Nov. 10, 2005

Baltimore, Md. - For the second year in a row, Gabriel Ortega and Rade Kokovic earn first-team All-MAAC status, and in doing so, headline Loyola's five all-conference selections. Joining the junior pair is classmate Danny Wheelan on the second team and freshmen Phil Brierley and Josh Taylor on the all-rookie squad.

Ortega earns first-team honors as a defensive stopper. This season, he has helped the Greyhounds hold opponents to just over one goal per game and a shot percentage of .124. A three-year starter at Evergreen, Ortega garnered All-Rookie honors as a freshman before last season's first-team selection.

Kokovic has led the Greyhounds in assists in each of the past two seasons, tallying 15 total assists during that span of time. This season, he has eight points and a game-winning goal, and is currently third on the team in scoring.

Wheelan is the team's co-captain this season. He scored his first-career game winner back on October 1 and has two goal and two assists to make the all-conference squad as a midfielder.

All-Rookie selections Brierley and Taylor are both defenders and have helped the Greyhounds close the season unbeaten in eight of their final 10 matches. Loyola, 6-2-1 in the MAAC, enters this weekend's conference tournament as the No. 2 seed.

On the All-Academic squad, junior Omar Alfonso was honored for maintaining a cumulative grade point average over 3.2 or higher. Alfonso, an All-MAAC selection in each of first two years at Loyola (including Offensive Player of the Year in 2003), sat out this season with an injury.

2005 First Team All-MAAC Selections
Nicholas Smaldone	Iona	Back
Gabe Ortega 	Loyola	Back
Ben Castor	Marist	Back
Tomislav Rogic	Marist	Back
Sam Bailey	Fairfield	Midfielder
Rade Kokovic	Loyola	Midfielder
Marco Orias	Saint Peter's	Midfielder
Billy Androutsos	Fairfield	Forward
Keith Detelj	Marist	Forward
Matt Stedman	Niagara	Forward
Juan Gaviria	Saint Peter's	Forward
Andrew Frankel	Fairfield	Goalkeeper

Second Team All-MAAC
Ed Meyer	Fairfield	Back
Tom Skara	Fairfield	Back
Mike Troy	Fairfield	Back
Chris DeAbreu	Saint Peter's	Back
Kerr McLeod	Fairfield	Midfielder
Paul Racines	Iona	Midfielder
Danny Wheelan	Loyola	Midfielder
Mark Spooner	Niagara	Midfielder
Aldo Hope	Fairfield	Forward
Javier Escobedo	Manhattan	Forward
Anthony Graci	Marist	Forward
Dan Riverso	Rider	Goalkeeper

All-Rookie Team
Tom Clements	Fairfield	Back
Phil Brierley	Loyola	Back
Josh Taylor	Loyola	Back
Billy Gustafson	Niagara	Back
Chris DeAbreu	Saint Peter's	Back
Mike Lentine	Fairfield	Midfielder
Kerr McLeod	Fairfield	Midfielder
Chris Nacca	Marist	Midfielder
Mike Juska	Rider	Midfielder
Aldo Hope	Fairfield	Forward
Eric Brodfuehrer	Niagara	Forward
Michael DeSimone	Siena	Forward
Jesse Sutherland	Fairfield	Goalkeeper

Offensive Player of the Year
Matt Stedman, Niagara
Defensive Player of the Year
Ben Castor, Marist
Rookie of the Year
Kerr McLeod, Fairfield
Anaconda Sports MAAC Coach of the Year
Dermot McGrane, Niagara