Men's Soccer Places Seven On All-CCC Teams; Three Major Award Winners

2016 CCC ALL-CONFERENCE RELEASE

ENDICOTT MEN'S SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE HISTORY

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Endicott men's soccer team is pleased to recognize eight members earning 2016 Men's Soccer Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) All-Conference honors, headlined by Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year award winners, as selected by the conference's 10 head coaches and announced Friday by the conference office.

Senior goalkeeper Nick Weinstein (Trumbull, Conn.) was named CCC Defensive Player of the Year, while freshman forward Evan Couchot (Mason, Ohio) took home CCC Rookie of the Year under the direction of sixth-year head coach Joe Calabrese, who was voted Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons.

Endicott placed three on the All-CCC First Team as Weinstein was joined by junior midfielder Robert Hartan (Hebron, Conn.) and junior back Ryan Cohane (Easton, Conn.). Couchot was placed on the All-CCC Second Team alongside junior back Brendan McLaughlin (Colchester, Conn.) Junior forward/midfielder Dario Neukom (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) and senior back Jonathan DeJesus (Bridgeport, Conn.) rounded out the Third Team members.

The Gulls' seven 2016 All-CCC selections are the most in recent program history, behind the eight student-athletes honored in the 1998 season when Endicott was still a conference member of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC).

For the first time ever, Endicott collected Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year honors in the same season. Additionally, Endicott garnered Defensive Player of the Year awards in consecutive seasons as junior back Carter Ocko (Danvers, Mass.) was named Co-DPOY in 2015, while Couchot's Rookie of the Year honor is the team's first since Jordan Daniel bestowed the honor in 2012. In the team's 23-year history, the Gulls have now garnered two Defensive Player of the Year awards, four Rookies of the Year, and have had four Coach of the Year recipients.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR/ ALL-CCC FIRST TEAM

Nick Weinstein | Sr. | GK | Trumbull, Conn.

Weinstein (11-5-2, 8-1-0 CCC) currently leads the conference with 11 shutouts and has allowed the fewest goals among all conference schools (13). Weinstein boasts the second-best goals against average among all CCC goalkeepers this season (0.70), though he has started all 18 matches, whereas Wentworth's Joe Schallmo (0.54) has started eight of nine matches he has appeared in this season. Weinstein is also second in the conference in save percentage (.849). Weinstein, a 2015 All-CCC First Team selection and 2015 NSCAA All-New England Region Second Team honoree, is the reigning CCC Defensive Player of the Week. The 2016 season saw Weinstein become the program's career shutouts and wins leader, with 24 clean sheets and 27 wins and counting. Weinstein, a two-time CCC Defensive Player of the Week honoree this season, garnered his sixth career DPOW honor.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR/ ALL-CCC SECOND TEAM

Evan Couchot | Fr. | F | Mason, Ohio

Couchot paces the Gulls with 19 points (eight goals, three assists) on the season, which ranks in a three-way tie for tie fifth in points and tied for fourth in goals in the conference. Couchot's points and goals numbers are tied Matt Chartier of Gordon for the most goals and points scored by a rookie this season to date. Couchot, a two-time CCC Rookie of the Week (09/19/16, 10/24/16), picked up his first career Offensive Player of the Week honor on 10/24/16 as well.

COACH OF THE YEAR

Joe Calabrese | Head Coach | Sixth Season

Calabrese was named Coach of the Year by the conference for the second year in a row, which marks the second time in program history that a coach of the Endicott men's soccer program received the honor in back-to-back seasons (Mike Kersker- GNAC 1997 and 1998). In his sixth-year at the helm, Calabrese has led to the Gulls to a 65-42-18 (.592) overall record, and 32-13-9 (.676) in-conference ledger at Endicott. Calabrese's Gulls won back-to-back regular-season conference titles for the first time in program history to claim the top seed heading into postseason play.

ALL-CCC FIRST TEAM

Robert Hartan | Jr. | M | Hebron, Conn.

Hartan, a first-time All-CCC recipient, has started 14 of 17 matches in the midfield this season. Hartan tallied five points (two goals, one assist), as both his goals have been game-winners against UMass-Dartmouth (09/10/16) and Western New England (10/15/16), respectively.

Ryan Cohane | Jr. | B | Easton, Conn.

Cohane, a first-time All-CCC recipient, has started all 18 matches this season for the Gulls. Cohane, a CCC Defensive Player of the Week honoree (09/19/16), recorded one goal and a career-high two assists this season, including his first career assist against Curry on 09/17/16. Cohane is an anchor of the back line that has registered a CCC-leading 11 shutouts this season and allowed the fewest goals among all conference schools (13).

ALL-CCC SECOND TEAM

Brendan McLaughlin | Jr. | B| Colchester, Conn.

McLaughlin,a first-time All-CCC recipient, has started all 17 matches he has appeared in this season. McLaughlin recorded his first career game-winning goal (vs. Curry 09/17/16) and has one assist on the year. His assist came against No. 16 Tufts in a 1-0 victory for the Gulls on 09/06/16. McLaughlin is an integral part of the Gulls' back line that has registered a CCC-leading 11 shutouts this season and allowed the fewest goals among all conference schools (13).

ALL-CCC THIRD TEAM

Dario Neukom | Jr. | F/M | Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Neukom, a first-time All-CCC recipient, has started in 13 of 14 matches for the Gulls this season. Neukom is currently tied for the team lead with three assists and boasts a team second-most four goals for 11 points, which is also second on the squad. Neukom recorded points in five of six straight matches from 09/17/16 against Curry to 10/04/16 at Eastern Nazarene, as he tallied goals in three consecutive games and followed that up with a pair of assists at the end.

Jonathan DeJesus | Sr. | B | Bridgeport, Conn.

DeJesus, a first-time All-CCC recipient, has started 15 of 16 matches for the Gulls this season. DeJesus has been a key member of Endicott's back line that has recorded a CCC-leading 11 shutouts this season and allowed the fewest goals among all conference schools (13).

WHAT'S NEXT

The Gulls (11-5-2 overall) earned the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament after posting a 8-1-0 record in CCC play. Endicott will host No. 8 Eastern Nazarene in Game 1 of the CCC Quarterfinals on Saturday, October 29 at 4:30 p.m.

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