| Men's Soccer
1997 Season Review
The men's soccer team regained the KECC championship title this season by defeating Geneva College and avenging last season's title game loss. The Highlanders, however, saw their streak of three straight trips to nationals broken, as they lost to Green Mountain College (Vt.), 2-1, in the NAIA Northeast Region finals. A highlight on the season was a 2-1 win over NAIA power Birmingham-Southern College that propelled the squad into the nation's top ten. The Highlanders finished the season 16-5-1 and ranked No. 9 in the NAIA. NAIA All-Northeast Region First Team: Aaron Rose, junior (Spencerport, N.Y.); Sanjeev Parmar, sophomore (Campbell, B.C.); Akim Antwi, senior (Kumasi, Ghana). Second Team: Lincoln Acholonu, senior (Warsaw, Poland). Honorable Mention: Nick Konawalik, freshman (Brodheadsville, Pa.); John Toohig, sophomore (Olive Branch, Miss.); Scot Hourston, junior (Campbell River, B.C.); Jeremy John, junior (Mashpee, Mass.); Nigel Fabien, junior (Guapo Village, Trinidad); Stetson Knight, junior (Kingston, Jamaica) KECC All-Conference: Akim Antwi, Sanjeev Parmar, Aaron Rose, Stetson Knight NSCAA NCAA Division II and NAIA New York Regional First Team: Akim Antwi, Sanjeev Parmar NAIA All-American Third Team: Akim Antwi, Sanjeev Parmar. Honorable Mention: Aaron Rose KECC Coach of the Year: Dwight Hornibrook |
| Date | Opponent | Result | Goals (Assists) |
| 30-Aug | DOWLING COLLEGE | L 0-2 | none |
| 5-Sep | Malone College | W 2-1 | John (PK); Rose (Bradley) |
| 6-Sep | Walsh University | W 2-1 | Fabien (Toohig); Fabien (Parmar) |
| 12-Sep | CORTLAND STATE | W 2-1 | Antwi (Rose); Toohig (Knight) |
| 13-Sep | BETHEL COLLEGE | W 6-0 | Antwi (Hourston); Knight (Parmar); John |
| (Acholonu); Earl (John); Parmar; Antwi | |||
| (Strickland) | |||
| 19-Sep | Lindsey Wilson College | L 1-2 (2OT) | Antwi |
| 20-Sep | Baker University | L 0-1 | none |
| 26-Sep | WESTMINSTER COLLEGE | W 4-0 | Vaughn (Knight); Parmar (Antwi); Antwi |
| (Vaughn); Antwi | |||
| 27-Sep | ST. VINCENT COLLEGE | W 8-0 | Knight (Parmar); Parmar (Knight); Knight |
| (Vaughn); Vaughn (Knight); Antwi | |||
| (Parmar); Antwi (John); Antwi (Knight); | |||
| Thomas (Fabien) | |||
| 4-Oct | UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY | W 5-2 | Antwi (Fabien); Knight (Antwi); John (PK); |
| Homecoming | Parmar (Antwi); Knight (John) | ||
| 11-Oct | TEIKYO POST UNIVERSITY | W 2-1 (2OT) | Antwi (Parmar); Cushing (Knight) |
| 15-Oct | ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE | W 7-1 | Knight (John); Parmar; Parmar (Knight); |
| Bradley (Antwi); Parmar (Antwi); Cox | |||
| (Knight); Fabien (John) | |||
| 17-Oct | Geneva College | W 3-1 | Antwi (Vaughn); Parmar (Knight); John |
| (PK) | |||
| 18-Oct | Point Park College | W 4-1 | Knight (Vaughn); Antwi (Acholonu); |
| Bradley (Antwi); Parmar | |||
| 22-Oct | Roberts Wesleyan College | W 3-1 | Knight; Antwi (Knight); Acholonu (Knight) |
| 25-Oct | BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE | W 2-1 | Thomas (Herman); Knight (Antwi) |
| 31-Oct | BROCKPORT STATE | W 4-3 (OT) | Knight (Bauda); Antwi (John); Acholonu |
| (Vaughn); Antwi (Knight) | |||
| 1-Nov | Elmira College | L 2-3 | Antwi (Bradley); Bradley (Konawalik) |
| 4-Nov | WESTMINSTER - KECC Semi-Finals | W 4-0 | Antwi; Antwi (Vaughn); Antwi (Acholonu); |
| Vaughn (Knight) | |||
| 8-Nov | GENEVA COLLEGE - KECC Finals | T 1-1 (7-6 SO) | Own goal; Scot Hourston (PK in shootout) |
| 14-Nov | TEIKYO POST UNIVERSITY | W 5-1 | Acholonu (Antwi); Acholonu (Parmar); |
| NAIA Northeast Region Semi-Finals | Bradley (Knight); Knight (Toohig); Antwi | ||
| (John) | |||
| 15-Nov | GREEN MOUNTAIN | L 1-2 | Antwi (Vaughn) |
| NAIA Northeast Region Championship |
1997 Season Statistics
| No. | Player | Yr. | Pos. | Hometown | Goals | Assists | Points |
| 2 | Bauda, John | Jr | D | West Seneca, N.Y. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | John, Jeremy | Jr | MF | Mashpee, Mass. | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Toohig, John | So | D | Olive Branch, Miss. | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Cushing, Wil | So | M | Delmar, N.Y. | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Parmar, Sanjeev | So | M | Campbell River, B.C. | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 8 | Knight, Stetson | Jr | ST | Kingston, Jamaica | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| 9 | Rose, Aaron | Jr | D | Spencerport, N.Y. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Hourston, Scot | Jr | D | Campbell River, B.C. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Thomas, Nathan | Jr | ST | Jackson, N.J. | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Swenson, Brad | Jr | M | Samarinda, Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Barber, Joel | Sr | D | East Aurora, N.Y. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Antwi, Akim | Sr | ST | Kumasi, Ghana | 22 | 7 | 51 |
| 17 | Cox, Mike | So | D | Quito, Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Earl, Matt | Sr | ST | Newark, N.Y. | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Hanna, Clay | So | ST | Virginia Beach, Va. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Acholonu, Lincoln | Sr | D | Warsaw, Poland | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 21 | Fabien, Nigel | Jr | M | Guapo Village, Trinidad | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 22 | Vaughn, Jeff | Fr | ST | Plano, Texas | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 23 | Bradley, Todd | Fr | ST | Solon, Ohio | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 24 | Strickland, Jeremiah | Jr | MF | Clarence, N.Y. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Bacheller, Jonathan | Fr | ST | Wheaton, Ill. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Herman, Matt | Fr | D | Ontario, N.Y. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Baruffi, Seth | So | ST | Vineland, N.J. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | Konawalik, Nick | Fr | G | Brodheadsville, Pa. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| HOUGHTON TOTALS | 67 | 56 | 190 |
| No. | Goalkeeper | Yr. | Hometown | Games | GA | SO | Ave. |
| 0 | Mayhle, Tim | Fr | Houghton, N.Y. | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1.33 |
| 1 | Konawalik, Nick | Fr | Brodheadsville, Pa. | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1.11 |