Emory's Del Marmol, Carver & Laycock Earn NSCAA/ Adidas All-South Region Honors

Three members of the ninth-ranked Emory University Men's Soccer Team were honored on Thursday, as Marc Del Marmol and Patrick Carver were named to the NSCAA/ Adidas NCAA Division III All-South Region First Team, while Jonathan Laycock was named to the Second Team.

Del Marmol finished his season with a career-best eight goals and 17 points, including three game-winning goals.  The senior led all Emory players with 11 points in UAA play, and was second in the conference with five UAA goals.  This is the second-consecutive year Del Marmol has earned a nod to an all-region team, after being named to the Second Team in 2007.

Carver earned his second-straight UAA Player of the Year honor earlier in the season, becoming the first Emory men's soccer player to do so.  This season, the senior led the team with 13 goals and 33 points, and moved into second place in school history with 129 career points and 50 points.  Carver, a 2007 all-America First Team selection, is the 13th Eagle to be named to the all-region first team more than once over his career.

This is the first year that the Eagles have placed multiple players on the all-region first team since 2004, when Matthew Levine and Karl Dix both received the honor. 

In his first season between the pipes for Emory, Laycock has emerged as one of the top goalkeepers in the region.   He tied a school record with 16 wins during the season, and broke a 24-year old school record with a 0.47 goals-against average during the year, the ninth-lowest mark in Division III.  Laycock becomes the first Emory goalkeeper to an all-region honor since Derek Marinatos was named to the all-South Region first team in 1998.

The Eagles finished the 2008 season with a 16-2-1 record, with a University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship, and advanced to the round of 16 of the NCAA Division III Tournament.