Trinity's Grossman and Llobet; DePauw’s Sorg headline 2009 All-SCAC Men's Soccer Team

Trinity's Grossman and Llobet; DePauw’s Sorg headline 2009 All-SCAC Men's Soccer Team

SUWANEE, Ga. - In exclusive voting by the league's head soccer coaches, Ben Grossman of Trinity University was selected 2009 SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year, while Trinity's Alan Llobet and DePauw University's Beau Sorg were tabbed as SCAC Defensive Co-Players-of-the-Year. Complete Release

In the same balloting, Matt Fechter of Colorado College was voted SCAC Newcomer-of-the-Year and Trinity head coach Paul McGinlay, for the fifth consecutive year and 11th time overall, was named the SCAC Coach-of-the-Year.

Ben Grossman, a senior forward from San Diego, Calif., finished the regular season with 32 points (third in the SCAC) on 14 goals and four assists. Grossman also led the SCAC in game-winning goals with six. A two-time First Team all-SCAC selection, Grossman was a two-time SCAC Player-of-the-Week (Week 3, Week 10) during the 2009 campaign and is the fifth Trinity men's soccer player in the last seven years to be named SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year.

In being selected the league's Offensive POTY, Grossman received eight votes from the coaches. Tyler Evans of Birmingham-Southern College and Josh Spencer of Southwestern University received two votes each.

Alan Llobet, a senior defender from St. Louis, Mo., was consistently the Tigers best defender this season - earning SCAC Defensive Player of the Week honors in Week 9. A two-time all-SCAC selection and captain of 2009 team, Llobet also chipped in offensively this season with overtime game-winning goals against Southwestern and Millsaps.

Beau Sorg, a senior from Fort Wayne, Ind., and one of the league's better one-on-one defenders, was the Tigers' leading scorer this season despite playing 90 percent of the time as the team's center back. The SCAC Defensive Player of the Week in Week 5 and a two-time all-SCAC selection, Sorg had six goals and four assists for 14 points this season.

Llobet and Sorg both received five votes to share the SCAC Defensive POTY honor. Ian Evans of Hendrix College received the remaining two votes.

Matt Fechter, a first-year forward from Westfield, N.J., led Colorado College and all conference first-year players in goals scored (11) and total points (25). He started every game this season. Fechter scored four goals against Oglethorpe on Oct. 18 - which earned him his second SCAC Offensive Player of the Week this season. He was also the SCAC Offensive POTW in Week 4.

Fechter received seven votes in the Newcomer-of-the-Year voting, followed by Chesley Farmer of Trinity with two votes. Ryan Garvey of Centre College, Connor Silvestri of Hendrix College and Evan Perkins of Southwestern University each received one vote.

Coach Paul McGinlay guided the second-ranked Trinity men to another SCAC title, the program's 13th overall and 12th in the last 14 years. In his 19th season as the head coach of the Tigers, McGinlay has amassed an overall record of 317-57-22 (.828). Trinity finished the 2009 season with a 15-2-2 overall mark after Sunday's second-round NCAA tournament loss to Hardin-Simmons University. McGinlay is an 11-time SCAC Coach of the Year honoree and has led his team to an undefeated and untied conference mark eight times in his career.

McGinlay received eight votes from his peers in the COTY voting. Jeb Burch of Centre College, Preston Goldfarb of Birmingham-Southern, Mark Hudson of Austin College and David Poggi of Sewanee-University of the South all received one vote each.

Click here for the complete 2009 All-SCAC Men's Soccer release.

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