Mid-Atlantic Region

[SierraFD3soccer]

Yeah, absolutely no big surprise as to Rosemont. Has been struggling as primarily a women's college for years. Sad

I think they've been to the NCAAs t least once in the last few years.

FYI, they have a bizarre turf. It is grayish with black lines.

[SierraFD3soccer]

Wowww. HOP is jumping to Ivy.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2025/04/hopkins-to-join-ivy-league-in-2026

[SierraFD3soccer]

Hahahaha

[Kuiper]

Wowww. HOP is jumping to Ivy.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2025/04/hopkins-to-join-ivy-league-in-2026

I like how they used a picture of a stained glass window of the Seal of the University of California for a story about Hopkins going to the Ivy League.  Nice touch for us west coast folks.

[EnmoreCat]

Probably should be in the NESCAC section, but Amherst did something similar:


https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2025/april/breaking-news-from-amherst-college#:~:text=After%20careful%20consideration%20(and%20endless,the%20institution's%20name%20beginning%20today.

I got pulled up pretty quickly about the silent H when I first visited.

[SierraFD3soccer]

Probably should be in the NESCAC section, but Amherst did something similar:


https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2025/april/breaking-news-from-amherst-college#:~:text=After%20careful%20consideration%20(and%20endless,the%20institution's%20name%20beginning%20today.

I got pulled up pretty quickly about the silent H when I first visited.

Would be great for merch sales!! Imagine the revenue especially for a college so, so concerned with using the appropriate language.

[Ejay]

8th Annual Red Card Cancer spring play-day tournament on 4/13:
Rutgers-Camden, Elizabethown, St. Mary's, Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Arcadia, Alvernia, PSU_Harrisburg, Stevenson

[NEPAFAN]

Scranton tied Bloomsburg 0-0. Holy Famiy results pending...

[Kuiper]

Cross posting from the Coaching Carousel thread

Mark Mettrick announces his retirement from Gettysburg

After 11 years on the Gettysburg sidelines and 31 years as a collegiate head coach, Mark Mettrick has announced his retirement, effective at the end of the spring semester.

Mettrick has guided the Bullets' men's soccer program for the last 11 seasons, posting a .590 winning percentage, five Centennial Conference (CC) tournament appearances and two NCAA tournament bids.

The Mount St. Mary's and Loyola head coach for 20 combined years prior to his arrival in Gettysburg posted 316 wins over his 31 years and a .615 winning percentage.

"Mark has always thought deeply about how to effectively connect with his players to find the most impactful way to impart the enduring life skills that the team learns through competitive soccer," Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation Mike Mattia said. "He is aggressive with his tactics on the field but is kind to all and always knows the right time to inject a little humor to lighten the mood when needed. He established a very successful men's soccer alumni network that helps the current team with career counseling, internship opportunities and job placement. Mark has had a positive impact on hundreds of soccer players that he coached throughout his entire career. He will certainly be missed at Gettysburg, and I want to wish him and his family all the best as he starts the next stage of his life."

In Mettrick's 10 seasons with games, Gettysburg logged a record of 93-61-23. The Bullets won at least eight matches in eight of those campaigns.

In his first season at the helm of the Bullets in 2014, Mettrick directed to the Orange and Blue to six more wins than their total from one year earlier, tying the best single-season turnaround in program history. Gettysburg finished the year 9-7-1 and was ranked as high as fourth in the region.

In the fall of 2015, he led the Bullets to an outstanding start as the team cracked the national rankings for the first time in nine years. The team posted a double-digit win total for the first time since 2007 with a 10-5-1 overall record. In 2016, the team went 9-4-3 and posted its first unbeaten record (5-0-3) at home since 1999.

In 2017, the team went 13-5, marking its best win total in 16 years, and qualified for the CC playoffs for the first time in seven years. Mettrick coached five all-conference performers, including CC Player of the Year Patrick Santini '18, who finished fifth in the country in scoring with 20 goals. Santini became the program's first All-American in 19 years when he was named United States Coaches First Team and D3Soccer.com Second Team.
Gettysburg made a run to the CC semifinals in 2019 and qualified for the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time in 18 years. The Bullets opened the NCAA playoffs by shutting out the nation's second-best offense, Oglethorpe University, 5-0. The team spent six weeks ranked among the top 10 teams in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Five Bullets were tabbed all-conference, while three earned regional accolades, marking the program's most all-region honorees since 2007.

His 2021 Bullets' squad posted its best mark in Mettrick's first eight at the helm, recording an overall record of 13-6-2 and advancing to the CC championship game and earning and at-large bid to the NCAA Division III tournament after missing the entire 2020 season due to the pandemic. Six players earned all-conference honors at season's end, including two first-team nods.

The 2022 season saw another conference tournament appearance – the fifth straight for the program – and another six all-conference selections that included the Rookie of the Year in Athi Msiza. The season also brought the team's first top-25 coaches' association national ranking since 2015.

In addition to coaching the first All-American at Gettysburg in nearly two decades, Mettrick coached 12 all-region selections, 37 All-conference honorees, and two CC Rookies of the Year.

Before coming to Gettysburg, Mettrick completed a highly-successful 14-year stint as head coach at Loyola University in Baltimore. He posted a record of 166-84-25 (.649) and guided the Greyhounds to five NCAA Division I Tournament appearances, advancing as far as the Round of 16 in 2001. A native of Manchester, England, Mettrick also coached Loyola to eight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) regular-season titles and four MAAC tournament titles. A five-time MAAC Coach of the Year, he also captured two NCAA Division I Regional Coach the Year awards (2001, 2008) and was a two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Coach of the Year finalist.

Prior to arriving at Loyola, Mettrick served as the head coach at Division I Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md. from 1994-99. He guided the Mount to a record of 57-42-12 to go with a pair of Northeast Conference (NEC) titles and was twice named the NEC Coach of the Year. For his career, Mettrick owns a record of 284-163-44 (.623).

Mettrick played for Manchester United (English Premier League) as a youth and progressed as far as their reserve team before leaving for the States. He was a 1988 graduate of Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., where he was a two-time Division I All-American First Team selection for the Hawks. He remains tied for fourth in school history in career goals (46) and tied for fifth in career points (109).

After graduation, Mettrick was a first-round draft pick by the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). As a midfielder, he would go on to enjoy a solid four-year career with the MISL's Baltimore Blast, earning All-Star accolades in 1992 and twice helping the Blast reach the MISL championship game. He served as assistant men's soccer coach at Mount St. Mary's in 1993 before taking over as head coach the following season.

"I will always be thankful for the opportunity that Gettysburg College gave to me," Mettrick said. "I would like to thank all the players and parents for all their support over the years. I have had the pleasure of coaching some wonderful young men during my tenure and value those relationships. I am truly appreciative of the engaged men's soccer alumni and the alumni council under the leadership of Scott Estill and Matt Rockstroh, who went far and beyond in supporting the players and the program. Lastly a note to the athletic department – I have enjoyed some great relationships with fellow staff and will miss those daily interactions. Thank you, Gettysburg!"

[jknezek]

Cross posting from the Coaching Carousel thread

Mark Mettrick announces his retirement from Gettysburg

Anyone know if Mike Singleton is still looking for a job? That's less than 90 minutes from Towson, one of the areas he posted interest in.