FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 31, 2006

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. - Monmouth University junior Daniel Schenkel (Campo Verde, Brazil) was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Men's College Team of the Week, on Tuesday afternoon.

Schenkel registered two shutouts over the week, increasing his league-leading total to 11 matches in 2006. The 11 blanks also sets a new school-record, as the Hawks posted 10 shutouts during last year's run to the NEC Championship game. Schenkel topped Art Satterwhite's record on Sunday, when the goalkeeper made three saves in a 1-0 win over Sacred Heart.

Schenkel, who ranks seventh in the nation in goals against average, is also in the top-ten in save percentage (.870).

The junior earned his tenth shutout on Friday, as the #15-ranked Hawks battled to a scoreless double overtime draw against Fairleigh Dickinson.

Monmouth, which earned its second straight Northeast Conference regular season title on Sunday, returns to action on Friday, November 3, when the Hawks host Robert Morris in the first NEC semifinal, a rematch of last season's title game.


TOP DRAWER SOCCER MEN'S COLLEGE TEAM OF THE WEEK:
Week ending October 29, 2006
GOALKEEPERS:
Doug Deveraux, Fordham
Nick Noble, West Virginia
Daniel Schenkel, Monmouth

DEFENDERS:
Omar Gonzalez, Maryland
Jon Leathers, Furman
Matt Otte, Providence
Jamil Roberts, Santa Clara
Casey Spiess, St. Louis

MIDFIELDERS:
Corey Ashe, North Carolina
Michael Clegg, Cal State Northridge
Matthew Dallman, Portland
Steve Kalan, Akron
Alexander Volk, Northeastern

FORWARDS:
Eric Anton, Colgate
Javier Ayala-Hil, California
Riley O'Neill, Kentucky
Adam Sternberger, Rutgers
Randi Patterson, UNC Greensboro


Photo by David Schofield

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