Men's Soccer

Azusa Pacific Wins Five PacWest Awards

IRVINE, Calif. – Azusa Pacific completed the first undefeated regular season in PacWest history and earned five awards as voted on by the conference’s head coaches, including a Player of the Year award for Isaac Bawa, who is the second Cougar to win the honor.
 
Along with Bawa, Dave Blomquist, Orlando Lozano, Brendan Fix and Daniel Osei-tutu each earned awards as the Cougars won the PacWest title for the second year in a row. Point Loma’s David Achaerandio also earned an award as the PacWest Newcomer of the Year, while also being named to the All-PacWest first team.
 
Azusa Pacific’s defense, led by Fix, Bawa, Osei-tutu and Lozano, allowed only 13 goals in the 2019 regular season, which is just over half of what they allowed last season en route to the PacWest title. Azusa Pacific recorded eight shutouts this season and had six goals by a one-goal margin. Fix was in the goal for two of those shutouts and had a 0.59 goals against average, which ranks fourth in PacWest history for a single season.
 
Bawa helped Azusa Pacific preserve its perfect record in the 2019 season in their toughest match, which came at home against Hawai`i Hilo. In the final minute of the first overtime period, Bawa scored with a header on a corner kick for the golden goal, which was his first goal of the season. He scored again in the following game and had an assist in the regular-season finale as the Cougars ended Dominican’s seven-match winning streak.
 
Blomquist is the PacWest Coach of the Year for the third time. His peers gave him the award after he led Azusa Pacific to an 18-0-0 record to successfully defend the conference title. The Cougars finished the regular season as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation and earned the No. 1 seed in NCAA Super Region 4.
 
Achaerandio had the third-most goals in the PacWest this season with 15. For a stretch of the season, he was the most dominant forward in the conference. Achaerandio scored nine goals in eight games during the month of October as he helped the Sea Lions to an 11-win season in his first year wearing the green and gold.
 
A total of eight All-PacWest first-team selections are from Azusa Pacific, including three-time All-PacWest honoree Arutro Astorga who had double-digit goals and assists for the second season in a row. The other three-time All-PacWest honoree is Moises Claudio from Notre Dame de Namur after he helped the Argonauts record two shutout victories this season. Dominican’s Luke Raley led the conference in goals with 18 and was named to the first team as well. Hawai`i Pacific’s Gerrit Arzberger and Concordia’s Michael Oakson also merited first-team All-PacWest recognition.
 
2019 PACWEST MEN’S SOCCER AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE YEAR DEFENDER OF THE YEAR GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR
Isaac Bawa
Azusa Pacific
Orlando Lozano
Azusa Pacific
Brendan Fix
Azusa Pacific
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR COACH OF THE YEAR
David Achaerandio
Point Loma
Daniel Osei-tutu
Azusa Pacific
Dave Blomquist
Azusa Pacific
 
2019 ALL-PACWEST MEN’S SOCCER TEAM
Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown/Previous School
FIRST TEAM
David Achaerandio Point Loma F Sr. Madrid, Spain/I.E.S. El Burgo
David Kwinn Azusa Pacific F Jr. Alta Loma, Calif./Alta Loma
James Ndubueze* Azusa Pacific F Jr. Paderborn, Germany/SC Paderborn 09
Luke Raley Dominican F Sr. San Diego/Point Loma
Gerrit Arzberger Hawai`i Pacific M Jr. Munich, Germany/Therese von Bayern
Arturo Astorga** Azusa Pacific M Sr. El Paso, Texas/Canutillo
Danillo Dias Azusa Pacific M Jr. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil/Adn Master
Bruno Pagani Azusa Pacific M Sr. Madrid, Spain/Dharma
Isaac Bawa* Azusa Pacific D So. Accra, Ghana/Wa Senior HS
Moises Claudio** Notre Dame de Namur D Sr. Hawthorne, Calif./Lawndale
Orlando Lozano Azusa Pacific D Jr. Cali, Colombia/La Merced
Michael Oakson Concordia D Jr. Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo
Brendan Fix Azusa Pacific GK Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison
SECOND TEAM
Josiah Romero Holy Names F Sr. San Jose, Calif./Oak Grove
Tim Siegfried** Point Loma F Jr. Osterburken, Germany/Apian-Gymnasium
Fellipe Souza Fresno Pacific F Jr. Juiz De Fora, Brazil/West Hills
Leo Thompson* Biola F Sr. Birmingham, England/Thomas
Arturo Carrillo Contreras Dominican M Sr. Santa Rosa, Calif./Piner
Renan Gomes Azusa Pacific M Jr. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Willy Ospina* Concordia M Sr. Laguna Hills, Calif./Cal State Fullerton
Josh Santillian* Notre Dame de Namur M So. Union City, Calif./Newark Memorial
Jesse Echeverria Azusa Pacific D Jr. Los Angeles/Fairfax
Jacob Eisenberg** Point Loma D Jr. Temecula, Calif./Chaparral
Jake Munivez* Biola D Sr. Anaheim, Calif./Esperanza
Leo Tomasi Azusa Pacific D Jr. Criciuma, Brazil
JD Gunn Biola GK Fr. Panama City, Panama/Wheaton Academy
THIRD TEAM
Gregoire Diep* Azusa Pacific F So. Munich, Germany/FOS Ingolstadt
Hunter Loomis Point Loma F So. Granite Bay, Calif./Granite Bay
Caley Powers Concordia F GS Oak Harbor, Wash./California Baptist
Luke Ryan Concordia F So. Long Beach, Calif./Wilson
Corey Lundeen Point Loma M So. Arroyo Grande, Calif./Arroyo Grande
Noah Mokulehua* Chaminade M So. Waimanalo, O’ahu, Hawaii/Kaiser
Eddie Silverbush Dominican M So. Shingle Springs, Calif./Ponderosa
Anthony Torres* Fresno Pacific M Jr. Fresno, Calif./West Hills
Caesar Angulo Fresno Pacific D So. Downey, Calif./Warren
Curtis Coburn** Chaminade D Sr. Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach
Hunter Finnegan Biola D Sr. Wheaton, Ill./Valparaiso
Jacob Moreno Point Loma D Jr. Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston
Connor McEwen Point Loma GK Sr. El Cajon, Calif./Steele Canyon