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The AMCC preseason rankings came out and the Mavericks were selected as the favorites to win the conference title. The Mavs are coming off a year in which they captured their third straight regular season title but fell in the championship game. Junior, Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster), was selected as the preseason player of the year. Boughton was the AMCC Co-Player of the Year in 2007 and was a first team regional All American while finishing 2nd in the nation in assists per game. The Mavericks will open the 2008 season at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA on Friday, August 29th at 7:30pm.

With four years’ experience as assistant coach for the men’s and women’s soccer teams at Medaille, Matt Andrews will now take on the head coach position for the women’s soccer team‘s 2008 season. Prior to coming to Medaille, Andrews spent seven years coaching high school soccer in western New York. He began coaching at Gates-Chili High School and continued at Clarence High School after moving to Buffalo in 2000.

Andrews is the director of goalkeepers for the Clarence Soccer Club and has previously coached club teams at various age levels. He holds a NSCAA Advanced Regional license and will soon complete his national license.

Originally a standout goalkeeper at Penfield High School near Rochester, Andrews earned bachelor’s degrees in history and education from Miami University in Ohio. He also earned a master’s degree in liberal studies from SUNY Brockport.

The women’s soccer season begins with an away game at Grove City College on Friday, August 29. The home opener will take place on Saturday, September 6 against Washington & Jefferson College at All High Stadium behind Bennett High School on Main Street in Buffalo.

Andrews says, “I am excited to build on the solid foundation the program currently has and look forward to developing a program that will compete each and every year for a championship in the highly competitive AMCC.

“We have an outstanding nucleus of returning players, some exciting first-year recruits and a group of transfers that should create a highly competitive training camp and an exciting year for the Medaille women’s soccer team.

“Our coaching staff is very close on both the women’s and men’s sides. I believe this will make for a smooth and successful transition that will just help our outstanding student-athletes.”

The game schedules for Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer and Women’s Volleyball are now available online.

Men’s soccer standout Gary Boughton (Lancaster/Lancaster High School) will have solid experience with a nationally-competitive team once the fall season begins Friday, August 29. As Boughton starts his junior year at Medaille, the 5′9″ midfielder will have completed a summer season with the Fort Wayne Fever, a Premier Development League (PDL) team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

In 2007, Boughton scored three goals and four assists in his first year playing in the PDL. In the first half of he 2008 season, he has scored six goals and one assist for a total of thirteen points.

Men’s soccer goalie J.J. Bilinski was named to the PDL (Premier Development League) Team of the Week for week 10 of the 2008 season. Playing for the Fort Wayne Fever, Bilinski made 12 saves against the Michigan Bucks in the 4-1 match.

The cross country team’s season preview is now available.

The Medaille College cross country team will enter its third season under the tutelage of Allison Carr in 2008. The 2007 season saw marked improvement for both teams as they improved their standing in the conference during the fall. The Lady Mavs finished fourth in the AMCC Championships while the men finished 7^th. More »

The golf season preview is now available.

The Medaille College varsity golf program will look to improve upon their 2nd place finish at the 2007 AMCC Championships. In 2007 the Mavs finished on the winning half of competing fields in 5 of 7 tournaments and saw seven rounds in the 70’s over the fall season. More »

The women’s soccer season preview is now available.

The women’s soccer team will look to continue their improvement in 2008 as they come off a season in which they finished with their best record ever at (14-6-1) overall and (6-3-0) in AMCC play. The Lady Mavs will look to return to the AMCC playoffs for a fifth straight year. A new face will be pacing the sidelines for Medaille as first-year head coach Chris LeFevre takes the helm. LeFevre will take the reigns from Dan Krzyzanowicz who led Medaille to a (42-33-3) record in his four years as head coach. More »

The men’s soccer season preview is now available. Read up on the players, the games, and the potential for the team this fall.

The Medaille Mavericks Men’s Soccer Program enters their seventh season under head coach Daniel J. Krzyzanowicz with hopes of an unprecedented fourth consecutive AMCC Regular Season Conference Championship and getting back to the NCAA tournament.

Coach K will return nine starters and 16 varsity letter winners from the 2007 squad. This 2009 senior class will enter the season with a three-year career record of 55 wins, six losses and six ties. The team will be led by captains: senior Jared Reisdorf (Strykersville, NY/Holland), senior Jacob Reisdorf (Strykersville, NY/Holland) and junior midfielder Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster). More »