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rotem
FADIDA
NUMBER 1 POSITION GOALKEEPER HEIGHT 6-0 YEAR SO MAJOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT HAWKS TIDBIT: Playing all but 45 minutes in goal this season, Fadida is coming off a freshman campaign that saw him earn America East All-Rookie Team distinction
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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 L, 0-2 9/6 AT BOSTON COLLEGE L, 0-2 9/11 AT SACRED HEART T, 1-1 (2ot) 9/14 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT W, 1-0 9/18 AT UMBC* L, 0-3 9/21 AT FAIRFIELD L, 0-1 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 will face a tough test as it continues America East play on Saturday, hosting undefeated New Hampshire on Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium.
INSIDE THE SERIES
New Hampshire leads the alltime series with a 21-14-6 record against the Hawks. The two sides met twice during the abbreviated 2020-21 season as the then-No. 14 Wildcats claimed a 4-0 win in Durham (March 26, 2021) and a 2-0 victory in the America East semifinals (April 15, 2021).
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
The Wildcats are ranked No. 9 nationally and are fresh off a resounding 5-0 victory against previously undefeated Quinnipiac. Picked to win the America East title in 2021, the two-time defending conference champion has surrendered just two goals
this season, which is tied for fourth nationally. With the fourth-best GAA average in the nation (0.25), New Hampshire’s defense has played a huge part in the team’s success, as Jassem Koleilat has faced just 1.63 shots per game en route to five clean sheets this season.
LAST TIME THEY MET
New Hampshire knocked Hartford out of the conference playoffs with a 2-0 setback in the league’s semifinals (April 15, 2021). Victor Menudier netted a pair of goals four minutes apart for the Wildcats, with one coming just before halftime and one less than two minutes after the break.
LAST TIME OUT
The Hawks fell, 1-0, at Fairfield on Tuesday. The Stags’ goal came in the fourth minute, on a penalty kick by senior forward Jonathan Filipe. It was Fairfield’s first win
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of the season and marked the fifth time in eight game that the Hawks have allowed one goal or fewer.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E
IRON MAN
Graduate student Tomer Drimmer has been a mainstay in the Hawks’ lineup, playing a team-high 750 minutes, including wire-to-wire efforts in seven of Hartford’s eight contests. He ranks third on the team in shots (13) and second in shots on goal (5).
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks have another midweek non-conference matchup on the horizon, as they are set to host Dartmouth on Tuesday (Sept. 28). Hartford leads the alltime series 3-2-0 after scoring a 1-0 victory in the last meeting, on Oct. 22, 2019.
1-5-2
RECORD
8-0-0
L2
STREAK
W8
4
GOALS
16
0.50
GOALS/GAME
2.00
11.5
SHOTS/GAME
13.3
.043
SHOTS %
.151
34-92
SOG-ATT
52-106
.370
SOG %
.491
ASSISTS
15
43
CORNER KICKS
49
0-0
PK: GOALS-ATT
2-2
1.30
GAA
0.25
3
29
SAVES
13
.725
SAVE %
.867
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
New Hampshire Stony Brook UMBC NJIT Vermont UAlbany Binghamton Hartford UMass Lowell
OVERALL AE W-L-T PCT W-L-T PTS 8-0-0 1.000 1-0-0 3 5-2-0 .714 1-0-0 3 5-2-1 .688 1-0-0 3 2-4-1 .357 1-0-0 3 5-1-1 .786 0-1-0 1 5-3-0 .625 0-1-0 1 5-2-0 .714 0-0-0 0 1-5-2 .250 0-1-0 0 1-6-1 .188 0-1-0 0
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(1-5-2 OVERALL, 0-1-0 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
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILDCATS (8-0-0 OVERALL, 1-0-0 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Jr. Gr. Sr. Gr. Sr. Gr. So. Gr. Gr. Sr. Gr. Jr. So. So. Jr. So. Gr. So. Gr. Sr. So. So. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Jr.
Jassem Koleilat Peter Swinkels Jonny Wolf Adam Savill Victor Menudier Bridger Hansen Yannick Bright Jacob Gould Johann von Knebel Tola Showunmi Linus Fallberg Bilal Kamal Bruno Piva de Castro Luke Madden Gustavo Rodriguez Drew Blackwell Sam Henneberg Eli Goldman Paul Mayer Chris Pinkham Dylan Maxon Liam Bennett Adi Hicks Ladd-Patrick Fagerson Luke Fagerson Oneil Smith-Elias Nils Buchwalder Wrenano Honeyghan Billy Jones Clay Courtmanche Ben Bowers Rory O’Driscoll
GK GK M/B M/B F B M F/M M F M M F B M M B M F F/M M B B/M M M B B F B/M GK GK M
Hometown/Last School
6-2 Dubai, United Arab Emirates / Iowa Western 6-1 San Francisco, Calif. / San Francisco State 5-11 Hopkinton, Mass./New England FC 5-10 Manchester, England/Hofstra 6-2 Limoges, France/Presbyterian College Cottonwood Heights, Utah/Westminster College 6-2 6-0 Milan, Italy/G.S. Arconatese 6-0 Exeter, N.H./Exeter Hamburg, Germany/FC Eintracht Norderstedt 6-1 6-3 Enfield, England/Merrimack 5-11 Jonkoping, Sweden/Jönköpings Södra IF 5-8 London, England/Norwich City U23 5-9 São Paulo, Brazil/Madonna University 6-1 Hermosa Beach, Calif./Beach FC ECNL 5-10 Mexico City, Mexico/Franklin Pierce 5-10 Wilmington, Del./Penn Fusion 5-9 Guildford, England/Catawba College 5-10 Minneapolis, Minn. FC Espluguenc 6-2 Strasbourg, France/Illkirch Graffenstaden 5-10 Concord, N.H./Seacoast United Acad. 5-7 Clifton Park, N.Y./Oakwood SC 6-0 Concord, N.H./GPS NPL 2000 5-7 Derry, N.H./Seacoast United 6-4 Medway, Mass./NEFC 6-2 Medway, Mass./NEFC 5-10 Brooklyn, N.Y./BW Gottschee Academy 6-1 Bochum, Germany/RSV Meinerzhagen e.V. 6-2 Cranston, R.I./Bayside FC 5-9 Ellington, Conn./Oakwood SC 6-2 West Hartford, Conn./FSA FC 6-2 Liverpool, N.Y./Empire United Academy Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Thunder Acad. 5-10
HEAD COACH MARC HUBBARD - Seventh Season - Colgate ’03
ASSISTANT COACHES RICH WEINREBE - Eighth Season - New Hampshire ’08 JOE DINCECCO - First Season - Richmond ’07 DAVE WILLIAMS - Seventh Season - Cornell ’92// #FLYHIGH HARTFORD HAWKS
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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
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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: Home1-5-2
Overall
Conference
0 - 1 - 0-1-0 0 AMERICA EAST:
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Team statistics
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1-1-1 HOME: 1-1-1
Away
•
Neutral
0-0-0 AWAY: 0-4-1
0-4-1
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 Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Corners by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 4 Hart 2 2 0 0 7 4 11 Opponents 0 0
Shots by Periods Team Hart Opponents
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 36 47 5 4 51 55 1 0
Saves by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Offsides by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 29 Hart 10 19 0 0 12 17 1 30 Opponents 0
Fouls by Periods TOTAL Team 92 Hart 107 Opponents
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HART
OPP
4-92 0.5 .043 34-92 .370 11.5 3
11-107 1.38 .103 40-107 .374 13.4 12
4 0 0 0.5 43 0-0 12
11 2 0 1.38 35 2-2 10
111 15 0
104 11 2
1655 3/552 0/0
2426 5/485 -
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 25 14 1 3 43 12 21 2 35 0 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 41 67 3 0 48 50 2 4
TOTAL 111 104
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 6 5 1 0 7 3 0 0
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2021-22 Hartford Men's Soccer Extended Individual Statistics All games Game Records
Overall
Conference 0-1-0
Team Box Score Extended No. Player GP-GS G 20 Knights-Browne, Addrian 8-8 2 10 Drimmer, Tomer 8-8 1 9 Datner, Nadav 6-6 1 4 Basarte, Pablo 7-7 0 15 Cameron, Demario 8-8 0 23 Sylvain, Olivier 8-8 0 11 Gryczewski, Patrick 8-7 0 2 Benjamin, Nick 8-8 0 24 May, Jordon 8-2 0 3 Gvili, Nir 8-8 0 7 Cavada, Dario 7-1 0 6 Leto, Wyatt 5-1 0 8 Sanyang, Baboucarr 3-0 0 12 Becher, Nate 7-5 0 17 Rivas, Justin 2-1 0 22 Addi, Jason 5-1 0 14 Stilb, Max 2-1 0 18 DiLoreto, Nate 1-0 0 1 Fadida, Rotem 8-8 0 16 Quinones, Alex 3-0 0 27 Lebiti, Mevlan 1-0 0 Total 8 4 Opponents 8 11
Goals by Periods Team Hart
Away
Neutral
2021 I N D I VI DUAL S T A T I S T ICS
1-5-2
## Player 18 DiLoreto, Nate 1 Fadida, Rotem TM TEAM Total Opponents
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GP-GS 1-0 8-8 8 8 1st 2
2nd 2
1-1-1
GPG A 0.25 0 0.13 1 0.17 0 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.50 3 1.38 12
MINUTES 45:00 715:00 00:00 760:00 760:00
APG PTS 0.00 4 0.13 3 0.00 2 0.14 1 0.13 1 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.38 11 1.50 34 GA 0 11 0 11 4
0-4-1
0-0-0
PPG SH SPG SH% SOG SOG/G SOG% YC RC GWG PK-ATT 0.50 18 2.25 .111 9 1.13 .500 1 0 1 0-0 0.38 13 1.63 .077 5 0.63 .385 2 0 0-0 0 0.33 17 2.83 .059 10 1.67 .588 0 0 0-0 0 0.14 7 1.00 .000 2 0.29 .286 0 0 0-0 0 0.13 1 0.13 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 2 0 0 0.00 8 1.00 .000 2 0.25 .250 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0.00 7 0.88 .000 1 0.13 .143 1 0 0 0-0 0.00 6 0.75 .000 2 0.25 .333 0 0 0 0.00 4 0.50 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 2 0 0 0.00 4 0.50 .000 1 0.13 .250 3 0 0-0 0 0.00 3 0.43 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 1 0 0 0.00 2 0.40 .000 1 0.20 .500 1 0 0-0 0 0.00 1 0.33 .000 1 0.33 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0.00 1 0.14 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 .000 0-0 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 .000 0-0 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 0.00 .000 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 0.00 .000 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 .000 0-0 0 0 0.00 .000 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 .000 0-0 0 0 0.00 .000 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 .000 0-0 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1.38 92 11.50 .043 34 4.25 .370 15 0 - 0-0 4.25 107 13.38 .103 40 5.00 .374 11 2 - 2-2
GAAVG 0.00 1.38 0.00 1.30 0.47
SAVES 1 28 0 29 30
SAVES/G 1.00 3.50 0.00 3.63 3.75
SAVES% W 1.000 0 .718 1 .000 0 .725 1 .882 5
L 0 5 0 5 1
T 0 2 0 2 2
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OT1 0
OT2 0
Corners by Periods TOTAL Team 4 Hart
1st 25
2nd 14
OT1 1
OT2 3
SHO/CBO 0/0 1/0 0/0 1 4
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TOTAL 43
tom
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 266181-73, 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 75-78-34, 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 266-181-73 CAREER RECORD 45TH-BEST WIN % AMONG ACTIVE DI COACHES .582 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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