Mars Hill’s Rondon Baccus (Point Fortin, Trinidad ) made the 2008 Daktronics Southeast Region First Team Defense. The team boasts some of the top defenders in the country.
Other conference players also made the Daktronics Southeast Region First Team Defense. Bacchus, two-time first team member Felipe Nogueira of Lincoln Memorial University, Tusculum College’s Sven Meyer and Carson-Newman’s Thomas Ostvold complete the category. Nogueira scored four goals from his defensive position this season in helping the defending national runner-up complete the year with an 11-7-2 overall record. The Pioneer’s Sven Meyer wasn’t a scoring factor this season but handed out one assist and played the unsung hero role in the Pioneer’s run at the 2008 Southeast Region title and an 18-2-1 record. Carson-Newman midfielder Thomas Ostvold helped the Eagles finish the year with an 11-4-2 record and was a vital part of the Eagle infield.
Tusculum College men’s soccer senior Bruno Conceicao has been named 2008 Daktronics Men’s Soccer Southeast Region Player of the Year. The Pioneer forward not only led his squad in scoring this year with 22 goals and 10 assists, he also led the entire South Atlantic Conference in goals scored, total points (54), points per game (2.84), goals per game (1.16) and tied for first in assists with 10 on the year. Conceicao helped Tusculum College win the SAC regular season and conference tournament championship titles. Conceicao ranks second in the nation in total points and fifth in goals scored.
Also named to the Daktronics All-Southeast Region First Team in the forward category were Lees-McRae’s Lee Squires and Newberry College’s Debola Ogunseye. Squires, a sophomore for the Bobcats of Lees-McRae, scored 23 goal this year while handing out two assists. With Squires help, the Bobcats tallied a 16-2-3 record and won the CCAC regular season crown. He currently ranks fourth in goals and fifth in total points nationally. Rounding out the forwards was Newberry College’s Debola Ogunseye. Ogunseye scored 15 goals and distributed 10 assists this year for NC and places him third in the conference in goals scored (15), second in points (40) and first in assists with 10.
Making 2008 Daktronics All-Southeast Region First Team in the midfielders category was Tusculum College team members Anteneh Lema, Scott Lucky and Wingate University’s Luke Mulholland. Lema a sophomore and Lucky a junior were both instrumental in the Pioneers regular season and conference tournament title success. Lema scored 13 goals and handed out nine assists this season while Lucky hit the net four time this year and distributed a team-best 11 assists. Wingate’s Luke Mullholland rounds out the first team midfielders. The 5’7” sophomore scored eight goals this year for the Bulldogs while recording seven assists.
When the 2008 Daktronics All-Southeast Region goalkeeper was selected, Tusculum’s Lance Moore was an overwhelming top choice. In 1910:00 minutes in net this season, Moore helped the Pioneers record 11 shutouts in 21 matches while logging 73 saves and holding a 0.99 goals-against-average.
2008 Daktronics All-Southeast Region Men’s Soccer First Team
Forwards
Bruno Conceicao Tusculum College
Lee Squires Lees-McRae College
Debola Ogunseye Newberry College
Midfielders
Anteneh Lema Tusculum College
Luke Mulholland Wingate University
Scott Lucky Tusculum College
Defenders
Felipe Nogueira Lincoln Memorial University
Sven Meyer Tusculum College
Thomas Ostvold Carson-Newman College
Rondon Baccus Mars Hill College
Goalkeeper
Lance Moore Tusculum College
2008 Daktronics Southeast Region Men’s Soccer Player of the Year – Bruno Conceicao Tusculum College
2008 Daktronics All-Southeast Region Men’s Soccer Second Team
Forwards
Renato Segalla Lincoln Memorial University
Junior Nyemb Wingate University
Carlos Cipriano University of North Carolina-Pembroke
Midfielders
Aaron McKenna Lincoln Memorial University
Lucas Paulini Tusculum College
Miguel Ferrer University of North Carolina-Pembroke
Defenders
Rory McCook Tusculum College
Willie Hunt Francis Marion College
Matthew Finlay Carson-Newman College
Michael Davis University of North Carolina Pembroke
Everardo Flores Carson-Newman College
Goalkeepers
Jordan Moore Carson-Newman College