Box Score WALTHAM, Mass. – The top-seeded Brandeis University men's
soccer team successfully defended its Eastern College Athletic
Conference (ECAC) Division III New England tournament title today
as the Judges cruised by second-seeded Albertus Magnus College,
8-0, on Gordon Field. Brandeis finishes its season with a 15-5-1
record, while AMC is 17-4-1.
Junior central defensive midfielder Joe
Eisenbies (Hingham, Mass./Hingham) was named the
tournament's Most Valuable Player. Eisenbies led a tremendous team
defensive effort, holding Brandeis's three opponents in the
tournament to a total of nine shots. In all, the Judges outshot
their opponents by a 93-9 margin, including 30-4 today.
Eisenbies helped the Judges set a new school record for a season
with 0.61 shutouts per game – 13 shutouts in 21 contests,
including four in a row to end the season. Of their 15 victories,
13 came by way of the clean sheet, with junior Blake
Minchoff (Fiskdale, Mass./Tantasqua Regional)
finishing with 12 individual shutouts on the season, two shy of the
school record.
Offensively, the Judges were balanced in their scoring today,
with seven different players tallying the eight goals, and five
players accounting for 10 assists. The only multiple-goal scorer on
the afternoon was senior forward Steve
Keuchkarian (Watertown, Mass./Watertown), who notched
what proved to be the game-winning goal just 7:03 into the contest
when he bent a ball from deep along right sideline into the far
left corner of the net. Classmate Theo Terris
(Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle) had the assist on the
play, one of a team-high three on the afternoon. Terris finishes
the season with eight helpers to lead the Judges.
Two other players were involved in three goals today, as senior
forward Alexander
Farr (Nahant, Mass./St. John's Prep) and junior
Lee
Russo (Westford, Mass./Westford Acad.) each had a goal
and two assists. They became the 20th and
21st players in school history with 50 career points.
Farr finished his career in 19th place on the list with
23 goals and six assists for 52 points, while Russo will enter his
senior season tied for 20th with 20 goals and 10 assists
for 50 points. One of the players they passed today was Albertus
Magnus associate head coach and Brandeis Hall of Famer
Frank Raio '84, who had 49 points.
Other offensive highlights for the Judges included a goal and an
assist by junior forward Sam Ocel (No. Attleboro,
Mass./No. Attleboro), two assists by sophomore back
Ben
Applefield (Avon, Conn./Avon) and the first career
goal by senior back David McCoy
(Weymouth, Mass./St. Johns Prep) in the 64th
minute.
Brandeis coach Mike Coven, in his
39th season, has helped guide his team to its fourth
ECAC crown, to go with titles in 1994, 2006 and 2010. They have won
nine-straight ECAC tournament contests dating back to that 2006
crown. The 15 wins by the team this season are the most by a
Brandeis men's soccer team since 1997.