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Roadrunner Soccer Lands Two On All-Region List

By: Gary Stallard

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Mercado, Lopez Led AC to Record Season

Two of the biggest reasons for the Angelina College men’s soccer team’s spectacular 2021 season received their just rewards for their efforts this past week.

Sophomore Ulises Mercado and freshman Juan Lopez landed on the Region XIV All-Region team as announced this past week.

  • Angelina College’s Juan Lopez, a freshman from Palmira, Colombia, earned Region XIV All-Region honors following his record-setting 2021 season. Lopez was among national leaders in both goals scored (13) and total points (30). (Gary Stallard/AC Athletics photo)
  • Angelina College’s Ulises Mercado, a product of North Shore High School in Houston, recently was named to the Region XIV All-Region team following the 2021 season. Mercado finished tied for 11th in the nation in total assists. (Gary Stallard/AC Athletics photo)
  • Angelina College’s Juan Lopez, a freshman from Palmira, Colombia, earned Region XIV All-Region honors following his record-setting 2021 season. Lopez was among national leaders in both goals scored (13) and total points (30). (Gary Stallard/AC Athletics photo)

Mercado, a North Shore High School (Houston) product, elected to return to the Roadrunner program after 2020’s cancellation. He was a primary facilitator and clutch defender for the ‘Runners, finishing with two goals (including one game winner), 10 assists and 14 total points. His numbers left him tied for 11th in the nation in total assists.

Lopez, from Instituto Inte in Palmira, Columbia, set a single-season AC record with 13 goals, including hat tricks in matches against Northeast Texas Community College and Trinity Valley Community College. He added four assists and finished with 30 total points, hitting his shot attempts and a .929 shot percentage while adding two game-winning goals. Lopez finished in the nation’s top 20 in both goals and points.

The Roadrunners compiled a 13-4 record with a two-deep run into the postseason, finishing the year ranked No. 12 in the nation.

The email address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.

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Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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