Mitchell, Sanner selected to All-Conference Teams, Mars Hill slated in 7th

ROCK HILL, S.C.- Mars Hill University garnered 38 points to finish in seventh place in SAC preseason polling, as revealed early Monday morning.  Junior defenseman Oscar Mitchell was named to preseason First Team All-Conference.  Senior forward Stian Sanner landed on Second Team.

The Lions' finished seventh last season in the conference with a record of 4-6-1, picking up conference victories against Catawba, Carson-Newman, Queens, and Lincoln Memorial.  They boasted an impressive 5-2-1 home record.

Mitchell was sixth on the team in shots (12) and sixth in team scoring with two goals and two assists.  He started in fifteen-of-sixteen contests.

Sanner posted five goals and two assists during eleven conference games last season which landed him second overall in team scoring.  He paced the offense versus other conference foes with eleven of his eighteen shots finding their way on goal.

Defending conference champions Wingate hold the top spot after receiving ten first-place votes.  Tusculum (1), Lenoir-Rhyne, Lincoln Memorial, and Catawba round out the top five.

Posted below are the full standings in the preseason poll as well as the complete list of first and second team All-Conference teams.

2017 SAC Men's Soccer Preseason Poll School (first-place votes)

1. Wingate (10) 100
2. Tusculum (1) 86
3. Lenoir-Rhyne 82 
4. Lincoln Memorial 76
5. Catawba 58
6. Carson-Newman 47
7. Mars Hill 38
8. Queens 37
9. Coker 36
10. Anderson 29
11. Newberry 12 

 

2017 Preseason All-League First Team All-Conference

F – Ismael Noumansana, Lenoir-Rhyne 

F – Elma N'For, Wingate 

F – Jon Ander, Wingate 

F – Victor Peres, Lincoln Memorial

MF – Marc Fernandez, Lenoir-Rhyne 

MF – Jens Roessler, Lenoir-Rhyne

MF – Danilo da Silva, Lincoln Memorial 

MF – Tom Read, Carson-Newman 

D – Georgios Charkoutsakis, Tusculum 

D – Oscar Mitchell, Mars Hill 

D – Vicente Munoz, Wingate 

D – Damian Gaona, Wingate  

GK – Pablo Jara, Wingate 

 
Second Team All-Conference

F – Stian Sanner, Mars Hill

F – Jacob Simonis, Coker

F – Aladdin Elfares, Coker

F – Andreas Kvam, Tusculum

MF – Henrique Rezek, Lincoln Memorial

MF – David Fairgrieve, Wingate 

MF – Mateo Correa, Wingate

MF – Ivan Andabak, Tusculum 

D – Ronaldo de Jesus, Lincoln Memorial

D – Pau Peiro, Tusculum

D – Josh Calabria, Anderson

D – Claus Lehland, Newberry

GK – Joe Boyd, Carson-Newman