FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 13, 2013
Courtesy of So. New Hampshire Athletics Communications
MANCHESTER, N.H. – A total of three players from the Division II national champion Southern New Hampshire University men's soccer team were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Continental Tire All-America Team Friday. Senior Pierre Omanga and graduate student Callum Williams were First Team selections, while sophomore Dominic Samuel was selected to the Second Team.
So. New Hampshire has now had a total of 25 NSCAA All-Americans in its storied men's soccer history and a total of 37 All-America selections. Omanga and Williams become the 12th and 13th Penmen men's soccer players to receive First Team honors, and the first since Richard Kentish in 2009.
Omanga, the Northeast-10 Player of the Year and an NE-10 First Team selection as well as a Daktronics First Team All-America choice, finished the season ranked third nationally in total goals with 21 and seventh in points with 45 as he had 21 goals and three assists on the season. Omanga tallied 10 game-winning goals on the season and scored at least one goal in 14 of So. New Hampshire's 24 games. Omanga was also the Most Valuable Player of the Northeast-10 Championship after totaling three goals in three games, including the game's only goal in a 1-0 win over Merrimack in the final, and was named the Most Outstanding Offensive Player of the NCAA Championship.
Samuel and Williams were integral members of a Penmen defensive unit that led the country in team goals-against average (0.45) and finished seventh in shutout percentage, recording 13 clean sheets in 24 games.
Samuel, a Northeast-10 First Team and Daktronics Second Team All-Region selection, started all but one game and finished with three goals and an assist on the season, including two goals in the East Region final against LIU Post.
Williams, the Northeast-10 Defensive Player of the Year and a Daktronics First Team All-American, started all 24 contests and finished with two goals and two assists, including a tally in the NCAA semifinal against Rockhurst.
So. New Hampshire captured the second NCAA Division II national championship in the history of the program in 2013, finishing 22-1-1 overall and ending the season on a 23-game unbeaten streak.
