Green repeats as SCAC Offensive Player of the Year; SCAC honors for Lopez-Rivera, Townes, Roman
SEGUIN, Texas – Texas Lutheran sophomore forward Luis Green (Monterrey, Mexico/Smithson Valley (Texas)) has been named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year for a second consecutive season.
An All-American and All-Region selection in 2018, Green was also named once again to this year's All-SCAC First Team.
Green was joined on the All-SCAC First Team by senior defender Lalo Lopez-Rivera (Round Rock/Stony Point). Lopez-Rivera was named to the All-SCAC First Team for the first time. He is a two-time All-SCAC Second Team selection and has been named to the All-SCAC Honorable Mention squad. Lopez-Rivera was the 2016 SCAC Newcomer of the Year.
Lopez-Rivera received two first-place votes for SCAC Defensive Player of the Year.
Senior forward/midfielder Cameron Townes (Cypress/Cypress Ranch) was selected to the All-SCAC Second Team, and freshman forward Marco Roman (Houston/Lamar) was named to the All-SCAC Honorable Mention squad.
Townes was named to the All-SCAC Second Team for a second time in his career.
Roman received a pair of votes for SCAC Newcomer of the Year.
The Bulldogs posted a 13-5 overall record in the regular season. The team went 7-2 in the SCAC and secured the No. 2 seed for this weekend's SCAC Men's Soccer Championship, hosted by Trinity University in San Antonio.
TLU received a bye into the semifinal round and will face either No. 3 seed Trinity or No. 6 seed University of Dallas at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in San Antonio.
Green picked up where he left off a season ago, leading the conference in scoring with 18 goals (tying his DIII era program record set last season). He registered 85 shots and collected 39 points (18 goals, 3 assists).
Green's 36 goals the last two seasons are the most by a SCAC player over a two-year span since Chris Quinn of Trinity had 39 combined in 2003 and 2004.
With the postseason remaining, Green is on pace to become the first student-athlete to lead the league in scoring in back-to-back seasons since Johnny Lawson of Trinity accomplished the feat in 2013 and 2014.
A two-time SCAC Offensive Player of the Week during the season, Green had five game-winning goals (also tops in the conference) and posted three hat tricks, including one in a non-conference 3-2 win over Colorado College on Sept. 20. He also had hat tricks against Centenary (in conference play) and against Howard Payne (in non-conference action).
Green's selection as SCAC Offensive Player of the Year marks the first time a player has won the award in each of his first two seasons in the league. Neil Brunetz of Rhodes College won conference Player of the Year honors as a freshman and a sophomore in 1992 and 1993 – before the award was separated into Offensive and Defensive POTY.
Green received nine votes in the balloting for Offensive Player of the Year honors while first-year midfielder Griffin Meyer of Colorado College received the remaining first-place vote.
Lopez-Rivera led a TLU defensive effort that allowed just 1.31 goals per match. Lopez-Rivera played and started in 17 matches. He scored a goal and had one assist. He has appeared in 74 total matches as a Bulldog, and he has made 71 starts.
Townes has scored a career-best nine goals this season, and he has added a career-high five assists. Those numbers give him a career-best 23 points in 2019.
Townes has played in 76 career matches and made 74 career starts. He has 20 career goals, 10 career assists, and 50 career points.
In his first year with the Bulldogs, Roman set the new TLU record for single-season assists, with 10. He has scored five goals and registered 20 total points.
Roman has played and started in all 18 matches for TLU this year. He had a two-goal match in the road win over Johnson & Wales – Denver, and he had two-assist matches against Colorado College and Southwestern.
2019 SCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Year
Luis Green Texas Lutheran Univ. So. F Monterrey, Mexico
2019 SCAC Men's Soccer Defensive Player-of-the-Year
Carlos Marquez Univ. of St. Thomas Sr. D El Paso, Texas
2019 SCAC Men's Soccer Newcomer-of-the-Year
Griffin Meyer Colorado College Fy. M Cleveland Heights, Ohio
2019 SCAC Men's Soccer Coach-of-the-Year
Scott Palguta Colorado College 8-1-0 SCAC (13-5-0 overall) / Top seed in SCAC Tourney
2019 All-SCAC Men's Soccer First Team
Jacob Galan Trinity University So. D San Antonio, Texas
Carlos Marquez Univ. of St. Thomas Sr. D El Paso, Texas
Lalo Lopez-Rivera Texas Lutheran Univ. Sr. D Round Rock, Texas
Tom Hultsch Univ. of St. Thomas Jr. D Luneburg, Germany
Luis Green Texas Lutheran Univ. So. F Monterrey, Mexico
Andrea Codispoti Trinity University Jr. F Rockville Centre, NY
Will Escobar Centenary College So. F Cypress, Texas
Quentin Van Der Lee Trinity University Jr. M Auckland, New Zealand
John Schuler Colorado College Jr. M Chicago, Ill.
Luis Bencomo Univ. of St. Thomas Jr. M Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Keleher Felton Colorado College So. GK Chicago, Ill.
2019 All-SCAC Men's Soccer Second Team
Rory Eastland-Fruit Colorado College So. D Kenmore, Wash.
Garrison Van Houten Southwestern Univ. Jr. D Port Neches, Texas
Colin Saum Austin College Jr. D McKinney, Texas
Maxwell Lockhart Univ. of St. Thomas Jr. F Toronto, Canada
Hunter Haugland University of Dallas Sr. F Bixby, Okla.
Cameron Townes Texas Lutheran Univ. Sr. F Cypress, Texas
Sam Bermingham Colorado College Sr. F Panama City, Panama
Griffin Meyer Colorado College Fy. M Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Michael Pham Trinity University Fy. M Richardson, Texas
Chase Reynolds University of Dallas Jr. M Ventura, Calif.
Pedro Medrano Univ. of St. Thomas So. GK San Salvador, El Salvador
2019 All-SCAC Men's Soccer Honorable Mention
Jose Duarte Univ. of St. Thomas Sr. D Houston, Texas
Noah Johnson Colorado College Fy. D Castle Rock, Colo.
Seth Holzmann Southwestern Univ. So. F San Antonio, Texas
Kiran Singh Colorado College So. F Boulder, Colo.
Marco Roman Texas Lutheran Univ. Fy. F Houston, Texas
Emad Bashir-Mohammed Johnson & Wales Jr. F Darfur, Sudan
Ashton Bynum Southwestern Univ. Fy. M San Antonio, Texas
Fernando Garduno-Jaramilo Southwestern Univ. Fy. M Pflugerville, Texas
Ahmet Ramovic Austin College Fy. M Grand Prairie, Texas
Samson Heyer Colorado College Jr. M Amherst, Mass.
Dylan Reimer Johnson & Wales Fy. M Aurora, Colo.
Brady McNamara University of Dallas Jr. M San Antonio, Texas
Sam Borchalli Centenary College So. GK Lafayette, La.
Juan Rodriguez Austin College Sr. GK El Paso, Texas
Note: Coaches voted for first team and second team – with each voted team consisting of three defenders, three midfielders, three forwards, one goalkeeper and one at-large selection. A first-team vote was worth two points and a second-team vote was worth one point. Any player who received at least two different votes from the coaches but did not receive enough votes to earn either first or second team honors, was named Honorable Mention. Coaches could not vote for their own players.