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Six Tigers named All-ASC
MARSHALL, Texas (11/11/08) – Six ETBU student-athletes have been voted to the 2008 All-American Southwest Conference Men’s Soccer team released Tuesday by the conference office.
The Tigers (7-7-3) had no players voted to the first-team, but four were included on the second- and third-teams, and two more were named honorable mention.
Earning second-team All-ASC recognition was junior midfielder Carlos Ortega (North Richland Hills, TX), who finished with two assists on the season. It was Ortega’s third selection to the All-ASC team in three seasons, the last two at ETBU.
Named to the third-team was senior midfielder David Zaldivar (Mt. Pleasant, TX), a team captain who also had two assists on the season. Senior forward Erik Romero (Henderson, TX) scored a team-high five goals and added three assists to earn third-team honors, while junior keeper Zane Barnes (Lufkin, TX) was named third-team after posting a team-high 70 saves on the season.
Junior defender Ryan Collins (Tyler, TX) and junior midfielder Juan Olua (Port Arthur, TX) were named honorable mention all-conference to round out the ETBU selections.
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