Five Chargers Named To All-CACC Men's Soccer Team

Blauvelt, NY (10/27/06)  Four members of the men's soccer team were named to the All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Team as was announced by the conference office yesterday.

Joseph Ruesgan, Diego Miranda, Jhonny Arteaga, and Ryan Clancy were all named to the All-CACC First Team, while keeper Robert Kelly earned All-CACC Second Team honors.

  Ruesgan, a native of Campbeltown, Scotland, is a junior defender who has started every game this year for the Chargers.  He has three goals and four assists for ten points on the year, with one game-winning goal.  One of this year's captains, he was named to the 2005 NCAA Division II New England Regional All-Tournament Team.

   Miranda, who hails from Quito, Ecuador, has played in all 17 games this year and has started 16 of them.  He has scored four goals and three assists for a total of 11 points this year.  He has been a crucial part of the Charger midfield this season.

 Junior forward, Arteaga who is from Cali Colombia, has started all 17 games this year.  He is tied for second on the team with seven goals, one of them being in yesterday's CACC Semi-Final victory over Caldwell College, and is second on the team with five assists for a total of 19 points.  He garnished All-CACC Second Team honors last year, along with being named to the NCAA Division II New England Regional All-Tournament Team.

 Clancy, a former standout player at Pine Bush High School, leads the team with eight goals and 12 assists this year for a total of 28 points, with four game winning goals.  He was named to the All-CACC First Team, All-CACC Tournament Team, NCAA Division II New England Regional All-Tournament Team and to the NSCAA/Adidas Divsion II All-New England Second Team last season.  Clancy recorded a goal and an assist in yesterday's win.

 Kelly, a native of Kearny, NJ, has started in goal for the Chargers in all seventeen games this year.  He has recorded seven shut outs and has allowed on 16 goals for a 0.92 goals against average.  He has 39 saves for a 70.9% save percentage.  He was all ALL-CACC First Team last year and was ranked fifth in the nation with a 0.553 goals against average.

Nyack College junior midfielder Tim Conway has been honored as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Soccer Player of the Year in balloting released today. Wilmington College freshman forward Sargbah Tarpeh was named the Rookie of the Year and Wildcat head coach Nick Papanicolas was selected as the Coach of the Year. Nyack and Bloomfield College tied in balloting for the annual Team Sportsmanship Award. The conference's nine head coaches conducted the voting for the awards.

2006 All-CACC Men's Soccer Teams

FIRST TEAM

GK Dan Mangat Wilmington Jr. Newark, DE

D Asgeir Ofstad Caldwell Jr. Trondheim, Norway

D Joseph Ruesgan Dominican Jr. Campbeltown, Scotland

D Andrew Fraser Caldwell Jr. Kingston, Jamaica

M Tim Conway Nyack Jr. Billerica, MA

M Diego Miranda Dominican Jr. Quito, Ecuador

M Jhonny Arteaga Dominican Jr. Cali, Columbia

F Sargbah Tarpeh Wilmington Fr. Philadelphia, PA

F Uke Dauti Caldwell Sr. West Orange, NJ

F Maurice Johnson Post Jr. Bronx, NY

F Ryan Clancy Dominican So. Walden, NY

SECOND TEAM

GK Robert Kelly Dominican Sr. Kearny, NJ

D Seth Galloway Nyack So. Pengang, Malaysia

D Chris Weber Holy Family Sr. Philadelphia, PA

D Lukasz Fraczek Felician So. Szczytno, Poland

D Greg DiDiego Wilmington Sr. New Castle, DE

M Steve Kientzy Holy Family Jr. Philadelphia, PA

M Ed Szambelak Holy Family Jr. Philadelphia, PA

M Miguel Walker Caldwell Sr. St. Catherine, Jamaica

F Chad Bennett Caldwell So. Kingston, Jamaica

F Eric Martinez Nyack Fr. Kerrville, TX

F Sean Hordijenko Holy Family Fr. Philadelphia, PA

Honorable Mention: Joe Galasso, Sr., M, Wilmington; Kafoumba Cisse, Sr., M, Post

Player of the Year: Tim Conway, Jr., M, Nyack

Rookie of the Year: Sargbah Tarpeh, Fr., F, Wilmington

Coach of the Year: Nick Papanicolas, Wilmington

Team Sportsmanship Award: Bloomfield College and Nyack College