Four Mountain Cats on All-WVIAC Soccer Team; Derik Swope Garners First-Team Honors

11/11/2011

Four Pitt-Johnstown men's soccer players have been named to 2011 All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) Teams, including junior forward Derik Swope (Harleysville, Pa.), who earned first-team honors. In addition, junior forward Zeke buchta (Mount Pleasant, Pa.) and junior defender Eric Grabiak (Scottdale, Pa.) were both named to the second-team, and goalkeeper Mike Cuccaro (Pittsburgh, Pa.) wan an honorable mention choice... (Full WVIAC Release)
Swope, a two-time Second-Team All-WVIAC selection, was named to the first-team in 2011 after tying for the team-lead with 16 points. Swope finished with six goals and four assists for Head Coach Eric Kinsey.
Buchta and Grabiak both earned spots on the WVIAC Second-Team. Buchta, and Honorable Mention choice a year ago, matched Swope's six goals and four assists, while Grabiak had one assist and anchored the Mountain Cats' defense.
Cuccaro rounded out the Mountain Cats on the All-WVIAC Team with an honorable mention selection. Cuccaro, who was nominated for the Daktronics All-Atlantic Region Team, leads NCAA Division II in saves per game (8.8) and is 14th in save percentage (.830).
WVIAC regular season and tournament champion University of Charleston (WV) took home two of the three top conference awards. Senior forward Dion Peters was tabbed the WVIAC Player of the Year for the second time in his career, while first-year Head Coach Chris Grassie was named the WVIAC Coach of the Year.
Wheeling Jesuit (WV) University's Ignacio Fernandez was the WVIAC Freshman of the Year after leading the Cardinals to a spot in the conference tournament's championship match.
The Mountain Cats earned a spot in the WVIAC Tournament for the fifth consecutive year and finished the 2011 season with a 7-9-0 overall record and a 5-4-0 conference record.

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