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Albarran, Morrison
Headline SU's All-ASC Selections; Hayes is COTY
Again
 Even
though the 2006 ASC Tournament didn't turn out
as the Mountaineer Men's Soccer team had hoped,
Schreiner's season still caught the notice of
voters as four SU players earned first team
All-ASC. Junior midfielder
Tino Albarran
was named Co-Offensive Player of the Year (along
with David Salas of Hardin-Simmons) and
sophomore goalkeeper
Nick Morrison
earned Defensive Player of the Year. Those
two Mountaineers were joined by senior defender
Ben Roell and
senior midfielder
David Ramos on
the first team All-ASC squad. Sophomore
defender
Daniel Cortez
was named to the second team, All-ASC while
senior midfielder
Chad Baker
(third team) and freshman defender
Michael Flynn
(honorable mention) also earned All-ASC honors.
Head coach Paul Hayes, who just completed his
fourth season at the helm of the Mountaineers,
earned his second straight ASC Coach of the Year
honor after guiding SU to a 12-5-1 record.
Schreiner's 12 wins overall and 10 ASC wins are
the most ever for SU men's soccer and the team
earned the top seed and hosted last weekend's
ASC Tournament - also firsts for the
Mountaineers.
Albarran was Schreiner's top offensive threat in
2006 and was among the ASC leaders in goals (10)
and points (24). Morrison anchored one of
the ASC's toughest defenses and finished with a
save average of .819 while recording four
shutouts. In two seasons, Morrison is
already SU's all-time leader in shutouts with
11. Roell, Cortez and Flynn were a huge
part of that defensive success. The
Schreiner defense may have had it's best effort
of the season in shutting down the nation's top
offensive unit, #1-ranked Trinity.
Schreiner held TU scoreless into the second half
before Trinity rallied to tie SU 2-2 on October
24th.
Ramos and Baker joined Albarran to form possibly
the best group of midfielders in the ASC this
year. Ramos finished tied for the ASC lead
in assists with 10 and assists per game at .56.
Baker added four goals in 2006, including two
that were game winners. |
