#18 UNH Men’s Soccer Wins Four America East Major Awards
11/11/2019 1:40:00 PM | Men's Soccer
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Colacci, Bauer, Robles and coaching staff honored.
BOSTON – The No. 18 University of New Hampshire men's soccer team won four of the six America East major awards as announced by the conference on Monday. Senior Antonio Colacci (Bradenton, Fla.) was named the Midfielder of the Year, junior Josh Bauer(Bedford, N.H.) earned Defender of the Year accolades, graduate student Alejandro Robles (Monterey, Mexico) was honored as the Goalkeeper of the Year and the Wildcats received the Coaching Staff of the Year Award.
The No. 1 seeded Wildcats (12-1-3, 5-1-1 America East), who are looking to defend their America East Tournament championship, return to action Wednesday, Nov. 13, when they play an America East Tournament semifinal game versus No. 5 seed UMass Lowell at Wildcat Stadium at 4 p.m. on ESPN+. This will be the third straight year these two teams have played in the semifinals as UNH won last year, 2-0, at Wildcat Stadium, while the River Hawks won 2-1 in Lowell in 2017. UNH won earlier this season on the road by a 4-0 score on Oct. 19.
Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for youth 14 and under and $2 for America East students. Tickets are free for UNH students. Tickets can be purchased at the Whittemore Center box office or by calling (603) 862-4000 or by going here. Visit the America East Championship Central Page.
UNH has outscored its opposition this season by a 33-7 margin. The Wildcats are ranked third in the nation with a 0.416 team goals against average. UNH is 26-1-4 all time at Wildcat Stadium, including a 6-0-1 record this season. UNH won the co-regular season championship earning their second ever regular season title. The Wildcats also won the championship in 2009.
Colacci earns this honor for the first time after just recently being named to the All-America First Team for the second straight season. He has played in 59 career games, posting 11 goals and 15 assists for 37 points. Colacci leads the team this season in goals (6), assists (8) and points (20). His eight assists are 20th in the country. Earlier this season he tied an America East conference game record with four assists versus UMass Lowell. He is a member of the 2019 Hermann Trophy Award Watch List. Last year he was named to the All-Northeast Region First Team. This is the third time a Wildcat has won this award as Chris Wingate won it twice (2015 & 2016). Antonio Colacci
Bauer wins this award for the second straight season as he is only the third player to win the award more than once. He also was just named to the All-America East First Team for the second consecutive year. Bauer has played in 53 career games with eight goals and 10 assists for 26 points. This season he has three goals and five assists for 11 points. He has earned numerous accolades during his career including 2018 second team All-America, 2018 ECAC Defensive Player of the Year, 2018 Most Outstanding Player of the America East Tournament and a member of the 2019 Hermann Trophy Award Watch List. He has also been strong in the classroom as he was just recently named to the America East All-Academic Team. This is the third time a UNH player has won the award as Bauer won it last year and Joe Annese won it in 2009. Josh Bauer
Robles just recently earned All-America East First Team honors. He is 10-1-3 this season with six shutouts. Earlier in the season he was named the America East Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the 1-0 season-opening win versus Boston University at Wildcat Stadium on Aug. 29. Robles recorded a shutout in his debut with the Wildcats. He made two saves to post his first win at UNH. He is second in the nation with a 0.421 goals against average and ninth with a 0.818 save percentage. This is a league-best seventh time a Wildcat has earned this award as Lars Huxsohl (2018), Travis Worra (2013), Colin O'Donnell (2009 & 2010) and Brian Levey (2005 & 2006) all earned this honor. Alejandro Robles
The staff of head coach Marc Hubbard, associate head coach Rich Weinrebe, assistant coach Nick Thompson, goalkeeper coach Dave Williams and director of soccer operations Brad Campion won the Staff of the Year. This is the second time in three years that a staff led by Hubbard won this award as the Wildcats also won it in 2017 along with the 2017 East Region Staff of the Year award. UNH's 0.844 winning percentage this season is ninth in the nation. The staff also led the Wildcats to their second ever regular season championship. Hubbard is 59-21-12 in his five seasons as head coach at UNH including two straight NCAA Tournament appearances and the team winning the 2018 America East Tournament championship for the first time in program history. Rich Weinrebe, Nick Thompson, Marc Hubbard, Brad Campion and Dave Williams
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