SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Six Southern Conference men’s soccer student-athletes earned spots on the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region teams, as announced by the organization Tuesday. SoCon champion UNCG led the way with four selections.

Spartan sophomore midfielder J.C. Ngando, the SoCon Player of the Year, was a first-team All-South Region selection.

UNCG junior defender Emmanuel Hagan and fifth-year defender Marco Milanese were joined on the second team by Mercer senior midfielder Dylan Gaither.

ETSU senior forward Kieran Richards and UNCG graduate student forward Ismail El Harchi, the Most Outstanding Player of the SoCon Men’s Soccer Championship, were third-team picks.

The Spartan quartet helped UNCG to SoCon regular-season and tournament titles. UNCG, ranked No. 7 nationally by the United Soccer Coaches, earned the No. 12 seed in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship and reached the quarterfinals of the tournament.

United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Team (SoCon selections)
First team
M – J.C. Ngando, UNCG, So.
Second team
M – Dylan Gaither, Mercer, Sr.
D – Emmanuel Hagan, UNCG, Jr.
D – Marco Milanese, UNCG, 5th
Third team
F – Kieran Richards, ETSU, Sr.
F –  Ismail El Harchi, UNCG, Gr.