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South Easton, Mass. – Merrimack College sophomore forward Robbie Sabadoz (Ottawa, Ont.) has been named the Northeast-10 Men’s Soccer Player of the Year as voted by the conference’s head coaches.

In his second year at Merrimack, Sabadoz is the first Warrior since Steve McAuliffer (1997) and third player overall to be named the conference’s player of the year. He has helped lead the Warriors to the Northeast-10 championship after finishing conference play with a 9-4-0 record. Sabadoz leads the Northeast-10 in points (40) and goals (19) and is second with six game-winning goals. He also ranks seventh nationally in points and fifth in goals scored. In addition, Sabadoz was named to the All-Northeast-10 First Team for the first time in his career.

Southern New Hampshire University senior defender Richard Kentish (Kingston, Jamaica) was selected the 2009 Northeast-10 Defensive Player of the Year. A three-time All-Northeast-10 selection, Kentish anchored the conference’s top ranked defense as the Penmen surrendered only 11 total goals (0.61 per game) so far this season. Southern New Hampshire has also recorded nine shutouts this year as well. Kentish is the first Penmen to win this award, and he was also named to the All-Northeast-10 First Team for the second straight season.

Southern New Hampshire’s Sean Lambert (Rehoboth, Mass.) was voted the 2009 Northeast-10 Goalkeeper of the Year for the second straight season. With the help from Kentish and the rest of the Southern New Hampshire defense, Lambert has given up only ten goals all season for a conference best 0.59 goal against average. He also ranks third in save percentage (.828) and shutouts (7). In addition, Lambert was named to the All-Northeast-10 First Team for the second straight season.

Southern New Hampshire freshman Ruben Resendes (Fall River, Mass.) was named the 2009 Northeast-10 Freshman of the Year. Resendes is the first freshman from Southern New Hampshire since Adam Spinelli (2002) to earn this honor. In his first year of collegiate action, Resendes has helped lead the Penmen back to the Northeast-10 championships. On the season he has scored a goal and dished out two assists. In addition, Resendes was named to the Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team.

Assumption College’s Jeremy Bonomo and Southern New Hampshire’s Marc Hubbard were both voted the 2009 Northeast-10 Coaches of the Year by their peers. Bonomo helped guide the Greyhounds to a 9-6-2 overall record this season and secured the sixth seed in this year’s Northeast-10 championship with a 6-5-2 record.

Hubbard, last year’s coach of the year, guided the Penmen to a 10-1-2 conference record, as the team won the Northeast-10 Regular Season title outright, for the first time in team history. Last year, the Penmen were co-champions with the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Southern New Hampshire also claimed the top seed in this year’s Northeast-10 Championship.

With 16 member institutions the Northeast-10 shares the distinction of being the largest Division II conference in the country along with the PSAC and WVIAC. Its 23 championship sports provide athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the largest such program of any Division II conference.

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2009 Northeast-10 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams


First Team - Forwards
Victor Gonvalves - Franklin Pierce
Angelo Reina - Le Moyne
Robbie Sabadoz - Merrimack
Adrian Schippers - So. New Hampshire

First Team Midfielders
Eric Heuze - Bentley
Frantz Francois - Franklin Pierce
Paul Templeton - So. Connecticut
Marc Goulet - So. New Hampshire

First Team Defenders
Austin Prete - Assumption
Kevin Nuemen - Franklin Pierce
Sean Lawlor - Le Moyne
Germain Delage - So. Connecticut
Richard Kentish - So. New Hampshire

First Team Goalkeeper
Sean Lambert - So. New Hampshire

Second Team Forwards
Stephen Blaisdell - Assumption
Diego Tabares - Franklin Pierce
Harry Appiah - So. Connecticut
Daniel Hernandez - So. New Hampshire

Second Team Midfielders
Harris Smriko - Bentley
Greg Motta - Merrimack
Yoni Feldman - So. Connecticut
Kevin Woods - So. New Hampshire

Second Team Defenders
Tom Reilly - Franklin Pierce
Shaliek Dawkins - Franklin Pierce
Kyle Lortie - Merrimack
Blake Schill - Saint Michael's
Sean O'Brien - So. Connecticut

Second Team Goalkeeper
Steve White - Le Moyne

Third Team Forwards
Tom Denomme - American Int'l
Stephen Potcner - UMass Lowell
Olof Lindge - Merrimack
Keesen Howe - Saint Anselm

Third Team Midfielders
Jesse Carr - Le Moyne
Jhony Valencia - UMass Lowell
Victor Hernandez - So. Connecticut
Mike Adam - So. New Hampshire

Third Team Defenders
Bill Nussdorfer - Bentley
Mike Searson - Saint Anselm
PJ Burnette - So. New Hampshire
Christopher Agan - Stonehill

Third Team Goalkeeper
Ryan Richards - UMass Lowell

All-Rookie Team
Conor Doyle - American Int'l
Tom Carroll - Assumption
Dominic Mondi - Assumption
Weston Zeiner - Bentley
Sam Kelley - Franklin Pierce
Tyler Rosa - Franklin Pierce
Olof Lindhe - Merrimack
Jordan Diana - Saint Michael's
Frank Lara - So. Connecticut
Seth Ragaini - So. Connecticut
Yoni Feldman - So. Connecticut
Ruben Resendes - So. New Hampshire
Christian Rodriguez - So. New Hampshire