2013) GAME NOTES NJAC ...
MEN’S SOCCER GAME
9: NJCU vs. Kean University
F 8/30 N Brooklyn L, 0-2 Su•9/1 A Staten Island 1 W, 8-0 W•9/4 H CCNY W, 5-3 Sa•9/7 A Johns Hopkins 2 L, 0-1 • 2 Su 9/8 A Goucher L, 1-2 W•9/11 H BARUCH W, 6-1 Sa•9/14 H ALUMNI GAME Gold 5, Gray 4 Sa•9/21 A William Paterson * W, 2-1 W•9/25 H RAMAPO * L, 2-3 (2 OT) W•10/2 H KEAN * 3 p.m. Sa•10/5 A Richard Stockton * 2 p.m. Tu•10/8 A NYU 7:30 p.m. Sa•10/12 A Rowan * 7 p.m. M•10/14 H ST. JOSEPH’S (LI) 3 p.m. W•10/16 A Rutgers-Newark 7:30 p.m. Sa•10/19 H #12 MONTCLAIR STATE 2 p.m. Tu•10/22 H MARITIME COLLEGE 3 7:30 p.m. Sa•10/26 H TCNJ * 2 p.m. W•10/30 A #2/2 Rutgers-Camden 6 p.m. Sa•11/2 NJAC Quarterfinals TBD W•11/6 NJAC Semifinals TBD Sa•11/9 NJAC Finals TBD Home games (in BOLD CAPS) played at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field 1
CSI Soccer Fall Classic (at College of Staten Island) 2 JHU-Goucher Tournament (Baltimore, Md.) 3 home game at Caven Point; Jersey City, NJ NJCU Men’s Liberty Cup * denotes New Jersey Athletic Conference game. 1
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 (3 p.m.)
GAME NOTES
2013 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (4-4) •
•
Mohamed Conteh
Justin Aponte
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Davauni Brown
THE SERIES: Kean leads, 34-17-3. The Cougars are 3-0-1 in the last four meetings. LAST MEETING: September 26, 2012 in Union, NJ. Kean won, 2-1. All the scoring came in the second half. Kean scored in the 67th and 77th minutes. NJCU made it a one-goal game with 9:33 remaining. In a defensive battle there were few shots with Kean outshooting NJCU, 12-10. LAST TIME OUT: On September 25, NJCU fell to Ramapo in two overtimes, 3-2. NJCU led 2-0 after a 20th minute RCNJ own goal and Tyler Krychkowski’s first collegiate points on a 35th minute goal. Ruben Morales made eight saves in the loss. RCNJ won it with 3:49 left in the second OT. SHOTS RINGING OUT: NJCU is 4-4 but with a little luck could be much better off this year. Case in point, NJCU has outshot its opponents in EVERY game this season, and has a 175-111 margin in shots this year. The Knights have outscored its opponents, 24-14. All four of NJCU’s losses have basically been one-goal games (2-0 loss to Brooklyn included a late empty net goal). NJCU has also put more shots on goal (71-55) overall. In all, 13 different players have scored for the Knights. COUGAR NOTES: Kean has played a very competitive schedule thus far, taking on both the current No. 1 (Ohio Wesleyan) and No. 2 (Rutgers-Camden) ranked teams this year. Kean lost at OWU, 6-0, on August 31 when the Bishops were 21st. Then #3/3 Camden edged Kean on Saturday, 2-1. Kean owns a road win over then #14 Haverford. Kean has outscored opponents, 26-17 on the year and outshot them, 189-119.
NJAC STANDINGS (thru 10/01/2013)
School
KEAN’s 10-GAME GLANCE
Rutgers-Camden The College of NJ Stockton Montclair State Rutgers-Newark Kean W, 6-0 New Jersey City W, 5-1 Ramapo William Paterson W, 2-1 Rowan
W 9/4 A St. Joseph’s (LI) Sa•9/7 N Ursinus 1 Su•9/8 A #14 Haverford 1 • W 9/11 H HUNTER W, 2-1 Sa•9/14 A Mary Washington L, 2-3 Su•9/15 A Marymount (Va.) W, 1-0 Sa•9/21 A Richard Stockton * W, 2-0 W•9/25 A Vassar W, 3-2 Sa•9/28 H #3 RUTGERS-CAMDEN * L, 1-2 Sa•10/5 H RAMAPO * 4 p.m. •
* denotes NJAC game. | 1 denotes Jimmy Mills Tournament
PTS NJAC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak
9 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 1 0
3-0 2-1 2-1 1-1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-2-1 0-2
/NJCUGothicKnights
@NJCUGothicKnights
1.000 11-0 0.667 7-2-1 0.667 6-2-2 0.500 8-2-1 0.500 9-2 0.500 8-3 0.500 4-4 0.333 4-4-1 0.167 5-3-2 0.000 6-4
1.000 W11 0.750 W1 0.700 W2 0.773 W1 0.818 W1 0.727 L1 0.500 L1 0.500 L1 0.600 L1 0.600 L2
@NJCU_Athletics
/NJCUGothicKnights
***THE NCAA, ECAC, NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AND NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY PROMOTE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP BY STUDENT-ATHLETES, COACHES, STAFF AND SPECTATORS. WE REQUEST YOUR COOPERATION BY SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPANTS AND OFFICIALS IN A POSITIVE MANNER. PROFANITY, RACIST, OR SEXIST COMMENTS, OR OTHER INTIMIDATING ACTIONS DIRECTED AT OFFICIALS, STUDENT-ATHLETES, COACHES, TEAM-REPRESENTATIVES OR SPECTATORS—AS WELL AS PUBLIC INTOXICATION, THE CONSUMPTION OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS—WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND ARE GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM THE THOMAS M. GERRITY ATHLETIC COMPLEX AND OTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS***
STATISTICAL LEADERS NJCU (thru 10/01/2013)
Points: 1. Aboubacar Diawara........................ 10 2. Mohamed Conteh............................ 8 3. Manny Martis.................................... 7 4t. Andy Caban/Andrew Lopes.........6 Goals: 1. Aboubacar Diawara..........................5 2t. Marco Avella/Caban/Conteh.......2 2t. Lopes/Martis/Edwin Umanzor......2 Assists: 1. Mohamed Conteh............................. 4 2. Manny Martis.................................... 3 3t. Andy Caban/Andrew Lopes.........2 3t. Kelvin Flores/Bryan Pino...............2 Shots/Shots On Goal: 1. Mohamed Conteh........................23/6 2. Marco Avella................................20/8 3. Manny Martis.............................19/10 4. Aboubacar Diawara.................. 17/12 Goalkeeper Saves: 1. Ruben Morales.................................30 2. Nick Nardone................................... 9 3. TEAM.................................................. 2 Goals Against Average (W-L-T): 1. Ruben Morales................1.35 (3-3-0) 2. Nick Nardone................ 2.65 (1-1-0)
KEAN (thru 10/1/2013)
Points: 1. Akwasi Adu..............................................14 2. Dominick DeLello...................................10 3. Kenny Rocha..............................................6 Goals: 1. Akwasi Adu................................................6 2. Dominick DeLello.....................................5 3t. Gordon Lyng, Stephen Moll.................2 3t. Kevin Olaya, Sheldon Palmer...............2 3t. Kenny Rocha, Pablo Valle.....................2 Assists: 1t. Akwasi Adu...............................................2 1t. Edgardo Alfaro..........................................2 1t. Kenny Rocha.............................................2 Shots/Shots On Goal: 1. Akwasi Adu........................................ 23/14 2. Kevin Olaya...........................................21/7 3. Dominick DeLello..............................18/12 Goalkeeper Saves: 1. Brad Watkins...........................................19 2. Tyler Callahan......................................... 16 3. TEAM .............................................3 Goals Against Average (W-L-T): 1. Tyler Callahan..........................1.17 (5-1-0) 2. Brad Watkins........................ 1.47 (3-2-0)
* denotes conference leader
NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY GOTHIC KNIGHTS (4-4-0, 1-1-0 NJAC; Streak: Lost 1) NO NAME YR POS 1 Nick Nardone FR GK 2 Hector Linares FR D 3 Andrew Lopes JR M 4 Edwin Umanzor JR D 5 Michael Cedeno JR M 6 Kevin Cavalcanti FR M 7 Tyler Krychkowski SO D/M/F 8 Kelvin Flores JR M 9 Manny Martis JR M/F 10 Marco Avella JR M/F 11 Aboubacar Diawara SO M/F 12 Bryan Pino JR F/M 13 Christopher Segovia SO M/D 14 Mohamed Conteh SR D 15 Teryn Reed FR D/M 16 Juan Arango FR M 17 Nicholas O’Neill SO M 18 Andy Caban JR F/M 19 Christian Merino FR M 20 Andrew Carvalhoso JR M/D 21 Davauni Brown FR D/M 22 Justin Aponte FR M/F 23 Santiago Lopez-Correa FR D 24 Jon-Carlos Sosa FR M 25 Luis Mayorga SO D 26 Desmond Leigh FR D 27 Gabriel Freitas FR D 28 Mina Youssef SO M/D 30 Daniel Sequeira SO F/GK 99 Ruben Morales JR GK
HT 6-1 5-7 5-8 6-2 5-6 6-0 5-11 5-6 5-6 5-9 6-0 5-4 5-7 6-3 5-11 5-7 6-0 5-11 5-9 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-7 5-8 5-11 5-5 6-0 5-5 6-1 6-2
WT 180 150 150 195 158 155 155 150 165 155 160 155 157 180 193 143 160 160 140 140 160 151 175 145 200 147 155 140 240 200
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL INSIDE THE ATHLETE North Arlington, NJ/Queen of Peace Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne Union, NJ/Union Linden, NJ/Linden North Bergen, NJ/Memorial Teaneck, NJ/Paramus Catholic North Arlington, NJ/North Arlington Hightstown, NJ/Hightstown Union, NJ/Union Union, NJ/Union Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne Greenwich, CT/Greenwich North Bergen, NJ/Memorial Trenton, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro North Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township Bergenfield, NJ/Bergenfield Eatontown, NJ/Red Bank Catholic Marco Red Bank, NJ/Red Bank Regional West New York, NJ/Memorial Linden, NJ/Linden Newark, NJ/Newark Tech Harrison, NJ/Harrison Junior | Midfielder/Forward North Bergen, NJ/Belleville Hillside, NJ/Hillside Union, NJ/Union HS Jersey City, NJ/Dickinson Bloomfield, NJ/Montclair • Coach Snyder on Avella: “He’s a Kearny, NJ/Kearny Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne guy who gets along and communicates South River, NJ/South River well with all of his teammates and Princeton, NJ/Princeton
#10
AVELLA
Head Coach: Patrick Snyder (The College of New Jersey, `02; Second season) Assistant Coach/Goalkeepers: Mike Coughlin (University of Vermont, `95; Second season) Assistant Coach: Bill Daily (Second season) Assistant Coach: Anthony Tuesta (Kean University, `09; First season) Captains: Marco Avella, Mohamed Conteh
KEAN UNIVERSITY COUGARS (8-3-0, 1-1-0 NJAC; Streak: Lost 1) NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 27 29 31 33 34 35 37 38
NAME YR Carmine Colasurdo FR Mike Whalen JR Cyril Yemofio JR Stephen Moll SR Tomasz Wisniewski JR Joe Brisindi GR Richard Zapata SO Asturias Roncal SO Kenny Rocha FR Sheldon Palmer SR Luis Velasquez SO Dominick DeLello SR Patrick Foley JR Kevin Olaya FR Edgardo Alfaro JR Pablo Valle SO John Corrales SO Jonathan German JR Willie Aguilar SO Mo Tackie SO Gordon Lyng SR Akwasi Adu FR Payne Vazquez FR Santhy Montufar FR Tom Bogert FR Steven Osores FR Tim Dutchak FR Nick Pavlichko JR Billy Arteca FR Brad Watkins FR Tyler Callahan SR
Head Coach: Assistant Coaches:
POS M M B F B B M M F F F M F/B M B M/F F/B M B B/M/F B F B M B/M M M/B GK GK GK GK
HT 5-3 5-8 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-1 5-7 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-6 6-0 5-8 5-6 5-7 5-9 5-11 5-8 5-9 5-5 6-2 5-9 5-11 5-8 5-6 5-7 5-11 6-4 6-1 5-11 6-0
WT 120 175 150 185 180 165 170 170 185 160 140 180 170 145 160 150 195 140 165 150 195 155 170 155 150 145 160 190 180 165 195
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield North Brunswick, NJ/North Brunswick Geneva, Switzerland/College Rousseau Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial Union, NJ/Union Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield Lima, Peru / Harrison Springfield, NJ/Jonathan Dayton Kingston, Jamaica/Ardenne S. Pedro Sula Cortes, Honduras/Barringer Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson Elizabeth, NJ/Alexander Hamilton Bound Brook, NJ/Bound Brook Ambato, Ecuador/Newark Tech Cali, Columbia/Long Branch Union, NJ/Union Harrison, NJ/Harrison Newark, NJ/Newark Tech Blairstown, NJ/North Warren Regional Atlantic City, NJ/Atlantic City Galloway, NJ/Absegami North Bergen, NJ/Paramus Catholic Wall, NJ/Wall Elizabeth, NJ/Union Catholic Wood-Ridge, NJ/Wood-Ridge Byram, NJ/Lenape Valley Regional Nesconset, NY/Smithtown East Egg Harbor Twp., NJ/Egg Harbor Twp. Landisville, NJ/Buena Regional
on the field some of the things he can do with the ball are amazing. He’s fun to watch play the game.” • Academics: Major is Education • NJCU Career: A three-year player for NJCU and 2013 co-captain, Avella takes a majority of NJCU’s corner kicks this year. Entering today, in his career he has played 2,033 minutes over 38 games (28 starts). He has tallied four goals, five assists and 13 points on 60 shots (18 SOG) with one game-winner. • High School: A 2011 graduate of Union High School, he played four seasons for the Farmers (three varsity) for Coach Lester Lembryk. He earned Honorable Mention All-Watchung Conference honors and helped guide Union to the Union County semifinals during his prep career. As a sophomore he scored five goals for Union (10-10-3). He was a high school teammate of current NJCU teammates Andrew Lopes and Manny Martis. • Club: He played for two club teams—the Den of Lions for Coach Arthur Cunha and U.S. Parma, playing for his father, Rocco Avella. Den of Lions won the 212 New Jersey State Cup championship while Parma was the 2008 State Cup champion. • Did You Know?: Avella speaks Italian fluently and travels to Italy every year for one month. He describes himself as ‘open-minded humble, handsome and genuine’...Hobbies include soccer, ping pong and FIFA. He lists his father as his hero. His favorite sports team is Inter Milan.
Tony Ochrimenko (37th season) Carlos Baltodano, Terry Gibbs, John Velasco, Chris Condron, Mark Woodward
9: NJCU vs. Kean University
F 8/30 N Brooklyn L, 0-2 Su•9/1 A Staten Island 1 W, 8-0 W•9/4 H CCNY W, 5-3 Sa•9/7 A Johns Hopkins 2 L, 0-1 • 2 Su 9/8 A Goucher L, 1-2 W•9/11 H BARUCH W, 6-1 Sa•9/14 H ALUMNI GAME Gold 5, Gray 4 Sa•9/21 A William Paterson * W, 2-1 W•9/25 H RAMAPO * L, 2-3 (2 OT) W•10/2 H KEAN * 3 p.m. Sa•10/5 A Richard Stockton * 2 p.m. Tu•10/8 A NYU 7:30 p.m. Sa•10/12 A Rowan * 7 p.m. M•10/14 H ST. JOSEPH’S (LI) 3 p.m. W•10/16 A Rutgers-Newark 7:30 p.m. Sa•10/19 H #12 MONTCLAIR STATE 2 p.m. Tu•10/22 H MARITIME COLLEGE 3 7:30 p.m. Sa•10/26 H TCNJ * 2 p.m. W•10/30 A #2/2 Rutgers-Camden 6 p.m. Sa•11/2 NJAC Quarterfinals TBD W•11/6 NJAC Semifinals TBD Sa•11/9 NJAC Finals TBD Home games (in BOLD CAPS) played at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field 1
CSI Soccer Fall Classic (at College of Staten Island) 2 JHU-Goucher Tournament (Baltimore, Md.) 3 home game at Caven Point; Jersey City, NJ NJCU Men’s Liberty Cup * denotes New Jersey Athletic Conference game. 1
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 (3 p.m.)
GAME NOTES
2013 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (4-4) •
•
Mohamed Conteh
Justin Aponte
Follow Live Stats for today’s game from your smartphone. Scan in the above QR Code.
Davauni Brown
THE SERIES: Kean leads, 34-17-3. The Cougars are 3-0-1 in the last four meetings. LAST MEETING: September 26, 2012 in Union, NJ. Kean won, 2-1. All the scoring came in the second half. Kean scored in the 67th and 77th minutes. NJCU made it a one-goal game with 9:33 remaining. In a defensive battle there were few shots with Kean outshooting NJCU, 12-10. LAST TIME OUT: On September 25, NJCU fell to Ramapo in two overtimes, 3-2. NJCU led 2-0 after a 20th minute RCNJ own goal and Tyler Krychkowski’s first collegiate points on a 35th minute goal. Ruben Morales made eight saves in the loss. RCNJ won it with 3:49 left in the second OT. SHOTS RINGING OUT: NJCU is 4-4 but with a little luck could be much better off this year. Case in point, NJCU has outshot its opponents in EVERY game this season, and has a 175-111 margin in shots this year. The Knights have outscored its opponents, 24-14. All four of NJCU’s losses have basically been one-goal games (2-0 loss to Brooklyn included a late empty net goal). NJCU has also put more shots on goal (71-55) overall. In all, 13 different players have scored for the Knights. COUGAR NOTES: Kean has played a very competitive schedule thus far, taking on both the current No. 1 (Ohio Wesleyan) and No. 2 (Rutgers-Camden) ranked teams this year. Kean lost at OWU, 6-0, on August 31 when the Bishops were 21st. Then #3/3 Camden edged Kean on Saturday, 2-1. Kean owns a road win over then #14 Haverford. Kean has outscored opponents, 26-17 on the year and outshot them, 189-119.
NJAC STANDINGS (thru 10/01/2013)
School
KEAN’s 10-GAME GLANCE
Rutgers-Camden The College of NJ Stockton Montclair State Rutgers-Newark Kean W, 6-0 New Jersey City W, 5-1 Ramapo William Paterson W, 2-1 Rowan
W 9/4 A St. Joseph’s (LI) Sa•9/7 N Ursinus 1 Su•9/8 A #14 Haverford 1 • W 9/11 H HUNTER W, 2-1 Sa•9/14 A Mary Washington L, 2-3 Su•9/15 A Marymount (Va.) W, 1-0 Sa•9/21 A Richard Stockton * W, 2-0 W•9/25 A Vassar W, 3-2 Sa•9/28 H #3 RUTGERS-CAMDEN * L, 1-2 Sa•10/5 H RAMAPO * 4 p.m. •
* denotes NJAC game. | 1 denotes Jimmy Mills Tournament
PTS NJAC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak
9 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 1 0
3-0 2-1 2-1 1-1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-2-1 0-2
/NJCUGothicKnights
@NJCUGothicKnights
1.000 11-0 0.667 7-2-1 0.667 6-2-2 0.500 8-2-1 0.500 9-2 0.500 8-3 0.500 4-4 0.333 4-4-1 0.167 5-3-2 0.000 6-4
1.000 W11 0.750 W1 0.700 W2 0.773 W1 0.818 W1 0.727 L1 0.500 L1 0.500 L1 0.600 L1 0.600 L2
@NJCU_Athletics
/NJCUGothicKnights
***THE NCAA, ECAC, NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AND NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY PROMOTE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP BY STUDENT-ATHLETES, COACHES, STAFF AND SPECTATORS. WE REQUEST YOUR COOPERATION BY SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPANTS AND OFFICIALS IN A POSITIVE MANNER. PROFANITY, RACIST, OR SEXIST COMMENTS, OR OTHER INTIMIDATING ACTIONS DIRECTED AT OFFICIALS, STUDENT-ATHLETES, COACHES, TEAM-REPRESENTATIVES OR SPECTATORS—AS WELL AS PUBLIC INTOXICATION, THE CONSUMPTION OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS—WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND ARE GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM THE THOMAS M. GERRITY ATHLETIC COMPLEX AND OTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS***
STATISTICAL LEADERS NJCU (thru 10/01/2013)
Points: 1. Aboubacar Diawara........................ 10 2. Mohamed Conteh............................ 8 3. Manny Martis.................................... 7 4t. Andy Caban/Andrew Lopes.........6 Goals: 1. Aboubacar Diawara..........................5 2t. Marco Avella/Caban/Conteh.......2 2t. Lopes/Martis/Edwin Umanzor......2 Assists: 1. Mohamed Conteh............................. 4 2. Manny Martis.................................... 3 3t. Andy Caban/Andrew Lopes.........2 3t. Kelvin Flores/Bryan Pino...............2 Shots/Shots On Goal: 1. Mohamed Conteh........................23/6 2. Marco Avella................................20/8 3. Manny Martis.............................19/10 4. Aboubacar Diawara.................. 17/12 Goalkeeper Saves: 1. Ruben Morales.................................30 2. Nick Nardone................................... 9 3. TEAM.................................................. 2 Goals Against Average (W-L-T): 1. Ruben Morales................1.35 (3-3-0) 2. Nick Nardone................ 2.65 (1-1-0)
KEAN (thru 10/1/2013)
Points: 1. Akwasi Adu..............................................14 2. Dominick DeLello...................................10 3. Kenny Rocha..............................................6 Goals: 1. Akwasi Adu................................................6 2. Dominick DeLello.....................................5 3t. Gordon Lyng, Stephen Moll.................2 3t. Kevin Olaya, Sheldon Palmer...............2 3t. Kenny Rocha, Pablo Valle.....................2 Assists: 1t. Akwasi Adu...............................................2 1t. Edgardo Alfaro..........................................2 1t. Kenny Rocha.............................................2 Shots/Shots On Goal: 1. Akwasi Adu........................................ 23/14 2. Kevin Olaya...........................................21/7 3. Dominick DeLello..............................18/12 Goalkeeper Saves: 1. Brad Watkins...........................................19 2. Tyler Callahan......................................... 16 3. TEAM .............................................3 Goals Against Average (W-L-T): 1. Tyler Callahan..........................1.17 (5-1-0) 2. Brad Watkins........................ 1.47 (3-2-0)
* denotes conference leader
NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY GOTHIC KNIGHTS (4-4-0, 1-1-0 NJAC; Streak: Lost 1) NO NAME YR POS 1 Nick Nardone FR GK 2 Hector Linares FR D 3 Andrew Lopes JR M 4 Edwin Umanzor JR D 5 Michael Cedeno JR M 6 Kevin Cavalcanti FR M 7 Tyler Krychkowski SO D/M/F 8 Kelvin Flores JR M 9 Manny Martis JR M/F 10 Marco Avella JR M/F 11 Aboubacar Diawara SO M/F 12 Bryan Pino JR F/M 13 Christopher Segovia SO M/D 14 Mohamed Conteh SR D 15 Teryn Reed FR D/M 16 Juan Arango FR M 17 Nicholas O’Neill SO M 18 Andy Caban JR F/M 19 Christian Merino FR M 20 Andrew Carvalhoso JR M/D 21 Davauni Brown FR D/M 22 Justin Aponte FR M/F 23 Santiago Lopez-Correa FR D 24 Jon-Carlos Sosa FR M 25 Luis Mayorga SO D 26 Desmond Leigh FR D 27 Gabriel Freitas FR D 28 Mina Youssef SO M/D 30 Daniel Sequeira SO F/GK 99 Ruben Morales JR GK
HT 6-1 5-7 5-8 6-2 5-6 6-0 5-11 5-6 5-6 5-9 6-0 5-4 5-7 6-3 5-11 5-7 6-0 5-11 5-9 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-7 5-8 5-11 5-5 6-0 5-5 6-1 6-2
WT 180 150 150 195 158 155 155 150 165 155 160 155 157 180 193 143 160 160 140 140 160 151 175 145 200 147 155 140 240 200
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL INSIDE THE ATHLETE North Arlington, NJ/Queen of Peace Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne Union, NJ/Union Linden, NJ/Linden North Bergen, NJ/Memorial Teaneck, NJ/Paramus Catholic North Arlington, NJ/North Arlington Hightstown, NJ/Hightstown Union, NJ/Union Union, NJ/Union Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne Greenwich, CT/Greenwich North Bergen, NJ/Memorial Trenton, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro North Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township Bergenfield, NJ/Bergenfield Eatontown, NJ/Red Bank Catholic Marco Red Bank, NJ/Red Bank Regional West New York, NJ/Memorial Linden, NJ/Linden Newark, NJ/Newark Tech Harrison, NJ/Harrison Junior | Midfielder/Forward North Bergen, NJ/Belleville Hillside, NJ/Hillside Union, NJ/Union HS Jersey City, NJ/Dickinson Bloomfield, NJ/Montclair • Coach Snyder on Avella: “He’s a Kearny, NJ/Kearny Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne guy who gets along and communicates South River, NJ/South River well with all of his teammates and Princeton, NJ/Princeton
#10
AVELLA
Head Coach: Patrick Snyder (The College of New Jersey, `02; Second season) Assistant Coach/Goalkeepers: Mike Coughlin (University of Vermont, `95; Second season) Assistant Coach: Bill Daily (Second season) Assistant Coach: Anthony Tuesta (Kean University, `09; First season) Captains: Marco Avella, Mohamed Conteh
KEAN UNIVERSITY COUGARS (8-3-0, 1-1-0 NJAC; Streak: Lost 1) NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 27 29 31 33 34 35 37 38
NAME YR Carmine Colasurdo FR Mike Whalen JR Cyril Yemofio JR Stephen Moll SR Tomasz Wisniewski JR Joe Brisindi GR Richard Zapata SO Asturias Roncal SO Kenny Rocha FR Sheldon Palmer SR Luis Velasquez SO Dominick DeLello SR Patrick Foley JR Kevin Olaya FR Edgardo Alfaro JR Pablo Valle SO John Corrales SO Jonathan German JR Willie Aguilar SO Mo Tackie SO Gordon Lyng SR Akwasi Adu FR Payne Vazquez FR Santhy Montufar FR Tom Bogert FR Steven Osores FR Tim Dutchak FR Nick Pavlichko JR Billy Arteca FR Brad Watkins FR Tyler Callahan SR
Head Coach: Assistant Coaches:
POS M M B F B B M M F F F M F/B M B M/F F/B M B B/M/F B F B M B/M M M/B GK GK GK GK
HT 5-3 5-8 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-1 5-7 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-6 6-0 5-8 5-6 5-7 5-9 5-11 5-8 5-9 5-5 6-2 5-9 5-11 5-8 5-6 5-7 5-11 6-4 6-1 5-11 6-0
WT 120 175 150 185 180 165 170 170 185 160 140 180 170 145 160 150 195 140 165 150 195 155 170 155 150 145 160 190 180 165 195
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield North Brunswick, NJ/North Brunswick Geneva, Switzerland/College Rousseau Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial Union, NJ/Union Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield Lima, Peru / Harrison Springfield, NJ/Jonathan Dayton Kingston, Jamaica/Ardenne S. Pedro Sula Cortes, Honduras/Barringer Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson Elizabeth, NJ/Alexander Hamilton Bound Brook, NJ/Bound Brook Ambato, Ecuador/Newark Tech Cali, Columbia/Long Branch Union, NJ/Union Harrison, NJ/Harrison Newark, NJ/Newark Tech Blairstown, NJ/North Warren Regional Atlantic City, NJ/Atlantic City Galloway, NJ/Absegami North Bergen, NJ/Paramus Catholic Wall, NJ/Wall Elizabeth, NJ/Union Catholic Wood-Ridge, NJ/Wood-Ridge Byram, NJ/Lenape Valley Regional Nesconset, NY/Smithtown East Egg Harbor Twp., NJ/Egg Harbor Twp. Landisville, NJ/Buena Regional
on the field some of the things he can do with the ball are amazing. He’s fun to watch play the game.” • Academics: Major is Education • NJCU Career: A three-year player for NJCU and 2013 co-captain, Avella takes a majority of NJCU’s corner kicks this year. Entering today, in his career he has played 2,033 minutes over 38 games (28 starts). He has tallied four goals, five assists and 13 points on 60 shots (18 SOG) with one game-winner. • High School: A 2011 graduate of Union High School, he played four seasons for the Farmers (three varsity) for Coach Lester Lembryk. He earned Honorable Mention All-Watchung Conference honors and helped guide Union to the Union County semifinals during his prep career. As a sophomore he scored five goals for Union (10-10-3). He was a high school teammate of current NJCU teammates Andrew Lopes and Manny Martis. • Club: He played for two club teams—the Den of Lions for Coach Arthur Cunha and U.S. Parma, playing for his father, Rocco Avella. Den of Lions won the 212 New Jersey State Cup championship while Parma was the 2008 State Cup champion. • Did You Know?: Avella speaks Italian fluently and travels to Italy every year for one month. He describes himself as ‘open-minded humble, handsome and genuine’...Hobbies include soccer, ping pong and FIFA. He lists his father as his hero. His favorite sports team is Inter Milan.
Tony Ochrimenko (37th season) Carlos Baltodano, Terry Gibbs, John Velasco, Chris Condron, Mark Woodward
