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August 13, 2007

DOMINICAN TABBED FIRST IN CACC MEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL

New Haven, CT (8/13/07) Dominican College has been tabbed the preseason favorite to win the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men’s Soccer regular-season championship. In balloting released today, the Chargers received 93 points and five first-place votes to top the poll. Five schools garnered at least one first-place nod in voting conducted by the 10 CACC head coaches.

DOMINICAN TABBED FIRST IN CACC MEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL

Courtesy of Kirk Reed, Assistant Commissioner of the CACC    

New Haven, CT (8/13/07) Dominican College has been tabbed the preseason favorite to win the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men’s Soccer regular-season championship. In balloting released today, the Chargers received 93 points and five first-place votes to top the poll. Five schools garnered at least one first-place nod in voting conducted by the 10 CACC head coaches.

Wilmington College finished second in the poll with 85 points and one first-place vote, while Caldwell College was third with 80 points and one first-place vote. Post University was picked first in two polls and finished fourth with 70 points, while Holy Family University was chosen fifth with 58 points along with one first-place tally.  The rest of the poll was rounded out by Nyack College (48), Felician College (44), Goldey-Beacom College (36), Chestnut Hill College (20) and Bloomfield College (16). Chestnut Hill will be competing in the CACC for the first time and will play a full conference schedule, but will not be eligible to play in the conference tournament. The Griffins were previously a member of NCAA Division III.   

Dominican, under the guidance of head coach John Campbell, returns nine starters after winning the CACC regular-season and tournament championships for the third consecutive season. The Chargers went 8-0 in CACC play and defeated Post 1-0 for the tournament championship.  Ryan Clancy, the 2006 Tournament MVP and first team All-CACC pick, will help lead Dominican. Clancy stood second in the CACC in points (30), first in assists (12) and fifth in goals (9) in 2006 as a junior. He also led the conference with five game-winning goals. Dominican will also be led by senior goalie, Robert Kelly, who led the CACC in goals-against average (0.93) last season.

Wilmington will be led by 2006 CACC Coach of the Year, Nick Papanicolas. The Wildcats will also be aided by the return of senior goalie Dan Mangat and sophomore forward Sargbah Tarpeh. Mangat was a first team All-CACC pick last season after leading the league in save percentage (.849) and saves (141). Tarpeh tied for fourth in the CACC with 28 points and second with 12 goals en route to being named the 2006 CACC Rookie of the Year.

Numerous All-Conference performers will be returning for the 2007 season, as there were only five seniors among the 22 All-Conference selections a year ago. Headlining the returning players is 2006 CACC Player of the Year, Tim Conway of Nyack. Conway, a rising senior, led the conference in points (36) and goals (16) last season.


CACC Men’s Soccer

2007 Preseason Poll

                                       

                  School                                        2006 Records              Points

         1.     Dominican (5)                         12-4-3/8-0 CACC            93

       2.     Wilmington (2)                      11-5-4/5-1-2                85

       3.     Caldwell (1)                          12-6-1/4-3-1                80

       4.     Post (2)                                9-7-5/4-1-3                 70

       5.     Holy Family (1)                      11-7-1/4-3-1                 58

       6.     Nyack                                   5-12-1/1-6-1                48

       7.     Felician                                  3-11-3/2-3-2               44

       8.     Goldey-Beacom                       4-10-1/2-6                   36

       9.     Chestnut Hill                          14-4-1/7-2-2*               20

       10.   Bloomfield                                1-15/0-7                     16

                                   ()-First Place Votes

                                        *-Record as a DIII member of the NEAC

                                       

 

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.