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2016 Men's Soccer

1 Eric Hintz

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown South Windsor, Conn.
  • Highschool South Windsor

Biography

  • Four-Year letterwinner as a goalie for the Royals, starting 73 matches
  • One the best goalkeepers in program history, ranking all-time in the following: Third All-Time in Career Goals against Average (0.92); Tied for Fourth in Career Shutouts (24), Third All-Time in Fewest Goals Allowed (66)
  • Made 212 Career Saves
  • Had a career record of 42-20-10

Senior Year (2016)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Started 19 matches, logging over 1,500 minutes of action in net for Scranton
  • Allowed just 16 goals for a goals against average of 0.92, making 55 saves, for a 77.5 percent save percentage
  • Recorded five shutouts, as Scranton did not allow a goal in their first four matches of the year
  • Made seven saves, a career-high at the time, in Scranton's 1-0 win over Gettysburg on Sept. 3
  • Had a career-best eight saves at Lycoming on Sept. 17

Junior Year (2015)

  • Started all 20 matches the Royals played in on the year in between the pipes, logging over 1,700 minutes in net (1744:49)
  • Made 57 saves and posted a goals against average of 0.98, posting six shutout victories throughout the course of the year
  • Snagged six saves - a season-high - against Wilkes on Sept. 30, helping Scranton secure a 4-0 victory
  • Had back-to-back five save contests in the NCAA Tournament, preserving a shutout 2-0 win for the Royals against UMass-Boston in the First Round
  • Had an end of the season save average of 75 percent, allowing just 19 goals overall

Sophomore Year (2014)

  • Started 17 games in goal, posting a record of 8-6-3 with eight shutouts.
  • Had a goals-against average of 1.04 with a .757 save percentage.
  • Posted shutouts in win over Neumann (2-0, Aug. 30), William Paterson (1-0, OT, Sept. 7), Misericordia (0-0, 2OT, Sept. 16), Susquehanna (1-0, Sept. 27), Juniata (2-0, Oct. 4), Drew (1-0, Oct. 8), Moravian (0-0, 2OT, Oct. 22), Elizabethtown (0-0, Nov. 1).
  • Had a season-high six saves in the 1-0 win against William Paterson on Sept. 7.

Freshman Year (2013)

  • Started all 17 matches and played every minute in goal for the Royals.
  • Finished with a record of 10-3-4 with five shutouts.
  • Posted a goals-against average of 0.76 and a save percentage of .770, the ninth-best single-season save percentage in program history.
  • Allowed 14 goals, the ninth-lowest single-season total in Scranton history.
  • Allowed more than one goal only twice, and allowed two goals in both of those matches
  • Picked up his first career victory by making four saves in a 2-1 win over St. John Fisher on Sept. 7 at Fitzpatrick Field.
  • Earned his first career shutout four days later in a 2-0 win at Ursinus on Sept. 11.
  • Made a pair of saves in a 1-0 win at Misericordia on Sept. 17.
  • Made four saves in a 2-1 win over Ithaca on Sept. 25 at Fitzpatrick Field.
  • Made a season-high six saves in a 1-0 win over Oneonta State on Oct. 16 at Fitzpatrick Field.
  • Matched his season-high with six saves in a 4-1 win over Merchant Marine on Oct. 30 at Fitzpatrick Field.

Awards & Honors

  • 2016-17 Co-Recipent of the Frank O'Hara Award, honoring the top male student-athlete in the senior class 
  • 2016 NSCAA First Team All-Region
  • 2016 NSCAA Scholar All-American
  • 2015 All-Landmark Conference First Team
  • 2016 All-Landmark Conference Second Team
  • Four-time Landmark Conference Defensive Athlete of the Week (Sept. 19, 2016/Oct. 26, 2015/Sept. 15, 2015/Sept. 29, 2014)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Sept. 12, 2016)
  • CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District (2014)
  • Three-time Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2014, 2015, 2016)

High school/personal

  • Earned four varsity letters in soccer.
  • South Windsor went 31-6-4 in games he played in goal.
  • Posted 10 shutouts as a senior en route to becoming the first player in school history to earn All-New England honors.
  • Also earned all-state, all-conference and all-Hartford Courant Team honors as a senior.
  • Played in the Connecticut Senior Bowl.
  • Posted eight shutouts in net as a junior.
  • Son of Steven & Carolyn Hintz.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2015Junior

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