Four Named All-CAC, Three Garner First Team Honors

Muise, Mostafa, and Nabo

The Frostburg State men's soccer team collected four All-Capital Athletic Conference awards Wednesday, including first-team honors for senior Mitchell Muise, junior Hassan Mostafa and freshman Guy Nabo. Freshman Hunter Jarmon was placed on the All-CAC Second Team.

The foursome led the Bobcats to an 11-5-2 overall record and the second seed in the 2015 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Championship.

Muise and Mostafa grabbed first-team honors after helping place the Bobcat defense near the top of the CAC. The duo helped Frostburg lead the league in goals allowed (10), finish second in goals against average (0.57) and third in shutouts (9).

The first-team selection is the first all-conference honor for Muise after his standout four-year career with the Bobcats. He started all 17 games and finished with three goals on the offensive end.

Mostafa was named to the All-CAC First Team for the second-consecutive year and has emerged as one of the country's top goalkeepers. He is currently 15^th nationally in save percentage (0.878) and 35^th in Division III in goals against average (0.670). He finished with five shutouts and allowed just 10 goals in over 1,300 minutes in net.

As a team, Frostburg is fifth in the country in save percentage (0.899), 18^th in team goals against average (0.57) and 35^th in shutout percentage (0.53).

Nabo and Hunter garner All-CAC honors following impressive freshman campaigns.

Jarmon

Nabo finished second in the CAC in both points (25) and goals (11) and was the league's highest scoring freshman. Nabo also tied for second in the CAC with three game-winning goals. Nabo appeared in 8-of-9 conference games and totaled five goals and one assists against the league schools.

Jarmon was named to the All-CAC Second Team after starting 17-of-19 games and finished with seven points behind two goals and three assists. Against CAC competition, Jarmon started all nine games, scored one goal and handed out two assists.

Nabo and Jarmon helped the Bobcat front line to 39 goals, good for second in the CAC and 75th in the country in scoring offense.

Frostburg Falls in ECAC Tournament

Wednesday night we dropped a close 2-1 decision to Alvernia College.  The loss ends our season with an 11-5-2 record and a little bit of disappointment on our minds.

After not having a game for the last two weeks we were hoping that being awarded the #2 seed in the ECAC Tournament would give us a boost heading into Wednesday nights opening round match.  I do think we were a little flat as far as emotion goes, but we played well enough and did a good job of controlling the ball.

Our possession game was good, but we failed to find that final pass that would get us into scoring positions.  Alvernia did a good job of keeping their defensive shape and constantly had numbers behind the ball. They countered well and were dangerous when we gave the ball away.

Neither team did a whole lot offensively.  We led in shots 9-7 and shots on goal 5-4, but neither team consistently put the keeper under pressure.

After a low shot slipped by our keeper in the first half for the 0-1 deficit I still thought we were playing well enough to come back and get the equalizer.  The goal never came and after pushing numbers forward late in the second half Alvernia got in behind again on a counter attack and scored what would be the game winning goal.

Guy Nabo scored his 11th of the season with one minute remaining, but it was too little too late and the season would end with a 2-1 loss at home.

Nabo Goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adpISMx8jAo

Frostburg Thumps Southern Virginia in Season Finale

In the last regular season game of the season the boy's put their disappointment behind them and finished off Southern Virginia with an emphatic 8-0 win.

We got on the board early and often with four goals in the first 13 minutes.  Last year's result was a 1-0 win against Southern Virginia so we were not sure how the game was going to play out.

Kelvin Tata got things started with a nice diving header in the eighth minute of play.

Tata Goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QcrZ94mxLg

Carvell Akuffo had a tap in three minutes later when Tata slid the ball across the box.  Carvell has a had a very solid freshman campaign and despite not having the stats he has been a big contributor to the offense this year.

Akuffo Goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdtVegzSz-s

Senior Mitchell Muise scored on a penalty kick in his last home game shortly after Akuffo's goal and Guy Nabo scored his 10th and 11th of the season four minutes apart.

Nabo Goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjoxk5mfjRc
                     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM_u-xSOu9Y

Hunter Jarmon ended the first half scoring with a penalty kick for the 6-0 halftime lead.

Erik Casterline

In the second half Erik Casterline and Rodrigo Valenzulea finished off the game with a penalty kick each of their own.  Freshmen Carlos Caro and Austin Gray combined for the shutout and collected one save a piece.

Unfortunately the results that we needed to get into the playoffs did not go our way so we were eliminated from the CAC playoffs as a result of the three forfeited games.  I can't say enough about how the guys have handled themselves and their emotions over the last week.  They are committed to ending the season on a high note and are looking forward to the ECAC Tournament and competing for our first ECAC Championship since 1992.

We finish the season with an 11-4-2 record and 5-2-2 in CAC play.  Our overall record remains the same as far as NCAA and ECAC selections are concerned.