[NCAA DIVISION III MEN] Jay Martin became the winningest men’s coach in NCAA history as he picked up his 608th careerwin in Ohio Wesleyan’s 2-1 win over Calvin in the NCAA Division III men’s final on Saturday night at the Blossom Soccer Complex in San Antonio, Texas.
The Battling Bishops, who earned theprogram’s second national title, got goals from Travis Wall and Paolo Bucci.
Martin, whose career recordnow stands at 608-115-49, surpassed Joe Bean, who previously held the record after compiling 607 wins from 1962-2006 at Quinnipiac, Bridgeport and Wheaton(Ill.).
“It means I’m old, it means I’ve been coaching a long time, it means that there have been great players at Ohio Wesleyan over the 35 years I’ve been here,” said Martin, in his35th season with the Battling Bishops. “I’m proud that I’ve done something that no one else has, and that’s kind of cool.”
FINAL:
Dec. 3 in San Antonio, Texas
Ohio Wesleyan 2 Calvin 1. Goals: Wall(Bucci) 39, Bucci (unassisted) 41; Travis Vegter (Willis) 51.
Ohio Wesleyan — Hendricks, Stone, Miller, Witkoff, Bonfini, Bloecher, North, Wall, Stegner,Stanton, Shadoan. Subs: Eganhouse, O’Keefe, Dodrill, Bryant, Bucci, Jacobi.
Calvin — Dolan, S.Broekhuizen, Heethuis, Holtrop, Ahearne, Nance, Bushhouse,Murray, Tyler Vegter, Nederhoed, Willis. Subs: J. Broekhuizen, Travis Vegter, Honeycutt, Duratovic, Wassink.
Att.: 579.
SEMIFINALS:
Dec. 2 in San Antonio, Texas
Ohio Wesleyan 4Montclair State 0.
OWU: Jon Stegner (Matt Shadoan; Matt Bonfini) 16
OWU: Travis Wall (unassisted) 31
OWU: Tyler Bryant (Paolo Bucci) 37
OWU: Matt Bonfini (unassisted)54
Calvin 4 Oneonta State 2.
OSU: Jeff Christian (Gary Laronde) 7
CAL: Brad Heethuis (Sean Broekhuizen) 10
CAL: Travis Vegter (DanNederhoed) 28
CAL: Brad Wassink (Joe Broekhuizen) 34
CAL: Travis Vegter (unassisted) 76
OSU: Daniel Josepher (unassisted) 86
Att.: 484.