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Former goalie for Starr’s Mill
has big year

University of Dayton men’s soccer goalkeeper, Matt Troop (formerly of Starr’s Mill High School) was named to the Top Drawer Soccer All-Rookie Third Team. The freshman net-minder posted a 1.15 goal against average (fourth in the Atlantic-10). The Dayton Flyers (NCAA Division I) started the season with a senior keeper in the net and had a dismal 0-3-1 record.  Troop was quickly moved to the starting position and turned things around posting a 10-3-0 record. The Flyers finished the season in second place in the Atlantic 10 Conference. 

 Top Drawer Soccer, online at www.topdrawersoccer.com, named its selections for the top three all-rookie teams and had Troop as the third-best rookie goalkeeper in the nation behind Taylor of Penn State and Edwards of Wake Forest. This was Troop’s third award of the season. After his first two starts, Troop was named to the Dayton Marriott Flyer All Tournament Team. Troop was also selected to the Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie Team as seven of his ten wins came in league play.

Troop finished the year with two shutouts – on the road at Duquesne (A-10 Conference Champions) and at home against LaSalle. He also stonewalled Saint Joseph’s for 45 minutes before departing the game after aggravating an earlier injury. He gave up one goal or less in 10 of his 14 appearances.

Offensively, Troop got into the act with an assist against Fordham. His long punt was collected just 30 yards from the opponent’s goal by Omar Jarun (formerly of McIntosh HS). Jarun found a streaking Chris Rolfe (Kettering, OH), who scored the first goal of the eventual 4-1 victory.

The Flyers finished the season 11-7-2 overall and 8-3 in Atlantic 10 play.