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2007 Dominican College Men's Soccer Season Summary

The Dominican College men's soccer team finished with an overall record of 11-3-5 and a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) record of 8-0-1. After winning their fourth consecutive CACC Regular Season Title, the Chargers earned the top seed in the CACC Tournament.

2007 Dominican College Men's Soccer Season Summary 

The Dominican College men's soccer team finished with an overall record of 11-3-5 and a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) record of 8-0-1.  After winning their fourth consecutive CACC Regular Season Title, the Chargers earned the top seed in the CACC Tournament.

With a first round bye, Dominican faced the fourth seeded Holy Family University Tigers and suffered a tough 1-0 loss to end the Chargers quest for a fourth straight CACC Tournament Title and third straight berth in the NCAA Tournament. 

Senior Jhonny Arteaga led the team with 16 goals and six assists for a total of 38 points.  He netted six game winning goals and led the conference in shots (78), points (38), points- per-game (2.0), goals (16) and game-winning goals (6).  He ranked second in the CACC in shots per game (4.11), assists (6) and third in assists per game (0.32).  He was named the CACC Player of the Year and First Team Selection, to the Daktronics Division II All-New England Region First Team, the Daktronics Division II Men's Soccer All-America First Team and to the NSCAA All-New England Region First Team.

Senior keeper, Robert Kelly, was also a CACC First Team Selection, CACC All-Tournament Team and a Division II Daktronics All-New England Second Team.  He led the conference in goals against average (0.69), save percentage (.857), fifth in saves (84), ninth in saves per game (4.42), third in shut outs (6) and fifth in shut outs per game (0.32). 

Fellow senior Joe Ruesgen and sophomore Joe Wright were also All-CACC First Team selections.  Ruesgen received Daktronics Division II All-New England First Team, while Wright was named to the Second Team.  Junior Diego Barahona was named to the CACC All-Tournament Team.

Head Coach John Campbell was named the CACC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career.

The 2007 men's soccer team will graduate eight players, including five starters.  Coach Campbell is confident with a strong recruiting class, the 2008 Chargers will once again return to the CACC Tournament Championship Game and to the NCAA Tournament.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.