ST. LOUIS – Seven Saint Louis Billikens were named to Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Soccer All-Conference teams, which were released today by the league office.
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Forward
Leo Novaes was voted first-team All-Conference, while midfielders
Devin Boyce and
Matteo Kidd and defender
Kipp Keller were named second-team All-Conference.
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Defender
Mujeeb Murana and goalkeeper
Patrick Schulte joined Keller on the All-Rookie Team. Midfielder
David Viox was named to the league's All-Academic team.
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Novaes led the Billikens in scoring, registering 17 points on six goals and five assists. Three of his scores were game-winning tallies.
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Boyce was SLU's second-leading scorer with five goals and three assists for 13 points. He scored two goals during conference play, both of them game winners.
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Keller, Kidd, Murana and Schulte were major parts of a Billiken defense that yielded just 19 goals, including only four in league play. Keller and Kidd added a goal apiece, with Keller scoring the golden goal in the Billikens' thrilling 2-1 double overtime win in the Bronze Boot game against SIUE.
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Schulte had an impressive freshman campaign in goal. He had a 1.05 goals against average and eight shutouts. He played every minute between the posts except for the Billikens' game at SMU, which he missed as he was with the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team in Slovenia.
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Viox, a senior biology major, scored goals in consecutive games against Marquette and UMass. He maintains a GPA above 3.9.
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