KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Tuesday morning, Daktronics, Inc. in conjunction with AthleticSite.com released its All-America selections for Division II men’s soccer, and senior midfielder Jose Batista was chosen to the second-team. This award continues a great streak for him as he has been selected as the East Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year and a Daktronics All-East Region first-team all-star in 2009. Batista is also currently ranked in the Top-15 in the nation in a pair of statistical categories.
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – One week since being named the East Coast Conference Player of the Year, senior midfielder Jose Batista of the Molloy College men’s soccer squad earned Daktronics All-East Region first-team recognition to tack on to his accolades for 2009. The selection committee, which is comprised of the Sports Information Directors from the Central Atlantic, East Coast, and Northeast-10 conferences, made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon.
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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – The East Coast Conference announced its year-end honors on Monday morning for men’s soccer, and senior midfielder Jose Batista of Molloy College was dubbed the offensive player of the year by the league. Batista claims the honor after posting a 2009 campaign that saw him rake a team-leading 28 points on 12 goals and four assists. He also led the ECC in points per game at an average of 2.0. Meanwhile, two other Lions landed their names on the All-East Coast Conference roster.
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OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. – Trailing 2-1 with just over 30 minutes to go in the second stanza, the Molloy College men’s soccer team scored two markers in a 15-plus minute span to down New York Institute of Technology, 3-2, on Wednesday at President’s Stadium in Old Westbury, N.Y. Senior midfielder Jose Batista earned the deciding goal in the 76th-minute on a feed from sophomore midfielder Daniel Patino. With the win, the Lions closed out the 2009 campaign at 7-8-1 overall.
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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – Following last week’s showings, senior midfielder Jose Batista and freshman goalkeeper Michael Hunter were dubbed the East Coast Conference Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively. In the past two contests, Batista notched eight points on three goals and two assists. He also attempted a team-best 10 shots. Meanwhile, Hunter registered a pair of victories in net – one of which was his first-ever collegiate win.
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NYACK, N.Y. – Due to inclement weather, today’s women’s soccer contest between the Lions of Molloy College and the Warriors of Nyack College has been postponed. No make-up date has been announced yet. Meanwhile, Tuesday's scheduled men’s soccer game at Caldwell College was cancelled, and will not be played.
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – Senior midfielder Jose Batista raked his second hat trick of the 2009 season on Thursday afternoon to power the Molloy College men’s soccer squad to a 4-1 victory over University of New Haven at the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y. Also, Batista had a game-high six shots as the Lions improved their ledger to 6-8-1 overall. As for the Chargers, they dropped to 1-15 on the campaign.
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – On Tuesday evening, the Molloy College men’s soccer team edged out East Coast Conference arch-rival Dowling College on its Senior Night at the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y. With eight minutes remaining in regulation and the two squads sitting in a 1-1 lock, freshman defenseman Hector Roche placed a cross-pass from senior midfielder Jose Batista into the back of the mesh.
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – On Saturday night, the Molloy College men’s soccer team lost a 3-2 result in double overtime to University of Bridgeport in an East Coast Conference match-up at the Dean G. Skelos Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y. Purple Knights’ senior forward Gilbert Bayonne notched the deciding tally for the visitors with just 30 seconds remaining in the second extra session. Senior midfielder Habib Sylla was credited with the assist on the play.
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FLUSHING, N.Y. – On Wednesday afternoon, the Molloy College men’s soccer squad suffered its second-straight defeat with a 5-1 loss to East Coast Conference foe Queens College at the Queens Soccer Field in Flushing, N.Y. The Lions have now gone to an overall record of 4-7-1 and a league mark of 1-3. They also have losses in four of their last six games. As for the Knights, they snapped a two-game skid, and improved to 8-5 on the year. Queens is also 2-2 in ECC action.
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BROOKVILLE, N.Y. – Tied at 1-up at the break, C.W. Post scored two late goals in the second period to beat the Molloy College men’s soccer team by a score of 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at the C.W. Post soccer field in Brookville, N.Y. The Pioneers now own an overall mark of 6-5-1 and an East Coast Conference record of 2-2. As for the Lions, they fell to 4-6-1 and 1-2 against league opposition. Molloy has also lost three of its previous four contests.
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DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – Senior midfielder Jose Batista notched a career day on Tuesday afternoon with four goals for the Molloy College men’s soccer team as the Lions upended the Mavericks of Mercy College, 4-2, at Mercy Field in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. The victory improves Molloy to 4-5-1 overall and 1-1 in East Coast Conference play. It also halted a two-game skid. As for Mercy, it went to 2-6 and 0-2 against league opposition.
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – Deadlocked at 1-up with 1:33 to go in regulation, junior midfielder Renan Lopes scored the game-winning goal for St. Thomas Aquinas to lead the Spartans to a 2-1 victory versus the Molloy College men’s soccer team on Saturday afternoon at the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y. The Lions have now lost two straight, and went to 3-5-1 overall. They are also 0-1 against East Coast Conference opposition.
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ERIE, Pa. – Down 2-0 at the break, the Molloy College men’s soccer team trimmed the deficit in half with an early marker from junior forward/midfielder Mike Adamcewicz. But, it was not enough as the Lions fell to the 18th-ranked Lakers of Mercyhurst College by a final of 2-1 on Saturday afternoon at Mercyhurst Field in Erie, Pa. With the loss, the Lions dropped to an overall record of 3-4-1. As for the Lakers, they improved to 7-2 on the 2009 campaign.
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Sophomore midfielder Daniel Patino had the game-winner for the Molloy College men’s soccer team in the 103rd-minute to help the Lions end a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 double-overtime decision over the Warriors of Merrimack College on Tuesday at Warrior Field in North Andover, Mass. On the play, Patino found himself on a breakaway, and punched a shot past Merrimack senior goalkeeper Doug Carvalho.
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MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – Scoreless at the break, the Molloy College men’s soccer team gave up a pair of unanswered markers in the second stanza, and eventually fell to third-ranked Millersville University by a final of 2-0 on Saturday night at Biemesderfer Stadium in Millersville, Pa. Sophomore midfielder Pat Baffuto and junior forward Todd Grimm earned the goals for the Marauders, who improved to 5-0 overall. As for the Lions, they fell to a record of 2-3-1 on the year.
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RINDGE, N.H. – Franklin Pierce University released its All-Labor Day Classic Team on Friday morning, and three members of the Molloy College men’s soccer team were placed on the roster. Those Lions were senior midfielder Graeme Roderick, sophomore midfielder Daniel Patino and freshman back Steven Reyes. During the two games, the trio combined to total eight shots and four points.
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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – On Tuesday afternoon, the East Coast Conference announced that Molloy College men’s soccer freshman forward Tyler De La Torre was named its Rookie of the Week. He recorded six points on the week, with four of those points coming on two goals in a 6-0 victory against Felician College on Sept. 2. The newcomer raked in his other two points on a game-winning double-overtime marker that sealed a 2-1 triumph over Bentley University on Sept. 4.
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – The Molloy College men’s soccer team is scheduled to host Southern Connecticut State University in a game that has been re-scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y. The match was originally slated to begin at 4 p.m., but the time has now been pushed back.
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – On Tuesday evening, the Molloy College men’s soccer team lost to Northeast-10 Conference opponent Southern Connecticut State University by a 6-1 decision at the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y. The Lions lost their second-straight contest, and went to 2-2-1 overall with the result. As for the Owls, they are now at a 4-1 ledger. Southern Connecticut has also notched four consecutive victories.
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RINDGE, N.H. – On Sunday, senior midfielder Graeme Roderick posted a game-best two goals, but it wasn’t enough as the Molloy College men’s soccer team lost by a 4-3 decision to Franklin Pierce University at Sodexo Field in Rindge, N.H. With the result, the Lions dropped their first contest of the 2009 campaign, and went to 2-1-1 overall. As for the Ravens, who hosted the 2009 Labor Day Classic, they improved to 2-1-1 on the season.
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RINDGE, N.H. – Freshman forward Tyler De La Torre netted the game-winning goal just 21 seconds into the second overtime period on Friday afternoon to propel the Molloy College men’s soccer team to a 2-1 victory against Bentley University on Day One of the 2009 Franklin Pierce Labor Day Classic at Sodexo Field in Rindge, N.H. The marker was his third in the last two games as the Lions earned their second consecutive victory.
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – Senior forward John-Paul Hughes amassed a career-high four points on Wednesday evening off of one goal and two assists to propel the Molloy College men’s soccer team to a 6-0 win over Felician College in its 2009 home opener at the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y. With the victory, the Lions went to 1-0-1 on the season. As for the Golden Falcons, they fell to 1-2 overall.
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LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Senior midfielder Jose Batista notched a game-high two tallies on Friday afternoon as the Molloy College men’s soccer team played to a 3-3 tie with Lock Haven University in its 2009 regular-season opener at Hubert Jack Stadium in Lock Haven, Pa. He also led all Lions with five shots. Senior forward John-Paul Hughes accounted for the other score for the Lions, who went to 0-0-1 on the new year.
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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – The Molloy College men’s soccer team, which won its first-ever East Coast Conference title, and advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament in 2008, was chosen second in the annual preseason poll conducted by the ECC. The Lions, who received two first-place votes in the tally, were slotted behind national runner-up Dowling College. The Golden Lions got six first-place nods after closing the year with a 19-4 ledger and the No. 2 ranking in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll.
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CLEVELAND, OHIO – Last week, the Athletic Directors’ Association announced its recipients of the 2008-09 Academic Achievement Award for Division II, and Molloy College had 29 of its student-athletes recognized out of a total of 4,020 across 115 institutions. In order to obtain this honor, the student-athlete had to achieve a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better. They also needed to attend the institution for at least two years, and be a member of an intercollegiate team during his or her previous academic year.
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