Men's Soccer

Men's Soccer Places Five on All-NJAC Squad

POMONA, N.J. (11/1/06) - Juniors Anthony Tuesta (Clifton, N.J.) and Konrad Kruczek (Clifton, N.J.) earned New Jersey Athletic Conference Men's Soccer First-Team honors to head the list of five Cougars on the al-conference squad, as selected by the NJAC coaches and announced by the conference on Wednesday afternoon.

Juniors Damien Serafin (Wallington, N.J.), Thomas Fink (Hamilton, N.J.) and Kyle Crego (Ocean City, N.J.) all earned honorable mention recognition for the Cougars.

The team's leading scorer, Tuesta also earned NJAC Offensive Player of the Year honors, after scoring 13 goals for a team-high 28 points.

A three-time all-NJAC honoree, Kruczek earns first-team honors for the second straight season after earning second-team recognition as a rookie in 2004. A two-time captain, the back scored four goals and added an assist for nine points this season. Playing primarily on defense this season, Kruczek scored the team's lone goal in a 1-1 tie against New Jersey City University. The three-year starter is one of only three players to start every game this season, and the only Cougar to start every game the last two seasons.

Serafin earns his second-straight honorable mention honor after ranking second on the team in both goals (5) and points (13). The midfielder tallied a goal in victories over Rutgers-Newark, Ramapo College and William Paterson University and recorded the assist on the game-winner against The College of New Jersey.

One of only three players to start every game this season, Fink recorded a goal and a pair of assists from his defender position. In the Cougars' regular-season ending victory over William Paterson University, Fink scored his first goal in a Cougar uniform since transferring to Kean this fall.

Crego started every game in goal for the Cougars this season, recording 95 saves while allowing 26 goals. The junior, who was named the NJAC Defender of the Week for the week ending October 1st, ranked third in the conference in saves this season.

The Cougars earned the fourth seed in the NJAC tourney, where they advanced to the semifinals before falling to top-seeded Montclair State University. At 9-7-5, the Cougars await a possible bid to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Metro Region tournament.