Men's Soccer Cleans House in Lone Star Conference Awards

SAN ANTONIO – After an undefeated regular season, the St. Mary's Men's Soccer Team cleaned house on the annual Lone Star Conference awards.
 
Senior defender Lewis Wilson (Aberdeen, Scotland) was named both the Player and Defensive Player of the Year, while junior Andre Schlaefli (Katy, Texas) earned Goalkeeper of the Year honors. Senior Ariel Cardozo (Ciudad de Este, Paraguay) was tabbed the league's Newcomer of the Year and Calum Murdoch (Christchurch, New Zealand) earned Freshman of the Year honors.
 
Wilson is tied for the team lead with four goals, despite being a defender and he's tied for second on the club with nine points. He has one game winner to his credit and is 1-for-1 in penalty kicks after nailing one with three seconds left in the regular season finale.
 
Schlaefli has amassed 42 saves on the year with 11 shutouts and has an amazing 0.26 goals against average. He has been in goal for almost 1400 minutes this season and allowed only four goals.
 
Cardozo made an immediate impact to the team, starting in 16 games with three goals – two of which are game winners and an assist, all while helping the back line shut down opponents and help the Rattlers tie the Lone Star record for shutouts in a season with 12.
 
Murdoch has scored two goals as a true freshman – and both are game winners – hitting the first goal against Texas A&M San Antonio and the initial goal against DBU on Oct. 5. Five of his eight shots this year are on goal.
 
In total, nine different Rattlers earned awards at the banquet to kick off the Tournament Semifinals plus Johnny Clifford was named the Coach of the Year.
 
Schlaefli, junior midfielder Dani Gimena (Ondara, Alicante, Spain) and senior midfielder Deni Cresto (Curitiba, Parana, Brazil) were all named to the All-Academic team in addition to their all-conference honors.
 
Six Rattlers were tabbed on the First Team in Cardozo, Cresto, sophomore defender Andrick Ferrer, senior midfielder Cian Foley (Wexford, Ireland), Schlaefli and Wilson. Both Gimena and senior defender Sebastian Rivera (Laredo, Texas) earned Second-Team honors and Murdoch was named to the All-Freshman team.
 
The Rattlers, currently ranked fifth in the nation, begin action in the Lone Star Conference Tournament on Friday at 7:30 p.m. against Oklahoma Christian in the semifinals.
 
 
 

2022 LSC MEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Player	School	Year	Pos.	Major	Hometown
Alexander Knepper	DBU	Grad.	GK	MBA	Tulsa, Okla.
Ethan Unger	DBU	Sr.	MF	Finance	Frisco, Texas
Payton Franklin	DBU	Sr.	DEF	Biology	Greenville, Texas
Peyton Voelker	DBU	So.	F	Business Administration	Timnath, Colo.
Tariq Bakkali	Lubbock Christian	Grad.	F	MBA Accounting	London, England
Andre Schlaefli	St. Mary's	Jr.	GK	Accounting	Katy, Texas
Dani Gimena	St. Mary's	Jr.	MF	International Business	Ondara, Spain
Deni Cresto	St. Mary's	Grad.	MF	Exercise & Sports Science	Curitiba, Brazil
Gustavo Barroso	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	MF	Business	São Paulo, Brazil
Sergio Sola	UT Tyler	Sr.	MF	Biochemistry	Aranda de Duero, Spain
Anthony Perea	West Texas A&M	Jr.	DEF	General Business	Frisco, Texas

 
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Academic Player of the Year: Tariq Bakkali, Lubbock Christian
 

2022 LSC MEN'S SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS

SPECIAL AWARDS

Player of the Year: Lewis Wilson, St. Mary's

Goalkeeper of the Year: Andre Schlaefli, St. Mary's

Defensive Player of the Year: Lewis Wilson, St. Mary's

Midfielder of the Year: Mere Escobar, Midwestern State

Forward of the Year: Kenny Brown, West Texas A&M

Newcomer of the Year: Ariel Cardozo, St. Mary's

Freshman of the Year: Calum Murdoch, St. Mary's

Coach of the Year: Johnny Clifford, St. Mary's

 

FIRST TEAM
Player	Team	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
Peyton Voelker	DBU	F	So.	Timnath, Colo.
Pablo Galietero Diez	Lubbock Christian	F	Sr.	Madrid, Spain
Mere Escobar	Midwestern State	MF	Jr.	Austin, Texas
Tristian Adams	Midwestern State	DEF	Jr.	San Diego, Calif.
Andre Schlaefli	St. Mary's	GK	Jr.	Katy, Texas
Andrick Ferrer	St. Mary's	DEF	So.	Buffalo, N.Y.
Ariel Cardozo	St. Mary's	DEF	Grad.	Ciudad de Este, Paraguay
Cian Foley	St. Mary's	MF	Sr.	Wexford, Ireland
Deni Cresto	St. Mary's	MF	Grad.	Curitiba, Brazil
Lewis Wilson	St. Mary's	DEF	Grad.	Aberdeen, Scotland
Gustavo Barroso	UT Permian Basin	MF	Sr.	São Paulo, Brazil
Kenny Brown	West Texas A&M	F	Sr.	Liverpool, England

 

SECOND TEAM
Ethan Unger	DBU	MF	Sr.	Frisco, Texas
Payton Franklin	DBU	DEF	Sr.	Greenville, Texas
Tariq Bakkali	Lubbock Christian	F	Grad.	London, England
Colby Parton	Midwestern State	DEF	Sr.	Euless, Texas
Joep Claassen	Oklahoma Christian	MF	Sr.	Deurne, Netherlands
Dani Gimena	St. Mary's	MF	Jr.	Ondara, Spain
Sebastian Rivera	St. Mary's	DEF	Sr.	Laredo, Texas
Jordan Mase	Texas A&M International	MF	Jr.	Crawley, England
Lassana Diakite	Texas A&M International	F	Sr.	Bamako, Mali
Asaf Kristal	West Texas A&M	GK	Fr.	Tel Aviv, Israel
Bryan Martinez	West Texas A&M	DEF	Jr.	Houston, Texas
Giancarlo Saldana	West Texas A&M	F	Sr.	Fort Worth, Texas
THIRD TEAM
Jonathan Leach	DBU	DEF	R-Sr.	McKinney, Texas
Jelle Born	Lubbock Christian	DEF	Sr.	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Tom Miles	Lubbock Christian	GK	So.	Epsom, England
Adam Robinson	Midwestern State	DEF	Grad.	Manchester, England
Jack Larkin	Midwestern State	MF	Sr.	Waterford, Ireland
Rory Doyle	Midwestern State	MF	So.	Cork, Ireland
Alejandro Colom	Oklahoma Christian	F	Sr.	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Elliott Forestier	Oklahoma Christian	DEF	Fr.	Rozelle, Australia
Salva Cotaina	Oklahoma Christian	MF	Jr.	Olivia, Spain
Alberto Romano	UT Permian Basin	F	Jr.	Cancún, México
Sergio Sola	UT Tyler	F	Sr.	Aranda de Duero, Spain
Sam Scarth	West Texas A&M	MF	Jr.	Liverpool, England

 

2022 LSC MEN'S SOCCER ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Player	Team	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
Andrew Hollenbach	DBU	DEF	Fr.	The Woodlands, Texas
Gavyn Rosales	DBU	F	Fr.	Prosper, Texas
Jonathan Marquez	DBU	F	Fr.	McKinney, Texas
Leo Larson	DBU	MF	Fr.	Edina, Minn.
Conner Lewis	Midwestern State	DEF	Fr.	McKinney, Texas
Daniel Gutierrez	Oklahoma Christian	MF	Fr.	Oklahoma City, Okla.
Elliot Forestier	Oklahoma Christian	DEF	Fr.	Rozelle, Australia
Calum Murdoch	St. Mary's	F	Fr.	Christchurch, New Zealand
Nico Weigandt	Texas A&M International	DEF	Fr.	Dortmund, Germany
Gabriel Nevarez	UT Permian Basin	F	Fr.	Gainesville, Texas
Thato Meko	UT Tyler	MF	Fr.	Frisco, Texas
Asaf Kristal	West Texas A&M	GK	Fr.	Tel Aviv, Israel
Venancio Calderon	West Texas A&M	MF	Fr.	El Paso, Texas