Erie, Pa. - After one of their more successful seasons on the pitch, Mercyhurst Men's Soccer reloads with 18 new players joining the team for the 2023 season.
"We are extremely excited about this class and feel as though we have added a good mix of experience and youth," said Head Coach Ryan Osborne. "We want to continue to build on the momentum we had as a program last year and I think this class will complement our returning group well."
The group of newcomers includes eight transfer students while the other 10 enjoy collegiate play for the first time in their careers. 10 of the newest Lakers come from the states with Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Virginia, and Minnesota being represented by the group while Austria, Ireland, Spain, England, Brazil, and Germany are also being checked off.
"While we have addressed key positional needs, we have also added players who want to embrace our program's standards and expectations on and off the field," said Osborne about his newest players. "We are excited to welcome this class to the Laker family and we look forward to working with them in August."
Mercyhurst focused its efforts more so on the offensive end of the pitch with six of the newcomers listed as forwards while having five midfielders, four defenders, and two goalkeepers rounding out the group. After scoring 1.3 goals per game a season ago, the Lakers look to keep their offense rolling with the depth of their newest faces.
Here is a full list of the newest Lakers:
Andreas Rossak
Forward
Vienna, Austria
Alderson-Broaddus University
Asher Johnson
Midfielder
Waconia, Mn.
Waconia High School
Ben Buckley
Midfielder
Cork, Ireland
Nagle Rice Secondary School
Blaise Liess II
Defender
Woodbridge, Va.
Winthrop University
Cade Wurstner
Midfielder/Forward
Dublin, Oh.
Dublin Coffman High School
Collin Rehwaldt
Defender/Midfielder
Akron, N.Y.
Akron Central High School
Dominic Massaro
Midfielder/Attacker
Lewiston, N.Y.
Lewiston-Porter Senior High School
Evan Ruth
Defender/Midfielder
Wernersville, Pa.
Conrad Weiser High School
Ignacio Gallego
Attacker
Madrid, Spain
Presbyterian College
Jaime Tedaldi
Goalkeeper
Leigh-On-Sea, England
Luis Trapp
Defender
Cologne, Germany
University of Bridgeport
Nicholas Diaz
Attacker
Belpre, Oh.
Belpre High School
Noah Huda
Attacker
Poland, Oh.
Poland Seminary High School
Tega Agberhiere
Defender
Waterford, Ireland
Western Texas College
Zachary Femminineo
Midfielder
Washington Township, Mi.
De La Salle Collegiate High School
Ezekiel Foltz
Goalkeeper
Sioux Center, Ia.
Northwestern College
Felipe Santos
Forward
Salvador, Brazil
D'Youville University
Philipp Strube
Defender
Munich, Germany
Jacksonville College (TX)
