11/10/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Nov. 10, 2004
The Duquesne University men's soccer team collected 11 post-season soccer awards at the 2004 Atlantic 10 Championship banquet Wednesday evening. Seventh-year head coach Wade Jean was named Coach of the Year for the third time in his short career after receiving the award in 1999 and 2002 and sophomore Noah Salsi (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) was named the Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete of the Year for his successes on the field and in the classroom.
The Dukes had a total of five players named to All-Conference Teams and four named to the Academic All-Conference Team. Senior Derek MacKenzie (Carnegie, PA/Chartiers Valley) was named to the A-10's All-First Team, Senior Matt Mehler (North Versailles, PA/Norwin), Salsi and fellow sophomore Zach Varga (Mountville, PA/Hempfield) were named Second Team All-Conference and freshman Travis MacKenzie (Carnegie, PA/Chartiers Valley) was named to the All-Rookie Team. Salsi, Varga, Derek MacKenzie and junior Andrew Bell (New Marske, Redcar-England/ Huntcliff Secondary) were Academic All-Conference selections.
Duquesne is currently 13-6-0 on the season and finished atop the Atlantic 10 regular season standings with a 9-2-0 conference mark. The Dukes enter the Atlantic 10 Championship as the one seed with a first round bye.
Duquesne will face fourth-seeded George Washington in Friday's Atlantic 10 Championship semifinal game at 11:00 am. The Colonials were 1-0 winners over Rhode Island today. Second-seeded Dayton will take on third-seeded Temple at 1:00 pm tomorrow. The Owls topped the six seed, La Salle, 1-0.
The winners of tomorrow's two contests will meet on Sunday at 1:00 pm in the championship game with an automatic NCAA bid on the line.
