Lions land three on All-SAC teams, tabbed eighth in preseason poll

ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Mars Hill men's soccer team was selected eighth in the 2023 South Atlantic Conference Men's Soccer preseason poll, as released by the league today. Three Lions were selected to preseason All-SAC teams.

Peter Plougmand was tabbed as a First Team selection. Jorge Perez Prada was named to the Second Team while Luke Manley was selected to the Third Team.

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2023 Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll

School (First Place Votes) Points

1. Wingate (7) 113
2. Lenoir-Rhyne (2) 101
3. Coker (1) 98
4. Catawba (1) 88
5. Carson-Newman (1) 87
6. Limestone 82
7. Lincoln Memorial 56
8. Mars Hill 54
9. Anderson 49
10. Tusculum 29
11. Newberry 24
12. Emory & Henry 11

2023 SAC Men's Soccer Preseason All-Conference

First Team

F – Peter Plougmand, Mars Hill

F – Sebastia Cerda-Tous, Catawba

F – Mark Radoki, Limestone

F – Adrian Martina, Lenoir-Rhyne

MF – Celestin Blondel, Coker

MF – Pedro Santos, Wingate

MF – Nikola Sotra, Coker

MF – Nic Carsh, Carson-Newman

D – Owen Marshall, Wingate

D – Niclas Wittur, Wingate

D – Oliver Gardner, Lenoir-Rhyne

D – Stefan Roeb, Limestone

GK – Aleksa Janjic, Wingate

Second Team

F – Frederic Benedix, Coker

F – Jorge Perez Prada, Mars Hill

F – Diego Jaramillo, Anderson

MF – Peter Majer, Lincoln Memorial

MF – Kriton Kiousis, Lincoln Memorial

MF – Salano Birch, Catawba

MF – Lucas Goldberg, Anderson

D – Matty Tricker, Coker

D – Harri Rowe, Lenoir-Rhyne

D – Harry McDonnell, Newberry

D – Othmane Chagour, Tusculum

GK – Jasper Rump, Coker

Third Team

MF – Joseph Allerton, Catawba

MF – Michele Di Miele, Tusculum

MF – Lars Schutrups, Tusculum

MF – Ethan Orozco, Newberry

D – Mariano Carpena, Anderson

D – Jacopo Suagher, Catawba

D – Luke Manley, Mars Hill

D – Linus Salomonsen, Tusculum

GK – Zak Stiffler, Catawba