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University of Bridgeport ...........................................................4LIU Post ........................................................................................5New York Institute of Technology ..........................................6Queens College ...........................................................................7

Robert DranoffCommissioner

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Melissa ReillyAssociate Commissionermreilly@eccsports.org

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Casey RaffertyAssistant Commissioner crafferty@eccsports.org

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East Coast Conference Staff

The 2015 East Coast Conference Soccer Championship Program was written, laid out and designed by Casey Rafferty, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Communications, in Adobe InDesign CS5. Cover art work was designed by Casey Rafferty. Special thanks to the editorial assistance provided by: Bob Dranoff, Melissa Reilly, and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.

UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORTNo. Name Yr Pos Ht Wt Hometown/Previous School1 Daniel Coviella Fr GK 5-10 160 Ribadesella, Spain/IES Avelina Cerra2 Daniel Augenstein Sr B/M 5-8 145 Sandnes, Norway/ Bryne VGS3 Hector Pommills Sr B 5-9 170 Bridgeport, Conn./U of New Haven4 Rafael Torres Jr B/M 6-0 175 Belo Horizonte, Brazil/ Magnum5 Najja Forbes Jr M 6-0 175 Couva, Trinidad & Tobago/Monroe College6 Andrew Quintos Fr B 6-1 175 Kearny, N.J./Kearney7 Luis Fajardo Sr F 5-8 155 Danbury, Conn./Danbury8 Femi Coker So F/M 5-6 140 Johannesburg, South Africa/Ruschcroft9 Lazar Baresic So F 6-0 165 Belgrade, Serbia/Vazduhoplovna Akademija10 Jay Abreu Jr M 5-5 155 Palmas, Brazil/Monroe College11 Luka Ivanovic Jr F 5-10 165 Belgrade, Serbia/Evergreen Valley College12 Fabio Junior Jr GK 6-1 200 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Monroe College13 Erick Romero Sr M/B 5-7 150 Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk14 Oliver Karlsson Fr B 5-10 155 Gothenburg, Sweden/Katrinelundsgymnasiet15 Jordan Gerald Sr M/B 5-7 155 West Orange, N.J./West Orange16 Kieran Simms Sr B 6-3 190 London, England/Andrew College17 Jaylan White So B 5-10 170 Dix Hills, N.Y./Dix Hills West19 Arthur Angst Jr B 6-0 185 Bay Shore, N.Y./SUMY Delhi20 Jose Irias So B 5-7 145 Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon22 Matt Strout So F 5-6 145 Northport, N.Y./Northport23 Stephon Stewart So B/F 5-8 150 Trumbull, Conn./Central Conn. State U.24 Jhonah-George Felipe Fr M/F 5-3 140 Kailua, Hawaii/Kalaheo25 Dominick Roberge So B 6-2 195 New Hyde Park, NY/Sewanhaka HS26 Juan Munoz Fr GK 6-0 165 Bogota, Colombia/El Camino Academy27/21 Klyde Jacques Fr F 5-8 145 Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin28 Abraham Baldissi Fr F 6-1 150 Cartagena, Colombia/Colegio Jorge Washington Head Coach: Brian Quinn (16th season)Assistant Coaches: Peter Doneit, Matt Hoffmann, Han Park, Jonathan Raj, and Allan Petit-Homme

Coach Brian Quinn

Luis Fajardo

Najja Forbes

Luka Ivanovic

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Quick FactsLocation: Bridgeport, Conn.Founded: 1927Enrollment: 4,800Nickname: Purple KnightsColors: Purple and WhitePresident: Neil Albert SalonenDirector of Athletics: Anthony VittiStadium: Knights Field

Did You Know?• The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won six of the last seven USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships.• UB men’s swimmer Ruben Gimenez has been selected the last two years as the NCAA Division II National At-Large Academic All-America of the Year.• The Bridgeport women’s volleyball team has hosted the NCAA Division II East Regional in 2013 and 2014. • The Bridgeport men’s basketball program has made three consecutive NCAA Division II Championship appearances and 21 total in the program’s history.

About BridgeportAn international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs, at the University of Bridgeport, the New Eng-land’s fastest growing university, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UB is among America’s strong international universities with 25 percent of our students coming from overseas. The University’s commitment to educate students from throughout the world is recognized in the US News and World Report issue on colleges. With students from more than 80 countries who are active in student government, publications and clubs, the University of Bridgeport prides itself in being a real world experience in globalization. Through its International Programs, the University provides academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities which support the University’s commitment to promote global citizenship and a commitment to public service. There are 200 full- and part-time faculty, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars. Known for its competent, committed, caring faculty, the University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 11:1. It also takes pride in its commitment to diversity. Some 32 percent of its students are members of minorities. Committed to creating new learning venues, the University of Bridgeport’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its Office of Distance Learn-ing pioneered the first online graduate degree program in the State of Connecticut. A variety of online courses and certificate programs are also available.

LIU POSTNo. Name Yr Pos Ht Wt Hometown/Previous School0 Kevin LaBarbera Sr. GK 6-4 240 Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place1 Jesper Malmstrom Jr. GK 5-11 168 Linkopping, Sweden/Lindsey Wilson2 David Arvidsson So. B 5-9 167 Gothenburg, Sweden/Aspero Idcottsgymnasium3 Seb Baxter Gr. B 5-11 163 Saffrom Walden, England/Loughborough4 Alfred Lindberg Sr. F 5-10 176 Grabo, Sweden/Suffolk C.C.5 Joey Forgaard Jr. B 6-2 187 Stavanger, Norway/St. Svithun6 Erik Berthagen R-So. M 6-2 172 Gothenburg, Sweden/Lindsey Wilson7 Johann Kristjansson Jr. F 6-1 160 Reykjavik, Iceland/Fjolbrautaskolinn 8 Tom Bowen Gr. M 5-11 154 Aberdovey, Wales, U.K./Cardiff Metropolitan 9 Charlie Ledula Fr. M 6-1 180 London, England/Winchmore10 Per Forgaard Sr. M 6-2 176 Stavanger, Norway/St. Svithun11 Jason Lampkin Jr. B 5-8 160 Hawardon, North Wales, U.K./Hawardon12 Nicolai Andersen Fr. B/M 5-9 150 Odense, Denmark/Mulernes Legatskole13 Oliver Hollingsaeter So. B 5-9 145 Alesund, Norway/Alesund VGS14 Maxime Devillaz Jr. F 5-7 154 Stehag, Sweden/Polhemskolan15 Vincent Tavernese Gr. M 5-7 155 Garden City, N.Y./Garden City16 Harry Pearse So. M 5-9 150 Hillindon, London, England/Furzeplatt17 Matias Ruiz Sr. M 6-0 165 Southampton, N.Y./Southampton18 Brian McPartland Jr. GK 6-2 210 Hicksville, N.Y./Hofstra19 Ian Jonsson So. B 5-11 159 Stockholm, Sweden/Blackebergs Gymnasium21 Justin Cebollero Fr. B 6-3 175 Commack, N.Y./Commack22 Christian Chavez Fr. M 5-9 143 Freeport, N.Y./Freeport23 Alex Billington Sr. M 5-9 150 Preston, England/Carr Hill24 Cameron Gamble Sr. F 5-7 128 North Lanarkshire, Scotland/Caldervale25 Neil Feminella R-Fr. F 6-0 165 West Islip, N.Y./Islip26 Demetri Partsinevelos So. M 6-1 160 Westbury, N.Y. / Hicksville27 Paul Hayes Fr. B 5-10 154 Cutchogue, N.Y. / Mattituck28 James Hayes Fr. M 5-10 165 Cutchogue, N.Y. / Mattituck29 Toby Ilomuanya Fr. F 6-4 185 South Orange, N.Y. / Oakwood Friends31 Yannick Laroche Gr. B 6-0 167 Los Angeles, Calif. / Lycée Français (Adelphi)32 Morten Wenaas Fr. M 6-0 174 Molde, Norway / Molde

Head Coach: Andreas Lindberg (7th Season)Assistant Coaches: David Stapleton, Dusan Erceg, Jonathon Watkin and Victor Muntean

About LIU PostThe LIU Post Campus of Long Island University is a private, residential campus in Brookville, New York, offering more than 250 under-graduate and graduate degrees in accountancy, business, computer science, education, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts.

Founded in 1954, LIU Post offers small classes, state-of-the art facilities and a safe, beautiful campus just 25 miles from Manhattan. Situ-ated on 307 acres on the North Shore of Long Island, the campus features stately historic mansions, redbrick academic buildings, rolling green lawns, and formal gardens. Special campus highlights include wireless classrooms, a writing center, a museum, a recreation center, and one of the largest research libraries in the New York Metropolitan Region.

LIU Post’s’ 8,500 undergraduate and graduate students enjoy exceptional health and fitness facilities, more than 80 clubs and 1,000 activi-ties each year, competitive NCAA sports programs and the celebrated Tilles Center for the Performing Arts.

More than 85 percent of the LIU Post students receive some form of financial assistance or scholarship. LIU Post’s award-winning Co-operative Education program places students at companies from MTV to American Express as well as government, health care and com-munity service agencies. Our professional experience and Career Planning Office sponsors career fairs with top employers and keeps students in touch with the latest job openings.

LIU Post graduates have gone on to become entrepreneurs, executives at major firms, teachers, doctors, artists, scientists and journalists. Many of our more than 100,000 alumni have achieved prominence in society’s most dynamic fields.

For more information, visit the LIU Post Web Site at www.liu.edu/post.

Coach Andreas Lindberg

Per Forgaard

Jason Lampkin

Matias Ruiz

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Quick FactsLocation: Brookville N.Y.Founded: 1954Enrollment: 8,472Nickname: PioneersColors: Green and GoldPresident: Dr. Kimberly R. ClineDirector of Athletics: Bryan CollinsStadium: Pioneer Soccer Park

Did You Know?• Senior forward Per Forgaard is tied for third in the ECC with 10 goals. He leads the conference with 11 assists and is second in total points with 31.• The LIU Post men’s soccer team was favored to win the 2015 ECC crown in the preseason poll• LIU Post comes in to the tournament ranked No. 10 in the NSCAA Division II Top 25 poll.

NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNo. Name Yr Pos Ht Wt Hometown/Previous School00 Alvaro Cruz Gr. GK 6-4 180 Madrid, Spain/Universidad Rey Juan Carlos1 Jonathan Rico So. GK 6-2 172 Elmhurst, N.Y./Aviation2 Alberto Salcedo So. B 5-10 155 Granada, Spain/Granada University3 Alejandro Del Cura So. B 6-2 176 Madrid, Spain/Fuentelarreyna School4 Gonzalo Barroso Sr. B 6-0 165 Madrid, Spain/Universidad Carlos III de Madrid5 Marcos Vilches So. B 6-5 172 Navarra, Spain/Navarra University6 Santiago Echevarria Jr. B 5-11 141 Mexico City, Mexico/Sierra Nevada7 Carlos Coto So. M 5-8 145 Moravia, Costa Rica/EMVA8 Kris Ruiz Jr. B 5-9 150 Melville, N.Y./Half Hallow Hills East9 John Camponeschi So. F 5-10 160 Capena, Italy/Kennedy10 Ben Wilson Jr. B 6-1 180 Southampton,England/Bitterne Park School11 Simon -Peter Omooba Fr. F 5-10 172 London, England/University of East London12 Jorge Sariego So. M/F 5-8 140 /Centro Eduacatiovo Los Campos U.14 Martin Sundell Fr. F 5-10 144 Enebyberg, Sweden/Danderyds Gymnasium15 Rory Head Fr. M 5-10 145 Kent, England/Maplesden Noakes School16 Ion Barbarin Garcia So. B/M 5-10 160 Pamplona, Spain/Zaragoza U.17 Kirsh Patel So. M 5-11 140 Buckinghamshire, England/Georgia Perimeter18 Jordan Cousineau Jr. B 5-11 165 Reading, England/Henley College19 Chris Mouzakitis Jr. B 6-0 155 Queens, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy20 Daniel Lembo Fr. M 5-8 145 Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville21 Kerdel Niles Fr. F 6-1 160 Macoya Garden, Trinidad & Tobago/22 Brayan Cruz Fr. M 5-9 135 Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees23 Alex Barbosa Sr. M/F 6-0 160 Old Westbury, N.Y./Nassau C.C.26 Niyah Highsmith Jr. B 6-1 160 Deer Park, N.Y./St. John the Baptist27 Alex Russon Fr. F 5-11 150 Staffordshire, England/ Codsall Community28 Khyri Wharton Fr. M 5-6 140 Medford, N.Y./Longwood29 Philip Atbashyan Fr. M 6-1 155 Bellmore, N.Y./ John F. Kennedy38 Ryan MacCrea Gr. GK 6-3 185 Hillsborough N.J./Hillsborough39 Andrew Pereira Fr. GK 5-11 155 Mineola, N.Y./Mineola

Head Coach: Carlos Del Cid (15th Season)Assistant Coaches: Pablo Posada and Franz St. Lot

Coach Carlos Del Cid

Gonzalo Barroso

Alvaro Cruz

Ben Wilson

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Quick FactsLocation: Old Westbury, N.Y.Founded: 1955Enrollment: 15,000Nickname: BearsColors: Blue and GoldPresident: Edward Guiliano, Ph. D.Director of Athletics: Duane BaileyStadium: President’s Stadium

Did You Know?• Four NYIT men’s soccer members won ECC weekly awards, including three rookies in three consecutive weeks (Philip At-bashyan 10/5, Krishen Patel 10/13, Simon-Peter Omooba 10/20)• The Bears entered the first NCAA East Region Poll, which was released on October 21, at No. 7 with an 8-4-1 in-region record.• NYIT women’s tennis is no stranger to ECC Championships as they clinched regular season and won the tournament for the fourth consecutive season last month. Alessia Rossetti was named ECC Player of the Year and Head Coach Jason Pasion was named Coach of the Year by his peers. • NYIT volleyball Head Coach Gail Wasmus is currently in her 30th season at the helm of the program, which celebrates its’ 40th anniversary this year.

About NYIT:New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit independent, private institu-tion of higher education, NYIT has 12,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. NYIT sponsors 11 NCAA Division II programs and one Division I team. Led by President Edward Guiliano, NYIT is guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger void. To date, 95,000 graduates have received degrees from NYIT. For more information, visit nyit.edu.

QUEENS COLLEGENo. Name Yr Pos Ht Wt Hometown/Previous School1 Robbie Webster Jr. GK 6-4 190 Perth, Australia/Univ. of Western Australia2 Daniel Saint Louis So. B 6-1 160 Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream Central3 Gustavo Holtz Sr. M 6-0 160 Sao Paolo, Brazil/Colegio Waldorf Micael de Sao Paolo4 Calvin Moyes Sr. B 6-1 180 Glasgow, Scotland/Jordanhill5 Aitor Gurruchaga Sr. B 6-3 175 Pamplona, Spain/San Fermin Ikastola6 Juan Sebastian Nino Sr. B 6-1 170 Bogota, Colombia/Reuven Feuerstein7 Nikolas Maher Jr. F 6-2 180 New Lennox, Ill./Lincoln Way West8 Glen Reid Sr. M 5-10 160 Falkirk, Scotland/British School of Houston Texas9 Paul Sandoval Sr. F 5-6 145 Mineola, N.Y/Mineola10 András Breuer Fr. M 5-11 165 Budapest, Hungary/Ferencváros Torna Club11 Isaiah Kossinne Sr. M 5-8 130 London, England/Herkimer C.C.12 Navdeep Bains Sr. M 5-11 162 Bellerose, N.Y/Queens High School for Science13 Nicholas Matusewicz Jr. M 5-10 142 Flushing, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy14 Alex Gimadiev Fr. B 5-10 165 Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook15 Vincent Companion Fr. B 5-10 160 Hollywood, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas16 Georgios Thomatos Jr. B 6-0 175 Flushing, N.Y./St. Francis Prep17 Joseph Palermo Fr. B 5-7 185 Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville18 Pol Narbona Sr. M 6-4 187 Barcelona, Spain/Europa International School19 Steven Koutsounadis So. M 5-10 150 Flushing, N.Y./Francis Lewis20 Chris Bravo Fr. M 5-9 150 Hewlett, N.Y./Hewlett21 Brian Belfont Jr. M 5-10 162 Hempstead, N.Y./Nassau C.C.22 Kevin Giraldo So. M 5-6 150 Corona, N.Y./Aviation25 James Brostowski Jr. GK 6-0 185 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Stony Brook

Head Coach: Carl Christian (4th Season)Assistant Coach: Chris Grenzig

Coach Carl Christian

Nicholas Matusewicz

Glen Reid

Robbie Webster

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Quick FactsLocation: Flushing, N.Y.Founded: 1937Enrollment: 20,000Nickname: KnightsColors: Navy Blue and RedPresident: Dr. Felix V. Matos RodriguezDirector of Athletics: China JudeStadium: Queens College Soccer Field

Did You Know?• Queens College head coach Carl Christian played for the Knights from 1987-91. He was a four-time All-Conference selection, and received the school’s outstanding freshman and senior awards to bookend a storied career that included over 50 goals scored. • The seven conference victories are the most by the program since Christian took over as head coach in 2011.• An impressive 11 different players have registered at least one goal this season for the Knights.

About Queens:Queens College, located on a beautiful 77-acre campus in Flushing, New York, opened its doors in 1937 with the goal of offering a first-rate education to talented people of all backgrounds and financial means. Part of the City University of New York (CUNY) since its founding in 1961, Queens College is one of CUNY’s largest senior colleges. It enjoys a national reputa-tion for its liberal arts and sciences and professional programs, and was cited in the 2012 edition of The Princeton Review’s The Best 376 Colleges for its academic excellence and generous financial aid packages. The college has 69 undergraduate and 62 graduate programs in four divisions, which offer day and evening courses: Arts and Humanities; Education; Math-ematics and the Natural Sciences; and the Social Sciences. Students are taught by top scholars who are dedicated to teaching and research. Of our 641 full-time faculty, nearly 90% have the terminal degree in their fields (not all fields offer doctorates) and 65% have tenure. Over 120,000 students have graduated since the college’s first class of 1941. Our alumni include such household names as Paul Simon and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as the CEOs of major companies and leaders in the fields of medicine, education, media, the law, and politics.

We have joined institutions across 22 conferences and independents in committing to safe, fun, and entertaining sporting experiences on Division II campuses. We have signed the pledge to create and continue family-friendly experiences for everyone.

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NCAA Division II presidents and chancellors affi rm that athletics events should refl ect the values of higher education and the mission of each institution. Division II emphasizes learning and development in a personal setting. As chancellors and presidents, we are concerned about the uncivil behavior exhibited at college athletics contests and thereby pledge to work together to make respectful, family-friendly events a standard of the Division II experience.