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KNIGHTS-BROWNE
NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT WEIGHT YEAR
20 MIDFIELDER 5-9 145 JUNIOR
HAWKS TIDBIT: Two of KnightsBrowne’s team-best three goals have been game-winning tallies this season, against Central Connecticut and Dartmouth
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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 NO. 9 NEW HAMPSHIRE* L, 1-4 9/28 DARTMOUTH W, 1-0 10/2 AT STONY BROOK* W, 3-1 10/5 YALE T, 2-2 (2ot) 10/9 UALBANY* L, 0-1 (ot) 10/13 AT VERMONT* L, 0-2 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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TODAY’S MATCH
The Hawks are back in action on Saturday when they host Binghamton. Saturday will also serve as Hartford’s Senior Day, with the Hawks honoring Tomer Drimmer, Nick Benjamin and Pablo Basarte prior to the game.
Parker has stepped into the starting role since mid-September. Hartford and Binghamton have identical records against common conference opponents this season, with both clubs owning victories against Stony Brook and losses against New Hampshire and UMBC.
INSIDE THE SERIES
LAST TIME THEY MET
The Hawks lead the all-time series, 12-9-4, having swept both matchups against the Bearcats during the spring 2021 season. Hartford is riding a four-game winning streak against Binghamton, with three shutouts in that stretch.
Hartford picked up a 1-0 road win on April 2, 2021. Nadav Datner’s 76thminute goal, assisted by Jovante Etienne, went in the books as the game-winner. The Hawks’ defense stood tall, as Rotem Fadida finished with one save in the shutout win.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
LAST TIME OUT
Junior midfielder Ethan Homler leads the Bearcats in goals (5), game-winners (4), points (11), shots (30) and shots on goal (13), while junior Oliver Svalander ranks second on the team with four goals. Opening the season as the Bearcats’ backup goalkeeper, P.J.
Hartford dropped a 2-0 decision at Vermont on Wednesday night. The teams were evenly matched midway through the first half, when Basarte drew a red card and was ejected. Armed with a man-advantage, the Catamounts outshot Hartford 34-3 down the stretch. Fadida recorded a career-best 10 saves in the defeat.
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WEEKLY AWARDS
For the second straight week, Hartford took home a weekly honor from the America East, as Patrick Gryczewski was named the league’s Rookie of the Week on Monday. A midfielder, he earned the distinction after scoring twice in last week’s 2-2 draw against Yale. The Hawks have landed three weekly award winners in 2021, as Fadida and freshman Olivier Sylvain were named Defensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, respectively, on Oct. 11.
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3-8-3
RECORD
7-4-1
L2
STREAK
L2
11
GOALS
15
0.79
GOALS/GAME
1.25
10.7
SHOTS/GAME
10.6
.073
SHOTS %
56-150
SOG-ATT
.373
The Hawks have two games remaining, both coming against teams fighting to qualify for the America East postseason. Hartford will enjoy a midweek bye, before traveling to face UMass Lowell on Saturday, Oct. 23 and closing the regular season at home against NJIT on Nov. 1.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E
SOG %
.118 50-127
.394
ASSISTS
10
73
CORNER KICKS
48
2-2
PK: GOALS-ATT
3-3
1.43
GAA
1.53
8
58
SAVES
43
.734
SAVE %
.694
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
New Hampshire UAlbany Stony Brook Vermont Binghamton UMBC Hartford UMass Lowell NJIT
OVERALL AE W-L-T PCT W-L-T PTS 12-0-1 .962 8-4-0 .667 7-4-0 .636 8-3-1 .708 7-4-1 .625 7-6-1 .536 3-8-3 .321 2-9-1 .208 3-8-1 .292
4-0-0 12 3-1-0 9 3-2-0 9 3-1-0 9 2-2-0 6 2-3-0 6 1-4-0 3 1-3-0 3 1-4-0 3
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(3-8-3 OVERALL, 1-4-0 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
BINGHAMTON BEARCATS (7-4-1 OVERALL, 2-2-0 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
1
Mats Roorda
Jr.
2
Carter Beaulieu
3
Devin Heanue
4 5
Hometown/Last School
6-4
180
R-Jr. B
5-11
175
Vestal, N.Y./Vestal
Jr.
B
6-2
170
Garrison, N.Y./Haldane
Ryan Pyszka
Gr.
B
6-0
185
Michael Bush
Jr.
B
6-5
200
6
Parker McKnight
R-Jr. M
5-10 165
7
Casey Phillips
Fr.
F
6-0
175
Freeville, N.Y./Dryden
8
Andrew McDonnell
Gr.
M
5-11
170
Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown
9
Dan Mansfield
Jr.
F
6-1
180
Vestal, N.Y./Vestal
10 Noah Luescher
Gr.
M
5-11
177
Meisterschwanden, Switzerland/Alte Kantonsschule Aarau
11
Oliver Svalander
GK
Groningen, Netherlands/Topsport Talentschool
Leesburg, Va./Heritage Herndon, Va./South Lakes Apalachin, N.Y./ Vestal
Jr.
F
6-2
175
Stockholm, Sweden/Young Business Creatives
12 Ramsey Tilgner
Fr.
B
5-11
170
Manassas, Va./Charles Colgan
14 Matthew Cozetti
Jr.
F
6-0
172
Commack, N.Y./Commack
15 Tyler Meotti
Jr.
M
6-2
168
Commack, N.Y./Commack
16 Kosta Nika
Sr.
F
5-8
165
Leesburg, Va./Broome CC
17 Sean Fitzgerald
Fr.
M
6-0
162
Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West
18 Will Noecker
So.
B
6-1
175
Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson
19 Tim Leuenberger
Sr.
B
6-1
175
Basel, Switzerland/Roanoke
20 Billy Clark
Fr.
M
5-9
155
Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley
21 Shaun Turnbull
Fr.
F
5-10 155
22 Logan Bonn
Fr
B
6-2
180
Trumansburg, N.Y./Charles O. Dickerson
23 Sean Molloy
Jr.
M
5-9
150
Rego Park, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy
24 Anthony Lazaridis
R-So. M
5-8
160
Medford, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford
25 Rory Anderson
R-So. F
6-1
165
Edinburgh, Scotland/Darlington School
26 Ethan Homler
Jr.
M
6-0
185
Melville, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East
27 Georges Richard
So.
M
5-9
160
Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson
31 Ryan McGovern
R-So. GK
6-0
185
32 P.J. Parker
R-Jr. GK
6-3
200
Voorheesville, N.Y./ Bouton
Selden, N.Y./Centereach Voorheesville, N.Y./Bouton
HEAD COACH PAUL MARCO - 20th Season - West Virginia ’91
ASSISTANT COACHES TOMMY MOON - Seventh Season - Binghamton ’14 ERIC STEINWACHS - Second Season - Mercyhurst ’17
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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
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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
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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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2021-22 Hartford Men's Soccer Overall Team Statistics All games
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OVERALL: 2 - 3 -3-8-3 2
Neutral
2021 T EA M S T A T I S T I CS
Game Records Overall
Conference
3-8-3
1-4-0
AMERICA EAST: 1-4-0
Team statistics
Home
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HOME: 2-3-2
Away
1-5-1
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0-0-0
AWAY: 1-5-1
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
11-150 0.79 .073 56-150 .373 10.7 8
21-209 1.5 .100 80-209 .383 14.9 18
11 2 0 0.79 73 2-2 16
21 2 1 1.5 78 2-3 15
189 21 1
198 21 2
2780 7/397 0/0
3606 7/515 -
Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 5 6 0 0 8 12 1 0
Corners by Periods TOTAL Team 11 Hart 21 Opponents
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 40 26 1 6 73 34 41 1 2 78
Shots by Periods Team Hart Opponents
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 57 77 9 7 88 116 3 2
Fouls by Periods TOTAL Team 150 Hart 209 Opponents
1st 82 82
Saves by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Offsides by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 21 38 59 Hart 0 0 18 26 1 45 Opponents 0
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2nd OT1 OT2 102 2 3 101 6 9
TOTAL 189 198
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 9 6 1 0 8 7 0 0
TOTAL 16 15
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2021-22 Hartford Men's Soccer Extended Individual Statistics All games Game Records
Overall
Conference
3-8-3
Goals by Periods
Away
Neutral
2021 I N D I VI DUAL S T A T I S T ICS 1-4-0
Team Box Score Extended No. Player 10 Drimmer, Tomer 20 Knights-Browne, Addrian 11 Gryczewski, Patrick 15 Cameron, Demario 23 Sylvain, Olivier 9 Datner, Nadav 4 Basarte, Pablo 7 Cavada, Dario 22 Addi, Jason 2 Benjamin, Nick 24 May, Jordon 3 Gvili, Nir 12 Becher, Nate 6 Leto, Wyatt 8 Sanyang, Baboucarr 16 Quinones, Alex 27 Lebiti, Mevlan 17 Rivas, Justin 14 Stilb, Max 18 DiLoreto, Nate 1 Fadida, Rotem 32 Boyd, Alec 31 Sadler, Trey Total Opponents ## Player 18 DiLoreto, Nate 1 Fadida, Rotem TM TEAM Total Opponents
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GP-GS G GPG A 14-14 3 0.21 3 14-13 3 0.21 0 14-13 2 0.14 1 14-13 1 0.07 1 14-14 1 0.07 0 6-6 1 0.17 0 13-13 0 0.00 1 10-2 0 0.00 1 10-5 0 0.00 1 14-14 0 0.00 0 11-5 0 0.00 0 14-14 0 0.00 0 13-8 0 0.00 0 11-3 0 0.00 0 7-0 0 0.00 0 4-0 0 0.00 0 1-0 0 0.00 0 7-2 0 0.00 0 2-1 0 0.00 0 2-0 0 0.00 0 14-14 0 0.00 0 3-0 0 0.00 0 1-0 0 0.00 0 14 11 0.79 8 14 21 1.50 18
GP-GS 2-0 14-14 14 14
MINUTES 110:00 1215:27 00:00 1325:27 1325:27
2-3-2
APG PTS 0.21 9 0.00 6 0.07 5 0.07 3 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.08 1 0.10 1 0.10 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 0.57 30 1.29 60 GA 2 19 0 21 11
PPG SH SPG 0.64 19 1.36 0.43 25 1.79 0.36 15 1.07 0.21 3 0.21 0.14 21 1.50 0.33 17 2.83 0.08 10 0.77 0.10 8 0.80 0.10 0.00 0 0.00 9 0.64 0.00 6 0.55 0.00 6 0.43 0.00 5 0.38 0.00 4 0.36 0.00 2 0.29 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 2.14 150 10.71 4.29 209 14.93
GAAVG 1.64 1.41 0.00 1.43 0.75
SAVES 2 56 1 59 45
1-5-1
0-0-0
SH% SOG SOG/G SOG% YC RC GWG PK-ATT .158 7 0.50 .368 2 0 1 2-2 .120 10 0.71 .400 2 0 2 0-0 .133 4 0.29 .267 1 0 0-0 0 .333 1 0.07 .333 4 0 0-0 0 .048 6 0.43 .286 1 0 0-0 0 .059 10 1.67 .588 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 .000 2 0.15 .200 0 1 0 0-0 .000 2 0.20 .250 1 0 0 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 .000 3 0.21 .333 0 0 0-0 0 .000 2 0.18 .333 2 0 0-0 0 .000 2 0.14 .333 3 0 0-0 0 .000 4 0.31 .800 0 0 0-0 0 .000 2 0.18 .500 2 0 0-0 0 .000 1 0.14 .500 1 0 0-0 0 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 1 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 1 0 0 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 .073 56 4.00 .373 21 1 - 2-2 .100 80 5.71 .383 21 2 - 2-3 SAVES/G 1.00 4.00 0.07 4.21 3.21
SAVES% W .500 0 .747 3 1.000 0 .738 3 .804 8
L 0 8 0 8 3
T 1 2 0 3 3
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SHO/CBO 0/0 2/0 0/0 2 6
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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 268184-74, 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 77-81-35, 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 268-184-74 CAREER RECORD 45TH-BEST WIN % AMONG ACTIVE DI COACHES .580 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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