ROCK HILL, S.C. - The South Atlantic Conference announced on Wednesday, Nov. 8 that four members of the Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Soccer Team have received All-Conference honors.
Defender Ivan Rubio led the way for the Bears with a First Team All-SAC recognition. The graduate student from Pamplona, Spain, ended the regular season with the second-most points on the team with eight. Rubio also started 14 matches for the Bears and tallied over 1180 minutes on the pitch.
Up next, both forward Adrian Martina and defender Harri Rowe were named to Second Team All-SAC.
Martina, the graduate student from Avila, Spain, constructed the first LR 20-point season since 2018 with a team-high 21 points and eight goals. Martina was named a 2023 Preseason All-SAC First Team member and was a part of the 2022 First Team All-SAC.
Rowe, the junior from Aberystwyth, Wales, had a share of most assists on the team with Martina at five. The defender also appeared in 14 matches during the regular season and had 10 90-minute performances. Rowe was named a 2023 Preseason All-SAC Second Team member and was a part of the 2021 Third Team All-SAC.
The final member to receive all-conference honors was team captain and defender, Oliver Gardner, who was named to Third Team All-SAC. Gardner, a graduate student from Braunton, England, started in all 15 matches for the Bears in the regular season and led the team with 1336 minutes. Gardner was named a 2023 Preseason All-SAC First Team member and was a part of the 2022 Second Team All-SAC and 2020-21 Second Team All-SAC.
The Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Soccer Team continues its path to back-to-back SAC Championships with a semi-final match against No. 2 seeded Limestone on Friday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m.
2023 South Atlantic Conference Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team
F – Daniel Burko, Lincoln Memorial
F – Claudel N'Goubou, Limestone
F – Pablo Pozos, Wingate
F – Peter Plougmand, Mars Hill
MF – Bilal Camara, Limestone
MF – Celestin Blondel, Coker
MF – Ruben Carvalho, Limestone
MF – Kriton Kiousis, Lincoln Memorial
D – Owen Marshall, Wingate
D – Pedro Santos, Wingate
D – Stefan Roeb, Limestone
D – Ivan Rubio, Lenoir-Rhyne
GK – Aleksa Janjic, Wingate
Second Team
F – Mark Radoki, Limestone
F – Adrian Martina, Lenoir-Rhyne
F – Jacques Fokam Sandeu, Coker
F – Kosi Mafela, Wingate
MF – Harry Bircumshaw, Wingate
MF – Mo Bouta, Tusculum
MF – Joseph Allerton, Catawba
MF – Julian Caro Sepulveda, Anderson
D – Harri Rowe, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – Leandro Does Santos Haesler, Lincoln Memorial
D – Falk Jorch, Limestone
D – Matty Tricker, Coker
GK – Henrik Dahl, Limestone
Third Team
F – Juan Pablo Nicoletti, Catawba
F – Uriel Zarracan, Newberry
F – Jorge Perez Prada, Mars Hill
F – Frederic Benedix, Coker
MF – Sebastia Cerda-Tous, Catawba
MF – Salano Birch, Catawba
MF – Pascal Werba, Limestone
MF – Ben Dukes, Carson-Newman
D – Dennis Hamzic, Wingate
D – Maxime Wester, Carson-Newman
D – Oliver Gardner, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – Ol Elias, Anderson
GK – Franco Antoniolli Funes, Anderson
Offensive Player of the Year
Daniel Burko, Lincoln Memorial
Defensive Player of the Year
Pedro Santos, Wingate
Freshman of the Year
Pablo Pozos, Wingate
Coach of the Year
Gary Hamill, Wingate
Fair Play Award
Coker
STATISTICAL CHAMPIONS:
Goals Per Match: Daniel Burko, Lincoln Memorial | 1.12
Points Per Match: Daniel Burko, Lincoln Memorial | 2.41
Assists Per Match: Harri Rowe, Lenoir-Rhyne | 0.40
Goals Against Average: Henrik Dahl, Limestone | .444
Save Percentage: Henrik Dahl, Limestone | .854
Shutouts: Henrik Dahl, Limestone | 9
Team Points Per Match: Limestone | 8.19
Team Goals: Limestone | 47
Team Assists Per Match: Limestone | 2.31
Team Shutouts: Limestone | 11
Team Goals Against Average: Limestone | .444
Team Winning Percentage: Limestone | .812
