LOUDONVILLE, NY - Siena Men's Soccer standout Lucas Almeida reeled in another accolade to cap off an impressive first season as a Saint, as the junior was named to the All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Second Team, as announced by the ECAC Friday. 
 
Almeida is the second-ever Saint to be named All-ECAC and is the second in as many years to accomplish the feat. 
 
In just one season with the Saints, Almeida already etched his name into the program record book. The West Hartford, CT, native's 25 points tied for the fifth most in a single season while also becoming the first Saint to reach 20 since 2019. Moreover, Almeida's 10 goals tied for the sixth most in a single season in program history, and he became the first Saint to reach double-digit tallies since 2012 and just the seventh to ever do so. He also tied a single-match program record with four assists at Canisius on Oct. 1, a mark that also served as a single-match MAAC high for the year. 
 
A crucial piece to Siena's first-ever Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) title and NCAA Tournament appearance, Almeida previously earned All-MAAC First Team acclaim and was named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week three times. 
 
ABOUT THE ECAC
The ECAC is an eighty-six year old intercollegiate athletics organization with roughly 200 member schools for traditional sports across all three NCAA Divisions - I, II and III - that exists to enhance the experience of student-athletes participating in NCAA sports, and provide great value for universities, by sponsoring championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments and other competitions throughout the country. The ECAC also hosts a comprehensive esports program, with over 300 schools, 4,000 teams and 10,000-plus participants in twenty-four different games titles.