri Sprofera Dennis Pyetsukh
GK B B B B B M B F M F F M F F M B GK M M B M M M M GK B M M/B B F
6-5 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-0 5-10 5-8 5-11 5-9 6-2 5-11 5-9 6-2 5-10 5-9 5-8 6-2 6-2 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-2 6-3
Hometown/Last School
180 Newton, Mass./Newton North 185 Mill Valley, Calif./Tamalpais 180 Maynard, Mass./Concord Academy 170 Placentia, Calif./Valencia 200 Olney, Md./Sherwood 165 West Chester, Pa./Salesianum School 175 Wellesley, Mass./Roxbury Latin School 160 Athens, Ga./Laurel Springs School 180 Aldie, Va./John Champe 165 Atlanta, Ga./Atlanta International 150 Clifton Park, N.Y./Christian Brothers Acad. 175 Mount Pleasant, S.C./Wando 160 Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue Woburn, Mass./Noble and Greenough School 175 150 Wilmington, Del./Tower Hill School 165 Chapel Hill, N.C./Durham Academy Old Bridge, N.J./Seton Hall Preparatory School 150 195 Davidsonville, Md./McDonogh School 150 Madison, Wis./Middleton 155 Norwich, Vt./Hanover 195 Madison, Wis./Middleton 165 Denver, Colo./Denver East 165 Redmond, Wash./Redmond 140 Charlotte, N.C./YSC Academy 175 Los Angeles, Calif./Windward 175 Fort Myers, Fla./Canterbury 155 Medina, Wash./Bellevue 150 Providence, R.I./Moses Brown 170 West Chester, Pa./Salesianum School Medfield, Mass./Noble and Greenough School 185 185 Dawsonville, Ga./Dawson County
HEAD COACH PATRICK LAUGHLIN - 12th Season - Maine ’92
ASSISTANT COACHES SAM GROVES - Fifth Season - Hartford ’11 ANDY PARKER - First Season - Saint Anselm ’12 AARON HORTON - First Season - California (Pa.)// ’10#FLYHIGH HARTFORD HAWKS
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rotem FADIDA
2
nick BENJAMIN
SR | BACK
3
nir GVILI
5
jesus
6
wyatt LETO
SO | MIDFIELDER/BACK
7
9
nadav DATNER
10 DRIMMER
tomer
11
13
peter
14 STILB
SO | GOALKEEPER
GALVAN-GARCIA
FR | BACK
JR | FORWARD
DAKOYANNIS JR | MIDFIELDER
SR | MIDFIELDER
max
SO | MIDFIELDER
4
pablo BASARTE
dario CAVADA
8
babou SANYANG
patrick
12 BECHER
SO | BACK
SO | MIDFIELDER
GRYCZEWSKI FR | MIDFIELDER
Demario
15 CAMERON
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JR | MIDFIELDER
GR | BACK
SO | MIDFIELDER
nate
SO | MIDFIELDER
alex
16 QUINONES
SO | FORWARD
HARTFORD HAWKS
justin
nate
17 RIVAS
FR | MIDFIELDER
jason
22 ADDI
JR | BACK
SR | MIDFIELDER
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TOM POITRAS HEAD COACH 11th Season
19 COLE
FR | GOALKEEPER
FR | MIDFIELDER
olivier
melvan
27 LEBITI
alex
18 DiLORETO
jordon
23 SYLVAIN
daniel
IKECHUKWU
FR | MIDFIELDER/BACK
SO | MIDFIELDER
emmanuel
29 OFORI
MIKE KULAS ASSISTANT COACH 11th Season
KNIGHTS-BROWNE
JR | MIDFIELDER
26 LEVY
trey
FR | FORWARD
addrian
rodrigo
24 MAY
FR | MIDFIELDER
20
31 sadler
ASSISTANT COACH 3rd Season
alec
SO | MIDFIELDER
QUENTON SWIFT
SO | BACK
32 BOYD
JR | BACK
GEORGE KOSTELIS GOALKEEPER COACH 2nd Season
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HARTFORD HAWKS 2021-22 Hartford Men's Soccer Overall Team Statistics All games 2021 T EA M S T A T I S T I CS
Game Records
OVERALL: Home0-1-1
Overall
Conference
0-1-1 0 - 0 0-0-0 -0 AMERICA EAST:
Team statistics
•
0-0-1 HOME: 0-0-1
Away
•
0-1-0
SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct. Shots on goal-Attempts SOG pct. Shots/Game Assists GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Penalty Unassisted Overtime Goals scored average CORNER KICKS Goals off corners PENALTY KICKS OFFSIDES PENALTIES Fouls Yellow cards Red cards ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg
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Neutral
0-0-0 AWAY: 0-1-0
HART
OPP
2-24 1 .083 10-24 .417 12 1
3-24 1.5 .125 12-24 .500 12 2
2 0 0 1 12 0-0 2
3 1 0 1.5 14 1-1 2
23 2 0
14 6 1
654 1/654 0/0
231 1/231 -
Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Corners by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 2 Hart 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 Opponents 0 0
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 7 3 2 0 4 9 1 0
TOTAL 12 14
Shots by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Fouls by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 12 10 1 1 24 Hart 10 14 24 Opponents 0 0
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 8 14 1 0 7 6 1 0
TOTAL 23 14
Saves by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Offsides by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 9 Hart 4 5 0 0 5 3 8 Opponents 0 0
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
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2021-22 Hartford Men's Soccer Extended Individual Statistics All games Game Records Overall
Conference
Home
Away
Neutral
2021 I N D I VI DUAL S T A T I S T ICS
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-1
Team Box Score Extended No. Player GP-GS G GPG A APG PTS 10 Drimmer, Tomer 2-2 1 0.50 0 0.00 2 20 Knights-Browne, Addrian 2-2 1 0.50 0 0.00 2 15 Cameron, Demario 2-2 0 0.00 1 0.50 1 9 Datner, Nadav 2-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 3 Gvili, Nir 2-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 4 Basarte, Pablo 2-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 11 Gryczewski, Patrick 2-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 2 Benjamin, Nick 2-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 24 May, Jordon 2-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 22 Addi, Jason 2-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 23 Sylvain, Olivier 2-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 1 Fadida, Rotem 2-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 8 Sanyang, Baboucarr 1-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 12 Becher, Nate 2-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 6 Leto, Wyatt 1-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 16 Quinones, Alex 1-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 7 Cavada, Dario 2-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 Total 2 2 1.00 1 0.50 5 Opponents 2 3 1.50 2 1.00 8 ## Player 1 Fadida, Rotem TM TEAM Total Opponents
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GP-GS 2-2 2 2
MINUTES GA 200:00 3 00:00 0 200:00 3 200:00 2
0-1-0
0-0-0
PPG SH SPG SH% SOG SOG/G SOG% YC RC GWG PK-ATT 0-0 1.00 6 3.00 .167 3 1.50 .500 1 0 0 0-0 1.00 4 2.00 .250 3 1.50 .750 0 0 0 0-0 0.50 0 0.00 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 5 2.50 .000 3 1.50 .600 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 2 1.00 .000 0 0.00 .000 1 0 0 0-0 0.00 2 1.00 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 2 1.00 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 2 1.00 .000 1 0.50 .500 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 1 0.50 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 0 0.00 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 0 0.00 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 0 0.00 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 0 0.00 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 0 0.00 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 0 0.00 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 2.50 24 12.00 .083 10 5.00 .417 2 0 - 0-0 4.00 24 12.00 .125 12 6.00 .500 6 1 - 1-1
GAAVG 1.35 0.00 1.35 0.90
SAVES 9 0 9 8
SAVES/G 4.50 0.00 4.50 4.00
SAVES% W .750 0 .000 0 .750 0 .800 1
L 1 0 1 0
T 1 0 1 1
Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents
1st 1 1
2nd 1 2
OT1 0 0
OT2 0 0
Corners by Periods TOTAL Team 2 Hart 3 Opponents
1st 7 4
2nd 3 9
OT1 0 0
OT2 2 1
Shots by Periods Team
1st
2nd
OT1
OT2
Fouls by Periods TOTAL Team
1st
2nd
OT1
OT2
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POITRAS Entering his 11th season at the helm of the Hartford men’s soccer team in 2021, Tom Poitras has helped establish the Hawks as a perennial power in the America East Conference since his arrival, in 2011. Backed by 27 years of head coaching experience that features a career record of 265177-72, the 45th-best career win percentage among all active NCAA Division I men’s soccer coaches, Poitras has proven to be a success everywhere he has coached, and Hartford is no exception. Since taking over at the helm of the Hawks, Poitras has amassed a record of 74-74-33, making him the second-winningest coach in the program’s 37-year Division I history. In addition, he has piloted Hartford to the title match of the America East Tournament five times, with the most recent coming in an historic 2019 campaign. During the unprecedented 2020-21 season, which was played in the 2021 spring season due to COVID-19, the Hawks posted a 3-3-1 record against America East foes. Landing six All-Conference honorees — including a pair of First Team selections — Hartford came up short to New Hampshire, the eventual America East Champion, in the semifinals of the conference tournament. The 2019 campaign was one for the books for Poitras and his Hawks, who advanced to the America East Championship Game for the fifth time under his watch before falling to New Hampshire. Hartford posted the nation’s top single-season turnaround that season, posting the second-best winning percentage (.667) and the second-most victories under Poitras after finishing with a 12-5-4 overall record. It was an 11-win improvement from the previous season. Poitras’ defense posted 10 shutouts in 2019, the second-most in Hartford’s Division I history behind his 2013 squad, which shut out a program-best 11 opponents. In addition, with a shutout percentage of .476, Hartford ranked 17th in the nation in the category. Another significant mark in program history was also reached in 2019, when the Hawks strung together an 11-game unbeaten streak for the best stretch of games without a loss since Hartford became a Division I team in 1984. Poitras’ coaching philosophy — one that puts emphasis on defense and teamwork — has played a major role in the program’s success. In 2013, the Hawks shut out 11
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opponents, the most in the program’s Division I history, while holding opponents to a school-record goals-against average of 0.81, which was the 32nd-best mark in the nation.
TOM POITRAS’ CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 25TH-MOST WINS AMONG ACTIVE DI COACHES 265-177-72 CAREER RECORD 45TH-BEST WIN % AMONG ACTIVE DI COACHES .586 CAREER WIN % CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR 1996 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000, 2002, 2009 AE TOURNAMENT FINALIST 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019 13 NSCAA ALL-AMERICANS 46 ALL REGION HONOREES 117 ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES
The turnaround and upward trajectory of the Hartford men’s soccer program was evident not long after Poitras’ arrival. During his first four years, he piloted the Hawks to the title match of the America East Championship three times. In just two years, he turned a five-win team into a squad that posted back-to-back double-digit win seasons in 2013 and 2014 for the first time in 15 years. During that stretch, Poitras led the 2013 squad to 13 wins and a.714 winning percentage, both of which are the secondbest marks in Hartford’s Division I history. A key milestone for both Poitras and the Hartford men’s soccer program was reached in 2013 when Damion Lowe, a three-year defender, became the first Hawk in 17 years to get drafted by a Major League Soccer squad. Lowe was drafted eighth overall by the Seattle Sounders, marking the second-highest pick among all of Hartford’s 17 Division I sports. During Poitras’ coaching career, more than 20 of his players have gone on to play professionally. Poitras’ success has translated from the pitch into the classroom, where Hartford has thrived academically. Since his arrival, the Hawks have landed 23 America East All-Academic Team members, including a program-record four in both 2013 and 2014. The Hawks have also produced a pair of America East Elite 18 honorees, an honor that recognizes the student-athlete with the highest GPA among all participants in the America East Championship Game, as Jake Slomski and Jimmy Slayton have earned the distinction in 2016 and 2019, respectively. Under Poitras, the men’s soccer team was in the front of the pack in the classroom in 2021, leading Hartford’s men’s squads with a 3.53 GPA during the spring semester. Most impressively, 85 percent of last year’s roster — a total of 23 student-athletes — received America East Academic Honor Roll distinction after posting a GPA of 3.0 or better that semester. Prior to arriving at Hartford, Poitras was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-
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Green Bay, where he piloted the Phoenix to four Horizon League Championship Game appearances in seven seasons. Most impressively, Poitras guided UW-Green Bay to an historic 2009 season that saw the program earn its first-ever Horizon League Championship and NCAA Division I Tournament appearance, the team’s first in 26 years. Before UW-Green Bay, Poitras spent six years at Southern New Hampshire where he amassed a record of 81-25-16, which included four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances and five seasons with 10-plus victories. In 2002, Poitras took the Penmen to the NCAA Division II Championship Game and was named the NSCAA New England Region Coach of the Year. Poitras’ coaching career began with a four-year stint at the University of New Haven, where he orchestrated one of the nation’s top single-season turnarounds, lifting the Chargers to back-to-back 10-win seasons after inheriting a squad that posted just five victories prior to his arrival. Selected as the New England Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year in 1996, Poitras culminated a 15-6-1 mark in the 1997 season. Poitras played collegiate soccer at Southern Connecticut State from 1987-91, serving as a four-year starter for the Owls while leading the team to a Division II National Championship in 1987. After graduating from Southern Connecticut in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in recreation and leisure studies, he went on the play two seasons at the professional level with the Connecticut Wolves of the Interregional Soccer League. Poitras holds his USSF ‘A’ coaching license and USSF National Youth License while recently receiving an NSCAA Premier Diploma. He currently works as a US Soccer Developmental Academy Scout and has served as an Olympic Development staff coach both in Region I and Region II. Additionally, he was a USSF Coaches Licensing Program Associate Director in Connecticut. Poitras and his wife, Alison, reside in Southington, Conn. with their children, Ian and Ella.
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