TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology men's soccer team swept the three major awards from
the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and eight players
were named all-league in results released today.
Junior Rhys Evans (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake
Bluff) was named HCAC Player of the Year, Sean Helliwell
was named league Coach of the Year, and Clint Vatterrodt
(Bloomington, Ill./ University) earned Freshman of the Year
accolades.
Rose-Hulman's effort included five first-team
all-league selections. Sophomore Corbin Clow
(Martinsville), Evans, senior goalkeeper Isaac Heyveld
(Peoria, Ill./Dunlap), junior John Hollingshead (St.
Peter's, Mo./Lutheran) and senior Trevor Miller (Okemos,
Mich.) claimed first-team accolades.
In addition, junior Cameron Hazel (Danville,
Ill./Schlarman), sophomore Eric Myers (Indianapolis/Mount
Vernon) and sophomore Joe Salisbury (Fort
Wayne/Homestead) claimed second-team honors.
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Sean Helliwell -- 2008 Men's Soccer
Coach of the Year |
Evans ranked second in the league with 10 goals
and 22 points to pace Rose-Hulman's 40-goal performance on
offense this season. The mechanical engineering major
stands sixth in school history with 21 career goals and had a
season highlight with all three goals in a 3-0 victory at Mount
St. Joseph.
Evans became the third consecutive Rose-Hulman
player to earn HCAC Player of the Year honors in men's soccer.
Yaw Aning earned the award in 2006, with Matt Trowbridge
capturing the top award in 2007.
Helliwell led the Engineers to their first
regular season conference title and the first NCAA Division III
Tournament appearance in school history in his first year at the
college. The Engineers will debut in the NCAA Tournament
with a Friday night match against Dominican University that will
be broadcast on WMHD-FM 90.7 beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Vatterrodt ranked third on the Engineers with 16
points on six goals and four assists. He had two goals in
a victory over Bluffton and had three game-winning goals among
his six scores.
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Clint Vatterrodt - 2008 HCAC
Freshman of the Year |
The first team honorees also included Clow,
Heyveld, Hollingshead and Miller. Clow scored eight goals
with 19 points to rank second on the Engineers in offense.
His efforts included two goals against Franklin and Finlandia,
and a direct hand in both HCAC Tournament scores by the
Engineers. The mechanical engineering major scored the
lone goal in the HCAC title match.
Heyveld holds single-season and career school
records for goals against average. The computer science
major has a 0.66 goals against average and a record of 14-2-2 in
net this season. His school records also included eight
shutouts and a 0.76 goals against average in his career.
Hollingshead was one of two Engineer to start all
21 matches this season. The mechanical engineering major
helped lead a defensive unit that allowed just 21 goals in 21
matches and will enter the NCAA Division III Tournament on a
streak of five consecutive shutouts.
Miller is tied for the team lead with four
assists and has tallied career totals of 15 goals, 14 assists
and 44 points at Rose-Hulman. He recorded two assists
against Finlandia and has started 58 matches in his Fightin'
Engineer career.
Hazel, Myers and Salisbury claimed second-team
honors for Rose-Hulman. Hazel started 18 games at defender
to help key the team's efforts in the back, Myers had one goal
and two assists with 18 starts at defender, and Salisbury scored
one goal with four assists as a key member of the defensive
midfield.
Rose-Hulman plays in a quad of four teams at the
Loras Regional as part of the 58-team NCAA Division III Men's
Soccer Tournament this weekend. Loras and Greenville will
also square off on Friday, with the winners playing at 8 p.m.
Eastern time on Saturday in a second-round contest.
