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2009 Lakeland Community College Soccer Team

TOP ROW: Dave Shook, Juan Aquinaga, Patrick Sheridan, Manuel Conde, Pedro Ribeiro
MIDDLE ROW: Mario Duvnjak, Robert Ammons, Sebastian Rodriguez, Steven Collins, Antons Trifonovs, Daniel Rosbottom, Chris Dunlap
BOTTOM ROW: Dan Martic, Ben Bernot, Dean Miller, Miro Pezer, Nico Neumann, Aldo Maiorano

October 6, 2009
     Congratulations to Dean Miller and Antons Trifonovs who were named Player of the Week and Goalie of the Week respectively, in the OCCAC for their outstanding play last week.
     Miller scored the game winning goal against Cuyahoga Community College with 13 minutes left to play. The goal allowed the Lakers to avenge an earlier loss to the Challengers, and move into second place in the OCCAC.
     Trifonovs turned away eleven of twelve shots in the same game, and offered the assist to Miller on the game winning goal. The Lakers won the contest 2-1.
     Freshman forward Dean Miller is a native of Johannesburg, South Africa where he attended King David School. He was awarded full colors in soccer and half-colors in hockey. His club soccer activities have taken him to Israel. He is the third in a family of four brothers and also enjoys playing tennis and cricket. He is studying business management.
     Freshman goalie Antons Trifonovs is a native of Riga, Latvia where he graduated from 44.Riga School in 2002. He has played in the Latvian amateur league and says that his experience is his strongest soccer skill. He enjoys playing and watching beach volleyball. His major is international business.

The soccer tournament at Cuyahoga Community College scheduled for October 3 and 4 was cancelled due to poor field conditions. However, the Lakers game against the Malone JV team, scheduled for that tnament, will be made up at Lakeland, on Monday, October 5 at 4:30.

September 29, 2009
     Congratulations to Aldo Maiorano for being named OCCAC Player of the Week on September 29, 2009.
    Maiorano’s strong defensive play has been an asset to the Lakers all season. In a recent game against Owens Community College, Mairorano’s late game efforts “were instrumental in holding off a very strong Owens surge at the end of the game,” according to Lakeland coach Djuro Peric. The Lakers went on to win that game 2-1, which put them in a tie for second place in the OCCAC.
     Maiorano is a second year player from Whitby, Ontario who attended Father Leo J. Austin School. While at home, he enjoyed volunteering at his former elementary school, helping out the sports teams. He played for the Winstars Soccer Academy and the Darlington U21 Impact Team.
     Last season, he was named the Lakers’ Most Improved Player. He was named to the OCCAC All Conference Second Team and the NSCAA All-Region team. He is majoring in criminal justice/criminology. He intends to pursue a bachelor’s degree.

September 30, 2009
     The team moved into second place in the OCCAC with a 2-1 victory over Cuyahoga Community College. The victory avenged an early season 1-0 loss to the Challengers.
     Miro Pezer scored the team’s first goal on a free kick.
     Dean Miller scored the winning goal with thirteen minutes remaining in the game, off an assist from goalie Antons Trifonovs, who had eleven saves in the contest.
     The Lakers will host Mercyhurst NE on Wednesday, October 7 at 4:00 and will travel to Michigan for two games that weekend.

September 23, 2009

    The Lakers pulled out a victory in a mid-season “must-win” match against Owens Community College.
     The Lakers were coming off a tough home loss to Cincinnati State Community and Technical College. The Surge is gaining attention in the national polls, and the Lakers battled them in a tough match, but fell by an 0-1 score. Goalie Antons Trifonovs had 14 saves in the match.
     However, it appears that two tough back-to-back non-victories (the Lakers previous match was a 3-3 tie at Lorain County Community College) only served to motivate the Lakers.
     The Lakers used a well-balanced offensive attack to take the road game against the always tough Owens Community College. The Lakers won 2-1.
     Miro Pezer scored on an assist by Patrick Sheridan and Dean Miller scored another on an assist by Manuel Conde. Goalie Antons Trifonovs had seven saves.
     However, the game could not have been won without the strong defensive play of Aldo Maiorano. The second year defender took it up another notch late in the game when the Express mounted a strong offensive attack. Maiorano’s strong play prevented the Owens Express from taking a quality shot on goal before time expired.
     A loss would have left the Lakers in the OCCAC cellar, with little hope of recovery. Now the team is in a three-way tie for second place. However, it will take a group effort by all three teams to knock Cincinnati State out of first place.
     The Lakers are now 5-3-1 overall and 1-2 in the OCCAC. Their next game will be a road contest at Cuyahoga Community College on Wednesday, September 30, at 4:30. The Lakers will be looking to avenge an earlier 0-1 loss at the hands of the Crusaders.

September 14, 2009
The 38^th Annual Lakeland Soccer Invitational is in the books. Delta Community College won the event by beating Kellogg Community College 5-0 and Cuyahoga Community College 2-1, the latter in double overtime.
Standings, Scores, Recaps and Awards are listed below.

STANDINGS (Tie-Breaker is goals scored)
1) Delta Community College 2-0

2) Lakeland Community College 1-1
3) Cuyahoga Community College 1-1

4) Kellogg Community College 0-2

GAME SCORES and STATS

Cuyahoga 1 – Lakeland 0

Delta 5 Kellogg 0
Hugo Carmina: one goal, one assist
Luke Ruff: one goal
Stefan Michalsky: one goal
Jorge Thiebaud: two goals
Marco Lezama: two assists
Delta Goalie Jeremy Schermerhorn – two saves

Kellogg Goalie John Morrison – three saves

Delta 2 – Cuyahoga 1 (2OT)
D -- Christopher Thoryk, assisted by Michael Stilson
D – Marco Lezama, unassisted in second OT
C – Jamie James assisted by Andriy Firman

Lakeland 5 – Kellogg 0
Dean Miller: three goals
Juan Aguinaga: one goal
Miro Pezer: one goal
Manuel Conde: three assists
Mario Duvjnak: one assist
LCC Goalie Anons Trifonovs: four saves

AWARDS
All-Tourney Team
Delta: Cameron Thomson, Luke Ruff, Hugo Curmina, Chris Thoryk, Mike Stilson
Lakeland: Manuel Conde, Aldo Maiorano, Antons Trifonovs
Cuyahoga: Mark Angelo and Boban Cancar
Kellogg: Steve Sherman
Most Valuable Player: Luke Ruff, Delta
Best Forward: Hugo Curmina, Delta
Best Halfback: Manuel Conde, Lakeland
Best Defensive Player: Aldo Maiorano, Lakeland

September 9, 2009
     The Lakers are now 3-1 after tallying six goals against Lorain Community College this afternoon.
     Juan Aquinaga led the charge for the Lakers, scoring three goals and adding an assist. Dean Miller, Manuel Conde and Miro Pezer each scored a goal, with Miller and Conde adding two and three assists respectively.
     The defense was solid and new goal keeper Antons Trifonovs only had to defend three shots on goal.
     This weekend the Lakers host their annual soccer tournament. Delta, Kellogg and Cuyahoga Community Colleges will participate. Here is the game schedule:
SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 12
Lakeland vs Cuyahoga @ 1:00 pm

Delta vs Kellogg @ 3:30 pm

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 13

Delta vs Cuyahoga @ 10:00 am

Lakeland vs Kellogg @ Noon

August 31, 2009
     The soccer team opened its season with a split at the weekend tournament at Delta Community College.
     In their opener the Lakers defeated Ancilla College by a 3-1 score. Dean Miller scored two goals while Mario Duvnjak scored the third. Assists were posted by Juan Aquinaga and Miro Pezer, and Miller assisted on Duvnak’s goal. Goalie Sebastian Rodriguez posed eight saves.
     The Lakers dropped their second game 2-1 to Delta. Pezer scored an unassisted goal. Rodrigues has six saves.
     The Lakers host the JV team from Hiram on Wednesday.

Players of the Week

2009-2010 Season Outlook

The 2009–2010 Lakeland soccer team is determined to come back and prove that they are still the best college team in the area, and conference. With the return of seven players from last year, as well as the 2008 OCCAC coach of the year Djuro Peric, the Lakers have a solid foundation of veterans to lead the team and continue to play the style of soccer that Coach Peric has emphasized throughout his winning career.
The expectations for this year’s Lakers are as high as they have ever been, especially with new faces on the coaching front. After three years of assisting coach Peric, Ante Pilekic has moved on to his alma mater Lake Catholic High School, where he has assumed the head coaching position for the boys varsity soccer team.
But with the departure of Pilekic, Coach Peric has brought on two assistants who will continue to lead with enthusiasm and class. Nick Cindric, is the court administrator at Painesville Municipal Court and has spent many years coaching recreational and travel soccer teams. After spending two years at Lakeland, he continued his education at Youngstown State earning his BS in criminal justice. Coach Cindric resides with his wife and two college-age sons in Willowick.
Paul Antonelli is a 2002 graduate of Lakeland, and continued his education at Cleveland State University earning his BS in urban planning. Coach Antonelli now helps run a family business that sells lift and transfer systems for the developmentally disabled and resides in the University Circle area while working on his masters degree at CSU. Both Cindic and Antonelli have played for coach Peric at Lakeland and know the game of soccer. These coaching additions will bring helpful insight and leadership, to compliment Coach Peric’s winning tradition.
The Lakers’ defense returns three starters that will play key rolls in the success of the team this year. Aldo Moriano, a second year starter who was voted to the OCCAC all conference second team last year, will be the cornerstone of the defense. Pedro Ribiero and Miro Pezer both Mentor High standouts will help solidify and bring leadership to the back line. New freshmen defenders include Sebastian Rodriquez, a Venezuelan keeper/defender who will be asked to play a more defensive roll and back up our new starting freshman keeper, Latvian standout, Antons Trifonovs. Freshmen Ben Bernot and David Shook, both Riverside High School grads; Dan Martic (Mentor High) and Steven Collins (Eastlake North High School) will finalize the defense and bring new talent for the Lakers’ back field to build upon.
The midfield features four sophomores, including 2008 standouts Manuel Conde and Juan Aguinaga (Lakeside High School). Conde was voted to the OCCAC all conference first team last year, and both Conde and Aguinaga were both OCCAC academic award winners for the Lakers. These players not only bring leadership on the playing field but are perfect examples on how to be leaders in the classroom as well. Mario Duvnjak and Chris Dunlap (Geneva High School) are well seasoned players that will play multiple rolls to help solidify the midfield and are always a threat to put the ball in the back of the net. New additions to the Lakers’ midfield are Patrick Sheridan (Wickliffe High School) and Daniel Rosbottom, who will bring lightning fast speed and sound fundamentals to the midfield.
The biggest changes to the 2009 Lakers will take place up front. Freshman Dean Miller, a South African scoring sensation will lead the Lakers’ scoring attack with solid speed and ball striking ability. Other new additions to the front line include Robert Ammons, a Cardinal High scoring standout, and Nico Neumann a German striker with a rocket left foot. These freshmen will be extremely helpful to the Lakers and establish a strong foundation for the team, both this year and next.

Recap: Men's Soccer 2008-2009

     The 2008 Lakers Soccer Team was one of the most successful in school history. The team’s overall success was not just limited to the team’s accomplishments on the soccer field (which were impressive); but spread to the classroom and into community.
     The team had an overall record of 12-5-2 and went undefeated (6-0) in the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference. The team advanced to the championship round of the Region XII Tournament, before losing to Schoolcraft 0-1, in a shoot-out.
     Before beginning the lengthy list of soccer awards and honors bestowed on this group of athletes, we would like to highlight some of their other accomplishments.
     Ten of the twenty players on this roster achieved at least a 3.0 GPA during the fall semester, and eight of them did it again in the spring. Manuel Conde had a 4.0 in the fall, while Damir Kuduzovic and Kwesi Peterson each had the perfect GPA in the spring.
     At the close of the academic year, Damir Kuduzovic was named the Outstanding Criminal Justice Student and he is attending Lakeland’s Police Academy in 2009. Kwesi Peterson received the Distinguished Student Service Award for significant contributions to the college and community. Peterson will be continuing his education, and playing soccer, at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts (NCAA, Div. II).
     Two members of the soccer team received the Athletic Department’s Scholar Athlete of the Year Award. Damir Kuduzovic and Luke McCullagh earned the award for demonstrating outstanding academic progress, significant contributions to their team, leadership and character. They had an overall GPA of 3.85 and 3.83 respectively.
     Kwesi Peterson was named Lakeland’s 2009 Male Athlete of the Year. Peterson’s name appears on every list of awards and honors bestowed on this team during 2008. He also was named an All-American by the Nation Soccer Coaches Association of America. He was named the NJCAA player of the week on October 22, and was the top ranked player in the NJCAA’s Region XII. He was a first team All-North Region player.
     Other players who received All-Region honors included John DiAntonio and Mario Pudja who were First Team selections and Manual Conde who was named to the Second Team.
     Additional awards include:

NJCAA DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
Luke McCullagh
NJCAA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
Kwesi Peterson and Damir Kuduzovic

OCCAC AWARDS
TEAM CHAMPIONS - Lakeland Community College
COACH OF THE YEAR – Djuro Peric
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER – Kwesi Peterson
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR – John DiAntonio
MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR – Mario Pudja
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Kwesi Peterson
ALL CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM – Manuel Conde, John DiAntonio, Luke McCullagh, Kwesi Peterson, and Mario Pudja
ALL CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM – Dario Duvnjak and Aldo Maiorano
ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS – Manuel Conde, Luke McCullagh, Kwesi Peterson, Damir Kuduzovic, John D’Antonio and Juan Aquinaga

The following players were named OCCAC Players of the Week during the season:
Week of September 15 – Kwesi Peterson
Week of September 29 – John DiAntonio
Week of October 6 – John DiAntonio
Week of October 6 – Manuel Conde

The Lakers won the 36^th Annual Lakeland Soccer Invitational, posting a 2-1 victory over conference rival Cuyahoga Community College and a 3-1 victory against Illinois Central Community College. This was third consecutive year that the Lakers have won this tournament. The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team: Damir Kuduzovic, Kwesi Peterson, Manuel Conde, Mario Pudja and Tryston Mahoney. Pudja was voted the tournament’s best halfback and Peterson was named the tournament MVP.

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team at the Cuyahoga Community College Tournament: Manuel Conde, John DiAntonio, Aldo Maiorano, Luke McCullagh and Pedro Ribeiro.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Three members of this squad are continuing their soccer careers at four year colleges. Tristan Watson is at the University of Cincinnati (NCAA, Div I); and Kwesi Peterson is at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts (NCAA, Div II.