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Tom Gosselin
Assistant Coach
tjg29@psu.edu
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Tom Gosselin will enter his fourth year as the men's and women's assistant soccer coach during the 2019 season.
In his time with the team, the women's soccer program has gone 49-14-4 overall and 33-0-1 in NEAC play. They have won three straight NEAC Championship titles and have gone to the NCAA Tournament three consecutive years. The men's team has a record of 23-29-3 overall and 19-13-2 during Gosselin's three seasons as an assistant. They made the NEAC postseason in each of his first two years.
In 2018, the women's team finished 15-4-2 overall and were 10-0-1 in NEAC play. The Nittany Lions won their sixth straight NEAC Championship Title and made their sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. At the NCAA Regional, Berks was edged 1-0 in overtime by No. 22 ranked Emory University. The team had one student-athlete earn United Soccer Coaches Mid-Atlantic Region Third Team honors (Caitlin Golden). They also had the NEAC Player of the Year (Golden), four All-NEAC First Team members and three All-NEAC Second Team recipients.
The 2017 women's soccer team finished 15-6-1 overall and went 10-0 in NEAC action. They won its fifth straight NEAC Tournament title and went to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive year. At the national tournament, the Nittany Lions fell 2-1 in overtime to No. 12 ranked SUNY Geneseo. The team swept the conference individual awards, which included Coach of the Year (Munteanu), Player of the Year (Caitlin Golden), Defensive Player of the Year (Megan Jardine), and Rookie of the Year (Melissa Martin). They had five All-NEAC First Team recipients and two members on the All-NEAC Second Team.
The 2016 women's soccer team not only had the greatest run in program-history, but the best of any team in Penn State Berks history. The team went 19-4-1 overall and 13-0 in the conference and won its fourth consecutive NEAC Championship title. The team then took down No. 17 ranked Carnegie Mellon, 3-1, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. They followed it up with a 1-0 victory over Nazareth College, before falling 2-0 to No. 2 ranked Trinity (Texas) University in the round of 16. The 2016 team became the first ever Berks program to earn a national ranking, as they finished the year No. 19 in the country. Head Coach Adrian Munteanu was named NEAC Coach of the Year, and the team also had the NEAC Player of the Year (Dana Sarcinello) and NEAC Defensive Player of the Year (Brennan Moyer). In addition, the team had five members earn All-NEAC First team, one second team, and one third team. The team led the nation in scoring (4.79 goals per game), while ranking 28th in the country with a 0.57 goals against average and 15th in Division III with 15 shutouts.
On the men's side, the 2018 finished 5-10-2 overall and had a 3-7-1 mark in the NEAC. The Nittany Lions opened up the season with a 1-1 tie with Wilkes University and closed out the year with a 4-4 draw with Penn College, in which they erased a 4-0 halftime deficit. In the span of six days, Berks had thrilling one-goal victories over nearby Reading foes Albright College (3-2, OT) and Alvernia University (2-1). The team had one player earn All-NEAC Second Team honors (Brenden Valverde) and one named to the All-NEAC Third Team (Trent Johnson).
The Nittany Lions tied the program record for wins for the third straight season after going 9-9-1 overall and 7-2-1 in the conference in 2017. They hosted a NEAC Quarterfinal round game for the second straight season, where they were defeated by Lancaster Bible College. Brenden Valverde was named the NEAC Player and Rookie of the Year. He was also an All-NEAC First Team selection and was joined by Jon Mercier, while Trent Johnson was a third team honoree.
The 2016 men's soccer team tied last year's squad with the most wins in a season after going 9-10 overall and 9-4 in the conference. The had its best finish in the conference standings after placing fourth and hosted their first ever NEAC Postseason contest. In that home playoff match, the Nittany Lions suffered a 2-0 heartbreaker to Wells College. The 2016 team set the school record for goals scored (44), points (122), assists (34), goals against average (1.83), and shutouts (6). The Nittany Lions had two members named to the NEAC Second Team and two on the third team.
Gosselin joins the Nittany Lions after nine seasons at the helm of the women's soccer program at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md. Prior to coaching the Mounties, Gosselin spent three season's as the head coach at the women's team at McDaniel College.
No stranger to the area, Gosselin was head coach at Wyomissing Area High School of the boys and girls programs during the late 1990's. He also spent two seasons as an assistant coach of the men's soccer team at Alvernia University.
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