# Ineligible for 2016 ASC Championship / NCAA Tournament (NCAA Div. An automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship will be on the line.ĪSC Men's Soccer Preseason Players of the Yearĭefense: Michael Vargas, Sr., GK, Hardin-Simmons The ASC Championship is scheduled for November 3, 5-6 and will be hosted at the site of the men's No. ![]() The 2016 season will get underway Thursday, September 1 as all 12 ASC teams take the field in their season openers. Fourteen of the 33 players submitted are returning all-conference selections including five award winners. The list is composed of up to three players from each institution nominated by the head coaches. Thirty-three student-athletes were named to the ASC Men’s Soccer Players to Watch List. Against ASC teams, Vargas led the conference in save percentage (.889) and shutouts (4), and ranked second in goals against average (0.64) and was fifth in saves (48). Winners of two out of the last three ASC championships and nine overall, the Cowboys return senior Michael Vargas, the ASC Goalkeeper of the Year. Hardin-Simmons (8-6-2 / 5-3-1 ASC) received 179 points and one first-place vote in the preseason poll for a place third-place ranking. Fernandez led the Patriots with nine goals including five game-winners and Pereira scored five goals last season including the first three on the year for the Patriots. The Patriots return junior Leandro Cid Fernandez, the ASC Midfielder of the Year, and sophomore forward Lucas Pereira, the ASC Freshman of the Year. UT Tyler was the only team to go undefeated against conference members and finished as the ASC runner-up. Coach Kenny Jones was named ASC Coach of the Year after leading the Patriots to the regular season title. UT Tyler (10-3-3 / 7-0-1 ASC) came in at a close second in the preseason poll collecting 224 points and eight first-place votes. Konstanty anchored a Comets’ defensive unit that allowed just six goals in conference play and five of their seven wins over ASC teams were shutouts which tied for first in the ASC. ![]() Meyer led the conference in shots (34), tied for first in points (16) and ranked second in goals (7) in matches against ASC teams. ![]() UTD returns junior forward Danny Meyer, the ASC Offensive Player of the Year, and senior defender Sam Konstanty, the ASC Co-Defensive Player of the Year. UTD recorded its second straight 7-1-1 mark against conference opponents and has won the most overall games in each of the last three seasons. Coach Jason Hirsch and the Comets enter the season as the defending ASC champion and made their second consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament. UT Dallas (15-4-3 / 7-1-1 ASC) recorded 233 points in the preseason poll and received 13 out of a possible 22 first-place votes. UT Dallas junior forward Danny Meyer and Hardin-Simmons senior goalkeeper Michael Vargas were named the ASC Offensive and Defensive Preseason Players of the Year, respectively. RICHARDSON, Texas – UT Dallas has been picked to win the 2016 American Southwest Conference Men's Soccer championship after a vote of the league's head coaches and sports information directors, the ASC office announced Tuesday (Aug.
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