Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Three Red Foxes Earn All-MAAC Honors

Three Marist Men's Soccer players have earned post season All-MAAC honors it was announced Wednesday night. Keith Detelj (Sayville, N.Y.) and Bruno Machado (Danbury, Conn.) were named Second Team All-MAAC, while Jamison Allegra (East Haven, Conn.) was named to the All-Rookie Team. Detelj, the 2006 MAAC Preseason Player of the Year, was Marist's leading scorer in 2006.

In 14 games, 10 starts, Detelj scored five goals and picked up three assists for 13 points. Detelj ends his career ranked sixth in career assists with 17, third in career points with 89 and second in career goals with 36.

Machado returned to the Red Foxes in 2006 after missing the entire 2005 campaign due to injury. Machado started all 16 games for Marist and helped anchor the defense for the Foxes. Aside from his work on defense, he also contributed two assists on the year, including one on the game winning goal in double overtime against Philadelphia University on September 26.

Alleagra had an immediate offensive impact for Marist in his rookie campaign. In 15 games, he was third on the team in scoring with nine points and his four goals were second only to Detelj's on the team. He recorded two game winning goals on the season, tied for the team lead, including one with seven seconds remaining at St. Francis (N.Y.) on September 22.

The Red Foxes also had six members named to the MAAC All-Academic Team on Wednesday. Shareif Ali (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./Business/Finance), Damian Caputo (Copiague, N.Y./Psychology), Marcelo del Rio (Glendale, N.Y./Criminal Justice), Machado (Public Administration), Chris Nacca (Rochester, N.Y./Biochemical Science) and Robert Pearlstein (Bohemia, N.Y./Business) all earned All-Academic honors. To be eligible for the MAAC All-Academic Team, a student athlete must complete two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale.

Marist finished its season with a 6-9-1 overall record and a 3-5-1 mark in league play.

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