L-10 soccer all-conference
The Little Ten Conference soccer coaches met on Wednesday, October 21, to select the 16 member all-conference soccer team. Players selected are listed below.
**Denotes a unanimous selection
Somonauk (6-0)—Conference champion, Conference Tournament runner-up
**Nick Erasmus (Sr)—F/MF…15 goals, 8 assists; 28 goals and 26 assists for career; Team captain; All sectional selection; Repeat unanimous all-conference
**Nathan Pyle (Sr)—MF…7 goals, 8 assists; 22 goals and 20 assists for career; Team captain; All-sectional honorable mention selection
Eric Green (Sr)—GK…4 shutouts, .66 GAA in conference games; Three-year starter with 30 career shutouts
Mark Skupien (Sr)—F…16 goals, 11 assists; 22 goals and 22 assists for career; Team captain
Earlville-Leland (5-1)—Conference runner-up, Conference Tournament champion, IHSA Class 1A Regional champion
**Trevor Becker (Sr)—D…2 goals, 2 assists; Team Captain
**Ryan Hardin (Sr)—F/MF…19 goals, 11 assists; Team Captain
**Dan Heath (Sr)—F/MF…18 goals, 12 assists; Team Captain
**Brad Nordlund (Sr)—D…2 goals, 1 assist; Team Captain
Hinckley-Big Rock (4-2)—Third place conference, Third place conference tournament
**Brian Michaels (Sr)—D…Three year starter at sweeper; Third time all-conference, twice a unanimous selection
Lee Klein (Jr)—MF…Two year varsity starter in midfield
Justin Salazar (JR)—GK…Three year varsity player; 13 shutouts in last two years
Indian Creek (3-3)
**Matt Kyler (Jr)—D…Team Captain; Three year starter; Team’s best defender
**Bret Ostrom (So)—MF…Team leader in goals and assists; Team MVP
Serena (2-4)
**Kevin Kreinbrink (Sr)—F…Team leader in scoring; Team captain; Three year starter
**Trevor Milam (Sr)—D…Top defender; four year starter
Paw Paw (1-5)
Brandon Safranek (Jr)—MF…14 goals, 17 assists; 23 goals and 27 assists for career; Team MVP; All Sectional selection
Newark (0-6) had no players selected.
Season Notes
--Somonauk won the conference title for only the second time in program history. The other conference title came in 1989.
--Earlville-Leland won the conference tournament for the fourth straight year. Only one other program (Hinckley-Big Rock 2000-2003) has won four straight tournaments. No program has won five straight.
--Earlville-Leland won the Hinckley-Big Rock Class 1A Regional, defeating H-BR (1-0) and Somonauk (3-0) in the process. The Red Raiders advanced to the finals of the Princeton Class 1A Sectional, where they lost to Rockford Keith 5-3.
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