CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Stony Brook University's Leonardo Fernandes (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon) and UMBC's Pete Caringi (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) both played vital roles in leading their respective teams to a pair of wins last week and have been named America East men's soccer Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, as a result. The winners for the week ending Sept. 19 were announced Monday afternoon.
After being held scoreless through his first six games of the season, Fernandes broke out by tallying three goals and an assist in a pair of Stony Brook wins last week. The sophomore midfielder converted a penalty kick after being pulled down in the box and added an assist in the Seawolves’ 4-2 win over Central Conn. State Friday. He then scored both Stony Brook goals in a 2-1 win over Bryant Sunday, including the game winner off a free kick from 20 yards out with just over 16 minutes left. Fernandes, the reigning America East Rookie of the Year, is tied for fifth among league leaders in goals (3) and points (7). He was also named to College Soccer News' National Team of the Week.
Caringi scored two crucial goals to lead the Retrievers to a pair of come-from-behind victories last week. The freshman forward scored in the 85th minute of UMBC’s 2-1 win over La Salle Wednesday to force overtime, where Levi Houapeu won it in the 100th minute. Caringi then led his team back from a 2-0 halftime deficit against Mount St. Mary’s Saturday by scoring the third of three second-half goals which came in a 25-minute span. The game winner, which came in the 78th minute, sealed a 3-2 win. Caringi, who was also named Rookie of the Week on Sept. 7, has four goals in just 207 minutes this season, which places him in a tie for second among league leaders.
Team Notes
Albany (4-2-0) won both of its matches this past week by identical 1-0 decisions … The Great Danes defeated crosstown-rival Siena at home on Wednesday, Sept. 15 before earning a road victory at Hartwick on Saturday, Sept. 18 … Goalkeeper Adrian Foncette (Arima, Trinidad/Fatima) and defenders David Burke (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), Christoffer Nisser (Stockholm, Sweden/Letälvsskola) and Ian Peach (South Hempstead, N.Y./South Side) played every minute in the two matches without yielding a single goal … Foncette made three saves versus Siena, including one in the waning minutes in which he punched the ball over the net at the last moment, and another six against Hartwick … The junior is leading all America East Conference goalkeepers in saves per game (5.33) for the second straight season … He is also among the league leaders in save percentage (.842) and goals against average (1.00) … Midfielder Anthony DeSalvo (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse), who ranks first on the squad in scoring with five points on two goals and one assist, netted the game-winning tally against Siena … Forward Bo Jelovac (Belgrade, Serbia/Sveti Sava School) tallied his second marker of the season versus Hartwick … UAlbany will travel to the West Coast to face San Diego on Friday, Sept. 24 at 10 p.m. EDT and San Diego State on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. EDT.
Binghamton (1-4-1) captured the Colgate Red Raider Classic this past weekend, going 1-0-1 in the process ... senior back Kyle Manscuk (Rochester, N.Y./Aquanis Institute) was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player after netting two goals during the weekend. Manscuk has now scored in three straight games, something no Bearcat has done since Charles Darkwah from Oct. 6-16, 2004 ... Manscuk scored just 1:14 into the game against No. 26 Lafayette in Binghamton’s 1-0 win on Friday. It marked the highest win by the Bearcats over a ranked opponent since their 1-0 win over Wisconsin on Sept. 14, 2008. His goal was the fastest recorded in Binghamton’s nine-year Division I era. The old record of 1:22 was set by Graham Munro against Vermont on Sept. 23, 2005.
Boston University (3-3-1) had a difficult weekend, dropping both of its games by a combined 6-0 score ... The Terriers concluded a three-game road trip with a 4-0 loss at No. 5 Boston College and then started a three-game homestand with a 2-0 loss to Brown ... The four goals allowed against the Eagles were the most since a 5-0 defeat at then-No. 1 Indiana in 2005 ... The Terriers had a combined 17-4 lead in corner kicks but could never connect ... They also led Brown in shot attempts, 17-9, but the Bears’ defense stood strong ... Brown has now only allowed one goal through six games ... The Terriers will next host Rhode Island on Friday, Sept. 24 and then a ranked Harvard squad on Sunday, Sept. 26 ... Both games will start at 7 p.m.
Hartford (2-4-0) dropped a pair of road games against Big East opponents this past weekend ... The Hawks fell to No.20/19 St. John’s, 3-0, on Friday and to Rutgers, 2-1, in double overtime on Sunday in the first-ever meeting between the two programs ... After allowing a Red Storm goal in the second minute, Hartford’s back line kept its opponents’ stifling offense at bay until the squad connected on a PK in the 73rd minute ... Junior Jordan Bar (Centerville, Mass./Barnstable/Fairfield) suffered his first loss of the season at St. John’s but stopped a career-best seven shots ... In four games, Bar has recorded 12 saves and sports a goals-against average of 1.20 ... At Rutgers, rookie Sean McKinney (Derry, Ireland/St. Columb’s) netted the Hawks’ lone goal of the weekend, connecting on his first collegiate goal against Rutgers ... Junior Jorge Rodriguez (East Hartford, Conn.) earned the assist ... The defender totals a team-best two assists this season ... The Hawks could not hold on to the advantage allowing an early second half goal and the game-clinching goal 14 minutes into overtime ... Hartford has relied on a balanced attack on the offensive end as five different players have combined to notch the squad’s five goals this season ... Junior Pat Boucher (Cromwell, Conn./Cromwell) leads the Hawks with three points ... The Hawks hit the road again to visit Hartwick for a 7:00 p.m. match on Saturday, September 25.
UMBC (4-2-0) posted come-from-behind victories in the 2-1 home win over La Salle on Sept. 15 and the 3-2 victory at Mount St. Mary’s on Sept. 18... The Retrievers trailed the Mount, 2-0, at halftime and rallied to win from a two-goal deficit for the first time since a 4-3 overtime win (they trailed 3-1) over Coastal Carolina on Oct. 11, 1997 ... The last time they won in 90 minutes after trailing by two goals occurred a year earlier when they erased a 2-0 deficit at Winthrop and defeated the Eagles, 4-3, on Oct. 21, 1996... The offensive heroes for UMBC were senior forward Levi Houapeu (Germantown, Md./Watkins Mill) and freshman reserve forward Pete Caringi III (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) ... Houapeu scored the game-tying goal and Caringi added the game-winner vs. Mount St. Mary’s , after Caringi had the game-tying tally and Houapeu the winner in the 2-1 overtime victory over La Salle... Houapeu now has six goals in six games this season and became the 11th player in school history to amass 25 career goals... Caringi has four goals in 207 minutes of action in his initial season and was a +4 (5 UMBC goals scored, 1 allowed) when he was on the field this week... junior midfielder Nirav Kadam (Germantown, Md./Northwest/UNCG) had the primary assists on both UMBC scores vs. the Explorers, while junior forward Andrew Bulls (Millersville, Md./McDonough) had a pair of helpers vs. the Mountaineers ... Bulls has six assists in six games this season ... Bulls’ 19 career assists moves him into a tie for 8th place (with Matt Gormley, 1998-2000) on UMBC’s all-time list ... Kadam and sophomore defender Liam Paddock (Worchestshire, England/Chase Technology College) sat out the Mount St. Mary’s game with injury, while senior midfielder John Paul Waraksa (Media, Pa./Strath Haven) returned from injury in a reserve role vs. the Mount after missing the two previous games ... Senior defender Chris Williams (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) got the UMBC rally started with his first goal of the season in the 53rd minute vs. the Mount ... The Retriever central defender has one goal in each of his four campaigns ... UMBC will play a pair of road games this week, facing rival Loyola (Md.) on Wednesday and battling an always rugged FDU side in New Jersey on Sunday.
New Hampshire (2-0-2) remains atop the league standings after being idle last week ... The Wildcats preserved their unbeaten record with a win and a tie over the weekend at the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Nike Fall Classic at Centennial Field last weekend … The stellar start is UNH’s best since opening the 2008 campaign with a 5-0-2 record … Brad Hilton (Merrimack, N.H.) scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Presbyterian College in double-overtime on Sunday, Sept. 12 in the final day of play at the tournament … Hilton was named to the All-Tournament team, along with sophomores Josh Bronner (Belchertown, Mass.) and Jordan Thomas (Mohnton, Pa.) … Thomas scored UNH’s first goal of the contest when he picked up a rebound and flicked the ball into the net, giving the Wildcats the early 1-0 advantage in 41st minute of the action … Robert Palumbo (Kingston, N.H.) was credited with the assist … New Hampshire battled back to earn a 1-1 draw against Cornell University in double-overtime on Friday, Sept. 10 … Senior back Joe Corsello (York, Maine) scored UNH’s lone goal in the 73rd minute on a one-timer set up by Bronner and Hilton that found its way into the low corner of the net … New Hampshire returns to action on Wednesday, Sept. 22 when the ‘Cats return home to take on Bryant University at 7 p.m. at Bremner Field.
Stony Brook (4-4-0) won both of its matches last week to extend its winning streak to three and get back to the .500 mark at 4-4-0. The Seawolves knocked off a pair of Northeast Conference teams in Central Connecticut State and Bryant ... The Seawolves’ four goals against CCSU were their most in any match since Sept. 11, 2005 when they posted five against Philadelphia U ... Five different players posted points, including Leonardo Fernandes (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon) and Mehdi Belakehal (St.-Hubert, Quebec/Champlain), who each had two. Fernandes’ goal came on a penalty kick ... Berian Gobeil Cruz (Montreal, Quebec/Champlain) scored for the second consecutive match ... Against Bryant, Fernandes scored twice, including the game-winner in the 74th minute on a free kick. The 2009 America East Rookie of the Year now has three goals on the season and 10 for his career ... Stefan Manz (Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep) started in net both matches and allowed three goals on eight shots. He improved his record to 4-2-0 and holds a 1.53 goals against average ... Stony Brook will be tested next Friday when it takes on nationally ranked Harvard at home.
Vermont (4-1-2) went unbeaten on the week with a pair of draws against Colgate (0-0) and Lafayette (1-1) in the Raider Adidas Classic hosted by Colgate ... Xan Rousselle (Morrisville, Vt./Peoples Academy) made eight saves in the shutout over Colgate ... Malick Camara (Atlanta, Ga./Chamblee) scored his first career goal to give UVM an early lead against Lafayette, but the Leopards were able to even the score before playing to the draw ... Vermont is unbeaten in its last five games, 3-0-2, and is off to its best start since 2005 ... The Catamounts travel to UMass on Wednesday (Sept. 22) for a 3:30 p.m. match in Amherst ... UVM will host Brown on Saturday (Sept. 25) at 1 p.m. at Centennial Field.