Westfield, Mass. — Mayele Malango of Salem State is the 2017 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Player and Rookie of the Year and headlines the All-Conference Team as voted on by the coaches from around the league.

 

The freshman from Lowell, Mass. helped the Vikings to a perfect 7-0 mark during conference play and the top seed in the MASCAC Tournament. During the regular season, he led the conference in goals with 16 and totals points with 41. He also registered nine assists, 55 total shots and four game-winning goals. He ended the season with the third most goals in Salem State history by a freshman and second most points by a freshman, fourth overall in school history.  

 

He had two games this season where he registered five points on two goals and an assist. First, was the win over Emerson and then he did it a second time in the win over Massachusetts Maritime. He was named the MASCAC Men’s Soccer Player of the Week twice this season and Rookie of the Week five times. 

 

In his first year at the helm for the Vikings, Matt Correia was named the 2017 Champion’s Choice Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year after leading the team to a perfect conference record and the top seed in the tournament.  

 

Joining Malango on the 2017 MASCAC First Team is Framingham State’s Isaac De Souza and Ken Stahovish, Massachusetts Maritime’s Adam Crawford and Mick Rouette, Salem State’s Nahuel Aligbay, Chris Jiminez, Dominique Panmo, Xavier Polanco and Grace Dos Santos and Worcester State’s Matthew Dent.

 

Landing on the 2017 MASCAC Second Team is Bridgewater State’s Filipe Gomes, Kane Moran and Nate Morgado, Framingham State’s Eric Amoateng and Johance Liverpool, MCLA’s Oscar Castro. Massachusetts Maritime’s Ben Paine and Worcester State’s Ryan Almeida, Bryan Brasil, Momodou Kabareh and Etjon Rapi.