Men’s Soccer Lands Two on All-Conference Teams

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis men's soccer players David Zalzman and Ben Roberts have been named Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference as announced by the conference Wednesday morning.

The Tigers also received recognition for earning the AAC Team Academic Excellence Award, which is awarded to the highest team grade-point average in the league.

This is the first time both players have received all-conference recognition. Zalzman has now competed for the Tigers for two seasons while this is Roberts' first season in a Memphis uniform.

Zalzman, a midfielder, led the Tigers in 2017 with seven points on two goals and three assists. In the double-overtime tie on the road at UMKC, Zalzman scored his first collegiate goal on a successful penalty kick in the final minutes of regulation to force overtime. Against UCA on Oct. 18, Zalzman's goal proved to be the game-winner in the 1-0 shutout. He finished the season starting in all 14 matches in which he played.

Roberts, along with Zalzman, led the Tigers with two goals this season including the game-tying goal with nine seconds remaining to force the Temple match into overtime. His first collegiate goal game in the win at Cincinnati. Roberts started in all 15 matches in which he played.

For more information on the Memphis men's soccer team, follow the Tigers on Facebook at /MemphisSoccer and on Twitter and Instagram at @MemphisMSoccer.

2017 American Men's Soccer Awards
Offensive Player of the Year
Matias Pyysalo, UCF

Defensive Player of the Year
Jordan Cano, SMU

Midfielder of the Year
Mauro Cichero, SMU

Goalkeeper of the Year
Michael Nelson, SMU

Rookie of the Year
Adrian Billhardt, USF

Coaching Staff of the Year
SMU

Team Academic Excellence Award
Memphis

Team Fair Play Award
UCF

First Team All-Conference
Cal Jennings, F, So., UCF
Matias Pyysalo, M/F, UCF *
Yoni Sorokin, M, Fr., UCF
Jacob Hauser-Ramsey, B, Jr., UConn *
Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, Jr., UConn *
Adrian Billhardt, F, Fr., USF
Ricardo Gomez, M, Sr., USF
Jordan Cano, B, Sr., SMU *
Mauro Cichero, M, Sr., SMU *
Garrett McLaughlin, F, So., SMU *
Michael Nelson, GK, R-Sr., SMU
Divin Fula Luzolo, B, Sr., Temple

Second Team All-Conference
Hattabiou Barry, M, Fr., UCF
Louis Perez, M, Fr., UCF
Andreas Steineger, B, Jr., UCF
David Sanz, M, So., Cincinnati
Dylan Greenberg, B, R-Sr., UConn
Scott Levene, GK, R-Sr., UConn
Ben Roberts, B, So., Memphis
David Zalzman, M, Jr., Memphis
Jared Rice, B/M, Sr., SMU
Alan Camacho Soto, F, Fr., Temple
Thibault Candia, F, So., Temple
Rollie Rocha, M, Sr., Tulsa

All-Rookie Team
Hattabiou Barry, M, UCF
Louis Perez, M, UCF
Yoni Sorokin, M, UCF *
Josh Burnett, M, UConn
Blaise N'Gague, M, UConn *
Adrian Billhardt, F, USF *
Josue Monge, M, USF
Talen Maples, B, SMU
Alan Camacho Soto, F, Temple *
Darri Sigthorsson, B, Temple
Joe Ruiz, M, Tulsa

[*] denotes unanimous selection
Ties are not broken

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