Men’s soccer: UCI coach, players earn Big West honors

UC Irvine men’s soccer standouts Jon Spencer and Saul Wolf, who

helped the Anteaters contend for the Big West Conference crown, have

earned top honors on the coaches’ all-conference selections.

Spencer, a senior forward, was named Co-Offensive Player of the Year

with UC Santa Barbara’s Rob Friend, while Wolf a senior, shared Defensive

Player of the Year honors with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Barrymore

Matthews and UC Santa Barbara’s Reuben Bates.

Spencer led the Anteaters in scoring with seven goals and three

assists.

Wolf had three goals and five assists for the Anteaters this season

and anchored a defense that produced a school-record 10 shutouts.

UCI’s George Kuntz was named Coach of the Year after guiding the

Anteaters to a 10-4-6 record, 6-1-3 and a second-place finish in

conference.

UCI junior Scott Bowman (six goals, four assists), as well as senior

teammates Sean Gesell and goalkeeper C.J. Cooper (four shutouts) were

named to the first team.

Freshman Dardo Acuna (11 points), senior Lawrence Smalls (four points)

and junior Frankie Clay represented UCI on the second team, while Chris

Ruiz received honorable mention.