The match was a defensive struggle as the two teams combined for just four shots in the first half. Longwood struck first when Max Greissbach put a Marcus Dixon rebound into the net in the 77th minute. FAU launched a furious rally in an attempt to tie the score. FAU's aggression led to four Owl yellow cards and a red card on junior forward Javier Carrillo.

The Owls' offensive attack bore fruit in the 89th minute when a Trey McEntee shot was put into the Longwood net by a Lancer defender to tie the score 1-1. Two overtime periods resulted in only one shot for each time and the teams moved on to the penalty kick tiebreaker.

Both teams made four of their five penalty kicks in the initial tiebreaker. The teams matched goals through two sets of additional penalty kick. FAU keeper Phillip Lamarre made a save of an Elvis Cosic shot to give Markus Karcher a chance to win the match on FAU's ninth penalty kick.

Karcher beat First Team All-ASC goalie Brandt Youmans to give the Owls the tiebreaker 8-7. The Atlantic Soccer Conference does not receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, so the Owls must await the NCAA Selection Show to see if they will be one of the 64 teams invited to participate in the tournament. The NCAA Selection Show will air on Monday, November 19, at 5:30 on ESPNews.

ADELPHI UNIVERSITY'S PATRICK FIGUEIREDO NAMED 2007 ASC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
(Junior Midfielder Takes Conference’s Top Honor; Teammate John Koutsounadis Named Top Rookie)

Thursday, November 15, 2007

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Adelphi University junior Patrick Figueiredo (Campinas, Brazil/Collegio Visconde De Porto Seguro) was named the 2007 Atlantic Soccer Conference (ASC) Player of the Year today, in voting done by the league's coaches. A midfielder, Figueiredo leads the ASC in scoring this season with 22 points, collecting 11 goals in 17 contests for the Panthers, who earned the #3 seed for the upcoming conference tournament. In addition to Figueiredo, first-year Head Coach Carlo Acquista saw freshman forward John Koutsounadis (Flushing, N.Y./Francis Lewis) earn the 2007 ASC Rookie of the Year Award. Koutsounadis put together an outstanding freshman campaign for the Panthers, collecting two goals and two assists in 13 games.

The final major award winner of 2007 went to Florida Atlantic University Head Coach Kos Donev, who was named the ASC Coach of the Year. Donev led his Owls to the ASC regular-season championship with a 4-0-1 record, claiming the top seed for the upcoming ASC Tournament.

2007 ASC All-Conference Teams

First Team

F Lamar Hyde Soph. Howard University
F Emile Innocent Sr. Howard University
F Shire Standnes Jr. Florida Atlantic University
M Patrick Figueiredo Jr. Adelphi University
M Erik Magnusson Soph. New Jersey Institute of Technology
M Liam Ogle Jr. Florida Atlantic University
M Joel Senior Soph. Howard University
D Mark Hoffman Jr. Adelphi University
D Michael Okoh Sr. Howard University
D Guilherme Ribeiro Jr. Florida Atlantic University
GK Brandt Youmans Sr. Longwood University

Second Team

F Harvey Headley Fr. Longwood University
F Devon Klipp Sr. Philadelphia University
F John Koutsounadis Fr. Adelphi University
M Chernor Diallo Soph. Longwood University
M Guilherme Fonseca Jr. Howard University
M Diego Monsalve Sr. Florida Atlantic University
M Gustav Warfving Soph. New Jersey Institute of Technology
D Trey McEntee Soph. Florida Atlantic University
D Scott Rietze Jr. NJ Institute of Technology
D Martin Vickerton Soph. Longwood University
GK Phillip Lamarre Soph. Florida Atlantic University

Player of the Year: Patrick Figueiredo, Adelphi University

Rookie of the Year: John Koutsounadis, Adelphi University

Coach of the Year: Kos Donev, Florida Atlantic University

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