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December 12, 2011
South Easton, Mass. – The 2011 Capital One Academic All-America NCAA Division II Soccer Teams, which were announced late last week, featured 11 student-athletes representing Northeast-10 Conference institutions. Seven were named to the men's team while four were selected among the women's honorees.
Senior defender Tom Reilly from Franklin Pierce University was named to the Men's Soccer First Team. Reilly, a Wallasey, England native, has a 3.50 GPA and was also selected as this season's Northeast-10 Defensive Player of the Year. He helped lead the Ravens advance to the national semifinals in Pensacola, Florida.
Four more were named to the Men's Soccer Second team, including Reilly's teammate and goalkeeper Vinny Papageorgiou. The Franklin Pierce senior was named this year's Northeast-10 Goalkeeper of the Year and posted a 3.40 GPA.
Also garnering Second Team honors were junior defender Weston Zeiner (3.80 GPA) of Bentley University, junior midfielder Jordan Branco (3.79) of Southern New Hampshire University, and senior forward Robbie Sabadoz (3.84) of Merrimack College.
Senior defender Paul Templeton (3.63) from Southern Connecticut State University and senior forward Victor Goncalves (3.61) from Franklin Pierce were both named to the Third Team.
Senior defender Hannah Merullo from the University of Massachusetts Lowell was named to the Women's Soccer First Team. Merullo, who hails from Wakefield, Mass., has a GPA of 3.92.
So. Connecticut grad student and goalkeeper Jacquelyn Fede (3.86) was named to the Second Team after being selected as the Northeast-10 Goalkeeper of the Year. Defender Elizabeth Belanger of Stonehill College was also a Second Team selection, while her 3.95 GPA was the highest among the 11 Northeast-10 student-athletes named to the two Academic All-America squads.
Senior midfielder Christina Cuffari (3.75) from The College of Saint Rose rounded out the selections as a Third Team honoree. Cuffari helped lead the Golden Knights to the first national championship in program history and was also named the Northeast-10 Player of the Year.
Click here to view the full Academic All-America Men's and Women's Soccer Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The Northeast-10 is an association of 16 NCAA Division II colleges and universities located in New England and New York that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic opportunities for more than 5,500 student-athletes. Each year, 4,000 of those student-athletes compete in Conference championships in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the country. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
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