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pablo
BASARTE
NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
4 BACK 6-0 GR MBA
HAWKS TIDBIT: A two-time America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll member, Pablo Basarte has contributed to 11 shutouts in two seasons as a member of the Hawks’ back line
2021
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 L, 0-2 9/6 AT BOSTON COLLEGE L, 0-2 9/11 AT SACRED HEART T, 1-1 (2ot) 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 makes an appearance at home on Tuesday, hosting rival Central Connecticut. Both teams enter the contest fighting for their first win of the season.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Tuesday marks the 25th meeting between the Hawks and Blue Devils. Hartford owns the all-time series against CCSU with a 16-6-3 record, including a 7-0-1 mark in the past eight matchups. The only non-conference foe the Hawks have faced more frequently is UMass (29 meetings).
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT CCSU (No. 7 in the NEC Preseason Coaches Poll) went 3-3-1 during the abbreviated spring season, marking the program’s first .500 finish since 2013. The Blue Devils have been outscored 15-3 through
five games. Redshirt freshman midfielder Austin Rocke has been involved in all three scores for CCSU, leading the team with two goals and assisting on the third.
LAST TIME THEY MET
Hartford scored twice within the first 15 minutes to cruise to a 2-0 victory at CCSU on Sept. 24, 2019. Kamer Nuhiu and Aitor Elena accounted for the Hawks’ goals. Goalkeeper Jimmy Slayton finished with seven saves to record the fourth in a string of five consecutive shutouts.
LAST TIME OUT
The Hawks played to a 1-1 draw at Sacred Heart on Saturday. Junior forward Nadav Datner scored in the 43rd minute on an assist from Pablo Basarte. It was the Hartford’s second doubleovertime game this season (Holy Cross, Aug. 26).
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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 the program’s Division I era with a 74-76-34 record, his 265 career victories over 27 seasons as a head coach are the 25th-most among active Division I coaches.
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford will kick off America East play on Saturday (Sept. 18) at UMBC at 7 p.m. The Retrievers hold a 7-11-4 edge in the all-time series, but the Hawks are 2-1-2 in the past five matchups. The two sides did not meet during the abbreviated 2020 season due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E
0-3-2
RECORD
0-5-0
T1
STREAK
L5
3
GOALS
3
0.67
GOALS/GAME
0.67
13.4
SHOTS/GAME
8.2
.045
SHOTS %
.073
26-67
SOG-ATT
25-41
.388
SOG %
.610
2
ASSISTS
2
31
CORNER KICKS
12
0-0
PK: GOALS-ATT
1-1
1.29
GAA
2.73
21
SAVES
21
.750
SAVE %
.600
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
Vermont New Hampshire Binghamton Stony Brook UAlbany UMBC NJIT UMass Lowell Hartford
OVERALL AE W-L-T PCT W-L-T PTS 5-0-0 1.000 5-0-0 1.000 4-1-0 .800 4-1-0 .800 4-1-0 .800 2-2-1 .500 1-2-1 .370 1-3-1 .300 0-3-2 .200
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-3-2 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
So.
M/B
6-0
155
Niskayuna, N.Y./Christian Brothers Acad.
7
Darío Cavada
So.
M
5-10 160
Santoña, Cantabria, Spain/I.E.S Marqués de Manzanedo
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
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
Fr.
M
5-7
155
Andover, Minn./Andover
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
31 Trey Sadler
So.
M
6-0
135
Newington, Conn./Newington
32 Alec Boyd
Jr.
B
6-4
210
Glendora, Calif./Glendora
Patrick Gryczewski
Haifa, Israel/Irony Hey
Stonington, Conn./Stonington
Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin
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
CCSU BLUE DEVILS (0-5-0 OVERALL, 0-0-0 IVY LEAGUE)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
1
Jason Dubrovich
Jr.
GK
6-2
193
Riverdale, N.J./Saint Peter’s
2
Jakob Welle
Fr.
D
6-2
170
Oslo, Norway/Norwegian College of Top Athletes
3
Ivan Farias-Martinez R-Fr. B
4
Ola Telje
Fr.
5
Yaw Nimo-Agyare
R-Fr. B
B
6
John Michael Torres So.
7 8 9
5-7 6-3
Hometown/Last School
Los Angeles, Calif./Linda Marquez
195
Oslo, Norway/Lambertseter videregående skole
5-10 140
East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford
M
5-9
150
Lilburn, Ga./Holy Spirit
Zane Brown
R-Fr. M
5-11
150
Middle Island, N.Y./St. John the Baptist
Barom Balliu
Jr.
M
5-11
165
Queens, N.Y./Concord University
Erik Hjertsson
Fr.
F
6-3
171
Malmo, Sweden/Söderslättsgymnasiet
10 Sean Gannon
Jr.
M
5-7
155
Coventry, Conn./Coventry
11
Jr.
M
5-9
150
Khartoum, Sudan/Castleton University Mars, Pa./Marshall University
Rida Kori
12 Austin Rocke
R-Fr. M
5-10 160
13 Brian Son
R-Fr. M
5-10 160
14 Kacper Skonieczny
R-Fr. M/F
6-0
--
15 Alek Bravo
Fr.
B
5-11
150
Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay
16 Mitchell Lyons
So.
M
5-8
155
South Windsor, Conn./South Windsor
17 Michael Indomenico Fr.
M
5-10 165
Wethersfield, Conn./Avon Old Farms
Glastonbury, Conn./Vermont North Haven, Conn./North Haven
18 Johnny Morell
R-Fr. M
6-2
165
New Britain, Conn./New Britain
19 Kyle Halehale
R-Fr. M
5-10 150
Sinajana, Guam/Father Dueñas Memorial School
21 Aidan O’Brien
Jr.
5-9
M
140
West Hartford, Conn./Conard Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Saint Thomas Aquinas
22 Giulio Potenti
Fr.
F
6-0
165
23 Liam O’Brien
So.
B
6-0
173
Guilford, Conn./Guilford
24 Daniel Wilmore
Jr.
GK
6-2
170
Frisco, Texas/Fort Lewis College Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Henry Hudson Reg.
25 Tomas Lazicki
R-Fr. GK
5-10 180
27 Adriel Sanchez
R-Fr. M/F
5-8
130
Coachella, Calif./Coastal Carolina
28 Birk Martinsen
Fr.
M
6-0
160
Oslo, Norway/Valle Hovin
29 Nicholas Wlodarczyk Jr.
B
6-0
175
Cape Coral, Fla./Florida College
HEAD COACH DAVID KELLY - Second Season - Maine Connecticut ’90
ASSISTANT COACHES SHANE RECKLET - Second Season - Quinnipiac ’10 OLGERT DALIPI - Ninth Season JAMES PERKINS HARTFORD HAWKS //
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HARTFORD HAWKS
1
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
FR | GOALKEEPER
olivier
JR | BACK
melvan
27 LEBITI
SR | MIDFIELDER
TOM POITRAS HEAD COACH 11th Season
18 DiLORETO
23 SYLVAIN
FR | MIDFIELDER
28
daniel
IKECHUKWU
FR | MIDFIELDER/BACK
MIKE KULAS ASSISTANT COACH 11th Season
alex
19 COLE
FR | MIDFIELDER
jordon
24 MAY
SO | MIDFIELDER
trey
20
addrian
KNIGHTS-BROWNE
JR | MIDFIELDER
rodrigo
26 LEVY
SO | BACK
alec
31 sadler
32 BOYD
QUENTON SWIFT
GEORGE KOSTELIS GOALKEEPER COACH 2nd Season
SO | MIDFIELDER
ASSISTANT COACH 3rd Season
JR | BACK
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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: 0-3-2 Home
Overall
Conference
0 - 0 -0-0-0 0 AMERICA EAST:
0-3-2
Team statistics
•
0-1-1 HOME: 0-1-1
Away
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Neutral
0-0-0 AWAY: 0-2-1
0-2-1
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
HART
OPP
3-67 0.6 .045 26-67 .388 13.4 2
7-69 1.4 .101 28-69 .406 13.8 7
3 0 0 0.6 31 0-0 4
7 1 0 1.4 25 1-1 6
66 6 0
58 9 1
1107 2/554 0/0
916 3/305 -
Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Corners by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 3 Hart 2 1 0 0 3 4 7 Opponents 0 0
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 17 10 1 3 31 8 15 2 25 0
Shots by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Fouls by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 29 29 5 4 67 Hart 31 37 1 69 Opponents 0
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 23 40 3 66 0 27 25 2 4 58
Saves by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Offsides by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 21 Hart 6 15 0 0 10 12 1 23 Opponents 0
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 4 2 1 1 0 5 1 6 0 0
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2021-22 Hartford Men's Soccer Extended Individual Statistics All games Game Records Overall
Conference
Home
0-0-0
0-1-1
Team Box Score Extended No. Player GP-GS G GPG A APG PTS 9 Datner, Nadav 5-5 1 0.20 0 0.00 2 10 Drimmer, Tomer 5-5 1 0.20 0 0.00 2 20 Knights-Browne, Addrian 5-5 1 0.20 0 0.00 2 4 Basarte, Pablo 5-5 0 0.00 1 0.20 1 15 Cameron, Demario 5-5 0 0.00 1 0.20 1 23 Sylvain, Olivier 5-5 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 11 Gryczewski, Patrick 5-4 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 2 Benjamin, Nick 5-5 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 3 Gvili, Nir 5-5 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 7 Cavada, Dario 5-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 24 May, Jordon 5-1 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 8 Sanyang, Baboucarr 2-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 1 Fadida, Rotem 5-5 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 12 Becher, Nate 5-4 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 6 Leto, Wyatt 3-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 16 Quinones, Alex 2-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 27 Lebiti, Mevlan 1-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 17 Rivas, Justin 1-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 22 Addi, Jason 3-1 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 Total 5 3 0.60 2 0.40 8 Opponents 5 7 1.40 7 1.40 21
Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Away
Neutral
2021 I N D I VI DUAL S T A T I S T ICS
0-3-2
## Player 1 Fadida, Rotem TM TEAM Total Opponents
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GP-GS 5-5 5 5 1st 2 3
2nd 1 4
MINUTES GA 490:00 7 00:00 0 490:00 7 490:00 3 OT1 0 0
OT2 0 0
PPG 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.20 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.60 4.20
GAAVG 1.29 0.00 1.29 0.55
0-2-1
0-0-0
SH SPG SH% SOG SOG/G SOG% YC RC GWG PK-ATT 0-0 17 3.40 .059 10 2.00 .588 0 0 0 0-0 10 2.00 .100 4 0.80 .400 1 0 0 0-0 8 1.60 .125 5 1.00 .625 0 0 0 0-0 6 1.20 .000 2 0.40 .333 0 0 0 0-0 1 0.20 .000 0 0.00 .000 1 0 0 0-0 8 1.60 .000 2 0.40 .250 1 0 0 0-0 5 1.00 .000 1 0.20 .200 0 0 0 0-0 4 0.80 .000 1 0.20 .250 0 0 0 0-0 3 0.60 .000 0 0.00 .000 1 0 0 2 0.40 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 1 0 0 0-0 2 0.40 .000 0 0.00 .000 1 0 0 0-0 1 0.50 .000 1 0.50 1.000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 .000 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 .000 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 .000 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0.00 .000 0-0 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 .000 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 .000 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 .000 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 67 13.40 .045 26 5.20 .388 6 0 - 0-0 69 13.80 .101 28 5.60 .406 9 1 - 1-1 SAVES 21 0 21 23
SAVES/G 4.20 0.00 4.20 4.60
Corners by Periods TOTAL Team 3 Hart 7 Opponents
SAVES% W .750 0 .000 0 .750 0 .885 3 1st 17 8
2nd 10 15
L 3 0 3 0
OT1 1 0
T 2 0 2 2 OT2 3 2
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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 265179-73, 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 74-76-34, 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 265-179-73 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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