12/3/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Dec. 3, 2002
Four Duquesne University's men's soccer players have been named to the 2002 Mid-Atlantic All-Region Team as announced by the NSCAA/adidas All-America Committee. Junior Damien Pottinger (Scarborough, Ontario/Mother Teresa) was named to the First Team and senior Terry McNelis (Reading, PA/Exeter Township) to the Second Team while junior Jason Kutney (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Borough) and senior Nathan Salsi (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) were named to the third team. Duquesne was tied with the University of Pennsylvania for the most honorees.
Pottinger led the Dukes in scoring this year, setting University records with 18 goals and 42 points. His four game-winning goals were best on the team while his six assists were good for third best.
McNelis is the Duquesne record-holder in three of the five single-season categories as well as all five career marks. This year, he finished second in the conference in shutouts with five and second in goals against average at 1.19.
Kutney and Salsi helped lead a defense that allowed just 1.18 goals per game and posted six shutouts. Kutney had a goal and three assists for five points on the season and was named the Most Valuable Player of the Colgate Invitational while Salsi was fifth on the team in scoring with personal bests of four goals, five assists and 13 points.
The Dukes finished second in the Atlantic 10 regular season standings with a 13-3-5 overall record and 7-1-3 conference record and was the runner-up at the Atlantic 10 Championship.
