Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

 

Bridgewater’s Matt Brock Named ODAC Men’s Soccer Player-of-the-Year


SALEM, VA – Bridgewater’s Matt Brock has been named the 2004 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Men’s Soccer Player-of-the-Year as the league announced its all-conference squads today.

 

Brock is coming off a season in which he scored 12 goals and dished out 10 assists.  Brock’s 34 points was second-best in the ODAC and helped lead the Eagles to an 8-6-2 overall record, a 4-3-2 mark in the league and an appearance in the ODAC Tournament semifinals.

 

Roanoke College keeper Austin Rose was named ODAC Rookie-of-the-Year after leading the Maroons to an ODAC best 7-2 league record.  Rose started 19 games, posting a 1.01 gaa and eight shut outs.

 

RC head coach Scott Allison and Lynchburg’s Chris Yeager were named ODAC Co-Coaches-of-the-Year by their peers.  Allison led the Maroons to their third league championship in four-years, while Yeager guided the Hornets to a 10-8-2 overall record, a 4-5 mark in the league, and an appearance in the ODAC Tournament finals.

 

The ODAC sports information directors voted Brett Ralls of Guilford the Men’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year.  Ralls played in all 20 matches for the Quakers, scoring one goal and tallying four assists for six points.  Ralls was a four-year team captain and helped Guilford to #10 regional ranking and a seven-match unbeaten streak this season. The streak was GC’s longest since 1986.  Ralls is an eight-time dean’s list student, earning a 3.85 cumulative grad-point-average, while majoring in business management and accounting.

 

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ODAC Men’s Soccer All-Conference Teams

First-Team

Name                                       Pos.                             School

Matt Feraci                                F                                  Guilford

Kelvin Murray                             F                                  Virginia Wesleyan

Brian Pirkle                               F                                  Washington and Lee

Chris Keating                             F                                  Roanoke

Darriel Cannon                           MF                               Guilford

Matt Brock                                MF                               Bridgewater

Matt Cooper                              MF                               Randolph-Macon

Elliot Stallings                           MF                               Roaonke

Caleb Hill                                  D                                  Virginia Wesleyan

Peter Miller                                D                                  Washington and Lee

Michael Kraemer                        D                                  Hampden-Sydney

Donny Smith                             D                                  Roanoke

Dan Ruch                                  GK                               Lynchburg

 

Second Team                                                                         

Name                                       Pos.                             School
Steffan Schollaert                       F                                  Guilford

Chris Kittleson                           F                                  Emory and Henry

David Tait                                  F                                  Randolph-Macon

Lincoln Hurney                           F                                  Lynchburg

Damien Woodley                       MF                               Virginia Wesleyan

Grant Dickens                           MF                               Hampden-Sydney

Adam Shank                             MF                               Eastern Mennonite

Dave DeMello                            MF                               Roanoke

Jamie Flynn                               D                                  Randolph-Macon

Chris Cadogan                           D                                  Hampden-Sydney

Ted Erickson                             D                                  Eastern Mennonite

Brian Dziengelski                       D                                  Lynchburg

Nick Warner                              GK                               Randolph-Macon

 

Honorable Mention

Name                                       School

Jon Small                                  Bridgewater

Joel Shank                                Eastern Mennonite

Greg Stephenson                       Emory and Henry

Brett Ralls                                 Guilford

Brian Peters                              Hampden-Sydney

Casey Zambor                           Lynchburg

Scott Maskell                            Randolph-Macon

Chirs Mills                                 Virginia Wesleyan

Justin Mygatt                             Washington and Lee

Austin Rose                              Roanoke  


Player-the-Year: Matt Brock, Bridgewater

Rookie-of-the-Year: Austin Rose, Roanoke

Co-Coaches-of-the-Year: Scott Allison, Roanoke / Chris Yeager, Lynchburg

Scholar Athlete of the Year: Brett Ralls, Guilford