Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

UMAC Men's Soccer Postseason Awards begin with St. Scholastica's Dacres, Linder

11/9/2010 2:41:33 PM

The College of St. Scholastica men’s soccer team has had much to celebrate in the last week having won its third Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season championship in the last four years and earning the program’s first invitation to the NCAA Tournament following Saturday’s conference tournament championship. The Saints have another set of accomplishments to add to that list now after five players earned UMAC First Team All-Conference accolades, two of whom were named the league’s offensive and defensive players of the year.

Add two more honorable mention award-winners and St. Scholastica led the pack of conference schools in the 2010 UMAC men’s soccer awards. The University of Minnesota, Morris had four first team selections followed by Bethany Lutheran College and Crown College who each had three. Northland College and Northwestern College were each represented by two All-UMAC First Team awards.

St. Scholastica’s Jermaine Dacres was chosen as the UMAC Offensive Player of the Year after leading the conference in goals, points, and points per game. Dacres, a senior, was elected to the all-conference first team in 2010 after being awarded honorable mention accolades the last two years. His teammate, defenseman Ian Linder, has been selected to the All-UMAC First Team in each of his four years while being named this season’s UMAC Defensive Player of the Year. Linder was a big help in the Saints finishing first in the league in goals allowed (five) and goals against average (0.35).

Bethany Lutheran College’s Johnny Luna was named the UMAC Rookie of the Year after the defender helped his Vikings team earn second place in the final conference standings, allowing them to host their first-ever UMAC Tournament game. Bethany Lutheran head coach Rob Pipal was chosen as the league’s coach of the year for the same reasons with the Vikings going 9-5-1 in UMAC play.

A full listing of the 2010 UMAC Men’s Soccer awards is below.

1st Team All-Conference
Name	Institution	Year	Position
Jimmy DuTremaine	Bethany Lutheran College	Junior	Defender
CK Pock	Bethany Lutheran College	Sophomore	Midfielder
Evans Tackie-Yarboi	Bethany Lutheran College	Senior	Forward
Jermaine Dacres	College of St. Scholastica	Senior	Forward
Ian Linder	College of St. Scholastica	Senior	Defender
Toby Peter	College of St. Scholastica	Senior	Midfielder
Sam Reed	College of St. Scholastica	Junior	Goalkeeper
Brandon Stemwedel	College of St. Scholastica	Junior	Midfielder
Nate Greene	Crown College	Senior	Midfielder
Brady Griffith	Crown College	Junior	Defender
Mark Matson	Crown College	Senior	Forward
Kaleb Buch	Martin Luther College	Sophomore	Forward
Andrew Danner	Martin Luther College	Senior	Defender
Benjamin Hughey	Northland College	Senior	Defender
Matt Larsen	Northland College	Junior	Goalkeeper
David Mugambira	Northwestern College	Senior	Midfielder
Sam Mann	Northwestern College	Sophomore	Forward
Andrew Peterson	Presentation College	Senior	Defender
Greg Borchers	University of Minnesota-Morris	Junior	Midfielder
Ryan Cadigan	University of Minnesota-Morris	Freshman	Defender
Toby Glaser	University of Minnesota-Morris	Junior	Forward
Matt Johnson	University of Minnesota-Morris	Junior	Midfielder

Honorable Mention All-Conference
Name	Institution	Year	Position
Cameron Koopman	Bethany Lutheran College	Senior	Goalkeeper
Henry Ndikum	Bethany Lutheran College	Junior	Defender
Joe Nuah	Bethany Lutheran College	Junior	Forward
Cody Sveiven	College of St. Scholastica	Senior	Forward
Caleb Yurek	College of St. Scholastica	Freshman	Defender
Jason Budish	Crown College	Sophomore	Midfielder
Austin Petersen	Crown College	Junior	Defender
Jon Schultz	Crown College	Junior	Forward
Ross Chartrand	Martin Luther College	Sophomore	Defender
Larry Sinneh	Northwestern College	Freshman	Defender
Jeremy Stiner	Northwestern College	Sophomore	Forward
Patrick Stiner	Northwestern College	Senior	Midfielder
Scott DeVries	University of Minnesota-Morris	Sophomore	Defender
Tyler Simpson	University of Minnesota-Morris	Senior	Goalkeeper