Men’s Soccer Season Recap

Record
15-3-3

History & Records

Season Milestones

• The Cougars advanced to the NAIA National Semifinals for the third-straight season.
• CC finished the conference schedule with no losses for the fifth-straight season.
• Head Coach John Klein picked up career win No. 300 (men’s only) with the win against (11) Lindsey Wilson in the NAIA Opening Round Final.
• Columbia went 4-2-1 on the season against ranked or receiving votes teams.
• Joey Spotanski moved into the top five in CC history with 84 career games played.
• Liam Gibbs racked up 10.5 shutouts which is the 4^th most in a single season in CC history. He now has 17.5 for his career which ranks him 3^rd all-time.

Awards

• Academic All-AMC
  • Augusto Camara, Cameron Davis, Liam Gibbs, Nick Grabner, Tijan Lambert, Carson Linder, Logan Mangrum, Steven Marion, Charles Norman, Anthony Sobolevsky, Emmanuel Somule, Joey Spotanski, Aaron Fernandez
• AMC Freshman of the Year
  • Ethan Blake
• AMC Newcomer of the Year
  • Diego Navia
• All-AMC First-Team
  • Diego Navia, Nick Brandt, Jackson Schrum, Charles Norman, Aaron Fernandez, Liam Gibbs
• NAIA All-America
  • Aaron Fernandez, Second-Team
  • Liam Gibbs, Second-Team
  • Diego Navia, Honorable Mention
• AMC Champions of Character Team
  • Anthony Sobolevsky
• AMC Offensive Player of the Week
  • Joey Spotanski
• AMC Defensive Player of the Week
  • Liam Gibbs (Three Times)
• NAIA National Championship All-Tournament Team
  • Liam Gibbs, Nathan Durdle

NAIA Ranking Tracker

AMC Tournament Results

• Lost to Hannibal-LaGrange, 2-1

NAIA National Championship Results

• Opening Round
  • Defeated Point (Ga.), 3-0
  • Defeated (11) Lindsey Wilson, 3-0
• Final Site
  • Defeated Marymount California, 2-0
  • Defeated (2) Oklahoma Wesleyan, 2-1
  • Lost to (3) Mobile (Ala.), 2-1

Best Results

• Defeated then-RV William Penn (Iowa), 3-0
• Defeated then-RV Grace (Ind.), 5-0
• Defeated then-No. 11 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 3-0
• Defeated then-No. 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan, 2-1

Team Leaders

• Goals
  • Joey Spotanski – 9
  • Nathan Durdle – 7
  • Jackson Schrum – 5
• Assists
  • Nick Brandt – 7
  • Carter Redford – 6
  • Charles Norman – 5
• Points
  • Joey Spotanski – 20
  • Nathan Durdle – 14
  • Nick Brandt – 11
• Saves
  • Liam Gibbs – 53