Medaille Sports

Daniel J. Krzyzanowicz, head coach for Medaille College’s men’s soccer team, has been selected as one of the Am-Pol Eagle’s Citizens of the Year.  Since 2002, “Coach K” has built Medaille’s men’s soccer program into a powerhouse team. In addition to leading the team to the NCAA Tournament in four of the past five years, he has been named the NEAC Coach of the Year for 2002, and the AMCC Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2009. The Mavs have won five consecutive undefeated AMCC Regular Season Titles under Coach K’s tutelage.  He earned his 100th victory early in the 2009 season as well.  The Am-Pol Eagle annually honors members and organizations of the Polish-American community in Western New York, and this year’s honorees will be celebrated at a luncheon at Kloc’s Grove in West Seneca on Sunday, April 18.

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) announced its 2009 NSCAA/Performance Subaru Men’s NCAA Division III All-America Teams and senior Kendell McFayden (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North)(pictured) became the third member of the Medaille College men’s soccer program to receive that distinction in the past five years, as he was named to the third team.  In 2005 Cory Cwiklinski (’06) was Medaille College’s first ever All-American in any sport, then in 2006 Ryan Mangano was named a first team All-American and Cwiklinski garnered second team honors.  Last season Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster)(’09) was Medaille’s first ever scholar All-American and he awaits to see if he will receive that prestigious award again this season.  Both McFayden and Boughton received 2009 first team Regional All-American honors by the NSCAA as well.  In the last five seasons, Medaille has been honored with 15 Regional All-Americans as Boughton became the College’s first ever four time honoree.

Just a few weeks removed from the end of the 2009 men’s soccer season the Mavericks continued to garner much deserved honors.  In the final NSCAA rankings of the year the Mavs cracked the Top 25 for the first time, finishing in the 25th slot.  They also finished 2009 ranked 23rd in the D3Soccer.com poll.  It’s the first time in program history that the Mavs finished the year in the Top 25 of both National polls.  The Mavs finished the year at (18-3-2) and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after dominating Denison University (3-0) in the opening round.  The great season landed four Medaille players on the ECAC South Region 1st Team as Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster), Kendell McFayden (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North), Alexander Rouse (Marcellus, NY/Marcellus)(pictured) and Josh Meier (South Wales, NY/Holland) earned that distinction.  No other college placed four players on the 1st team in any other region.

Alexander Rouse (So. – Marcellus, NY)(Soccer)

Alex scored the game winner in the Mavs first ever NCAA Tournament win as he tallied in the fourth minute of a (3-0) win over Denison University. The Mavs finished the 2009 season with an (18-3-2) mark as they captured their fifth straight AMCC Regular Season title and their fourth AMCC Tournament crown.

Mary Smialek (Jr. – Girard, PA)(Soccer)

Mary tallied one goal and one assist in a (1-1-0) week for the Lady Mavs. She netted the game winner on a penalty kick to give Medaille its first ever ECAC Tournament win, (2-0) over Sage College and she assisted on the Lady Mavs lone goal in a tough (3-1) loss in the ECAC Upstate Championship game.

The Mavericks lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament today, falling to (#10) Carnegie Mellon (1-0) in Pittsburgh, PA. The Mavericks came into the match with an 11 game shut-out streak (1,010 minutes) and added another (67) minutes until the Tartans were awarded a penalty kick and senior Ryan Browne (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) kicked it past sophomore Ryan Goettel (Syracuse, NY / Cicero-North Syracuse) for the lone goal of the game and the winning score. Uncharacteristically, the Mavericks were outshot in the contest (15-7) and only registered one of their seven shots on goal. The loss ends Medaille’s bid for a National Championship, and is the first time in school history that Carnegie Mellon has advanced to the Sweet 16. The Mavericks had a historic season in which it saw its captain senior Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY / Lancaster) become the NCAA Division III all-time assists leader (82), Head Coach Dan Krzyzanowicz win his (100) game of his head coaching career, and in which the Mavs won their first ever NCAA tournament game.  The Mavs finished the 2009 season with a teriffic (18-3-2) record.

It was just a matter of time before the Medaille College men’s soccer team (18-2-2) would breakthrough in the  NCAA Tournament.  In their fourth trip to the Dance the Mavs continued their stellar play with a (3-0) blanking of Denison University (12-5-3).  This game started much like their first round game in 2008 as sophomore Alexander Rouse (Marcellus, NY/Marcellus) blasted home his (17th) goal of the season on a beautiful through ball that was played to him from Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) just (3:13) into play, giving the Mavs a (1-0) lead.  Rouse scored early in the 2008 game as well.  The Boughton assist stretches his NCAA Career record in that category to (82).  The outcome would be much more favorable this time as the Mavs were able to hold off the Big Red.  (more…)

For those that can’t make the trip to Pittsburgh to cheer on the men’s soccer team as they face Denison University in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, you can follow all of the action live online.

The game is being hosted by Carnegie Mellon University at 11:00am tomorrow (11/13) please follow these links to continue on to the tournament webpage, livestats or webstream broadcast. The broadcast is VIDEO ONLY, and the Mavs are in dark colors.

For those that want to make the trip you can get directions by clicking here.  Tickets can be purchased at Gesling Stadium on CMU’s campus and are $6 (adults), $3 (students) and $2 (children ages 3-12).  Come on out and cheer on the Mavs as they begin their quest for a national championship!

The AMCC announced its fall awards and the Mavericks were very well represented.  The men’s soccer team racked up ten honors, women’s volleyball five and women’s soccer two.  The NCAA Tournament bound Mavericks flourished under Coach of the Year Dan Krzyzanowicz who garnered that honor for the third time.  Senior Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster)(pictured) earned Player of the Year honors for the second time in his illustrious career.  (more…)

Male: Ryan Goettel (So. – Syracuse, NY)(Soccer)

Ryan posted a pair of shutouts in the AMCC Tournament leading the Mavs to their fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in five years. In a 3-0 blanking of Frostburg State in the semifinals he made seven saves and he posted three more in a 1-0 championship game victory over Penn State-Behrend. The Mavs have 16 shutouts on the season, including ten in a row.

Female: Jeanette Vanstrom (Fr. – Kennedy, NY)(Volleyball)

In a tough loss in the First Round of the AMCC Tournament Jeanette led the Lady Mavs with six kills while hitting at a (.250) clip. The Lady Mavs have won a program best 19 matches thus far in 2009 as they await a potential ECAC Tournament bid.

The Medaille College men’s soccer team (17-2-2) will head to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday (11/14) at 11:00am to face Denison University (12-4-3) in the First Round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament.  The Mavs clinched the automatic berth with a (1-0) win over Penn State-Behrend in the AMCC title game while Denison shocked the nations top ranked team, Ohio Wesleyan, (2-1) in double overtime in the NCAC Championship match.  This is the fourth trip to the dance for the Mavs in the last five seasons.  In last years tournament Medaille fell (2-1) in overtime to eventual National Champion, Messiah College, at the University of Rochester.