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Bates' Winchell earns All-NESCAC Honors

Men's College Soccer

November 13, 2008
 

HADLEY, Mass. -- Bates College senior Clark Winchell was named to the NESCAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Second Team, the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced on Thursday.
 

It is the first all-conference honor for Winchell (Waltham, Mass./Rivers School), a four-year starting defender for the Bobcats and a team co-captain. At center back, the 6-foot, 185-pound Winchell led a solid Bates defense in 2008 that allowed 1.33 goals per game, seventh best in the conference -- a number that drops to just 1.08 if one takes out the team's one lopsided loss, a 6-1 decision against Amherst.

Winchell is described by head coach George Purgavie as "consistent, strong and intense," on the pitch. He is Bates' first All-NESCAC back since Eben Sypitkowski '05 in 2004.

Winchell and the Bobcats finished the year at 9-6 overall and 4-5 in conference play. They earned the fifth seed in the NESCAC Championship, where they lost to Williams in the conference quarterfinals.

View the NESCAC Men's Soccer All-Conference release
 

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