Posted: Dec 09, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS --- The No. 7 Tusculum College men's soccer
team is listed prominently in several individual and team
categories in the NCAA Division II men's soccer final statistics
announced NCAA officials Tuesday.Tusculum boasted the ninth-best scoring offense in the nation this season, averaging 2.58 goals per match en route to the best record in program history at 20-3-1. The Pioneers ranked fourth in NCAA II with a 0.854 winning percentage, and finished 12th in the nation with a 0.5 shutout percentage. Tusculum was also ranked 32nd in team goals against average (1.02) and 36th in save percentage (0.792).
Daktronics Men's Soccer All-Southeast Region Player of the Year
Bruno Conceicão headlines a group of five
Pioneers listed in among the nation's leaders in seven statistical
categories this season, as the senior forward led NCAA Division II
with 60 points. A native of Valenca, Bahia, Conceicão was
also third in the nation with 24 goals this fall, becoming the
third player in program history to score 20 or more goals in two
separate seasons with the black and orange.The 2008 South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year also posted the third-best points per match (2.61) in the nation, and finished the campaign sixth in NCAA II in goals per contest (1.04). Conceicão concluded the campaign tied for 30th in the nation with 0.52 assists per match and tied for ninth in total helpers (12), becoming the first player in program history to earn Daktronics All-America First Team honors.
Sophomore midfielder Anteneh Lemma set new career
highs with 14 goals, 10 assists, and 38 points, finishing the
season ranked nationally in each category. The Stockholm, Sweden
native ranked tied for 18th in points (38), 44th in points per
match (1.58), tied for 25th in goals (14), and 62nd in goals per
match (0.58). Lemma earned All-SAC honors for the second
consecutive season, as the 2007 All-SAC Second Team selection was
one of five Pioneers named to the First Team. The 5-7, 145-pound
half back was also named to the Daktronics All-America Second Team
and All-Southeast Region First Team.
Scott Lucky thrived in his first season with the Pioneers,
as the junior transfer finished the campaign tied for sixth in the
nation with 13 assists. The 6-0, 175-pound midfielder was ranked
18th in NCAA II with 0.54 helpers per match en route to an All-SAC
Second Team selection, as well as Daktronics All-America Honorable
Mention and All-Southeast Region First Team selections.
Lucas Paulini followed his 2007 SAC Freshman of the Year
season with an impressive sophomore campaign, finishing the year
tied with Conceicão for 30th in the nation with 0.52 assists
per match and ninth in total helpers (12). The 6-1, 165-pound
midfielder posted career highs in assists and minutes played (2003)
en route to his second consecutive All-SAC First Team selection, as
well as being named to the Daktronics All-Southeast Region Second
Team.
Junior goalkeeper Lance Moore posted one of the
best statistical se