MEN’S SOCCER PICKED NO. 4 IN ECC PRESEASON POLL
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y.- The Dowling College men’s soccer teamwas voted fourth in the East Coast Conference Preseason Poll as voted on by conference coaches. The 2013 champion LIU Post Pioneers were picked to lead the ECC with Eivind Austboe of LIU Post and Christoffer Olesen of Bridgeport have earned the ECC Preseason Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year awards, respectively.
Dowling returns 12 Golden Lions from the 2013 squad that earned a trip to the ECC Championship Finals and a berth into the NCAA East Regional tournament. The four leading scorer’s from last year’s team return including ECC All-Conference selection senior
Jose Herrera who netted a team high six goals. NSCAA All-Region member
Zacchious Ogoo comes back to anchor the Dowling defense with junior Chris Freidl back in the net for another year.
Head Coach
John DiRico and the Golden Lions open their 2014 season Thursday, September 4th as they travel to they University of New Haven. Game time is slated for 4:00 PM.
2014 ECC Men’s Soccer Preseason PollSchool Pts. 2013 Record1. LIU Post (10) 119 18-2-2 (8-0-2 ECC)
2. NYIT 95 13-5-0 (6-4-0 ECC)
3. Bridgeport 94 9-7-0 (7-3-0 ECC)
4. Dowling (1) 85 12-5-3 (5-2-3 ECC)
5. Mercy 83 11-4-4 (5-2-3 ECC)
6. Queens 62 9-5-3 (4-4-2 ECC)
7. District of Columbia 59 7-6-3 (2-5-3 ECC)
8. St. Thomas Aquinas 43 7-8-1 (4-6-0 ECC)
9. Molloy 41 5-9-3 (3-4-3 ECC)
10. Roberts Wesleyan 33 4-12-2 (2-7-1 ECC)
11. Daemen 12 4-13-1 (0-9-1 ECC)
( ) – first place votes