BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — West Virginia Wesleyan College junior Matthew Bentley has earned more honors to go with his impressive 2018 soccer campaign.
The London, England native finished the year with 14 goals which propelled him to being a D2CCA Third Team All-American. Bentley also was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region team which featured seven players from the Mountain East Conference.
Bentley was a major part of the men’s soccer team finishing the season on a four-game winning streak. Over those four games, the junior midfielder scored 10 goals.
2018 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II Men’s All-Atlantic Region Teams
| First Team | ||||
| Pos. | Player | Class | School | Hometown |
| K | Daniele DeAngelis | Jr. | Notre Dame College | Parma, Italy |
| D | Kyle Finsterbush | Sr. | Millersville University | Middletown, Pa. |
| D | Kyle Hoops | Sr. | West Chester University | Phoenixville, Pa. |
| D | Williams N’dah | Jr. | University of Charleston | Rome, Italy |
| D | Paolo Termine | Jr. | Notre Dame College | Savona, Italy |
| M | Matthew Bentley | Jr. | West Virginia Wesleyan College | London, England |
| M | Gabriel Cabral | Jr. | University of Charleston | Petropolis, Brazil |
| M | Christos Charalambous | Fr. | University of Charleston | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| F | Eddy Enowbi | Sr. | East Stroudsburg University | Silver Spring, Md. |
| F | Arthur Favero | Jr. | Notre Dame College | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| F | Doug Goitia | So. | West Chester University | Mount Pocono, Pa. |
2018 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2 CCA) Men’s Soccer All-America Team
| THIRD TEAM | ||||
| Pos | Name | School | Yr | Hometown |
| GK | Fernando Pina | Fort Hays State | Sr. | Houston, Texas |
| F | Connor Gordon | Concordia (Calif.) | Sr. | Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| F | Mamadi Camara | Simon Fraser | Sr. | Montreal, Quebec |
| F | Marek Weber | Le Moyne | Sr. | Fulda, Germany |
| F | Sean Hoffstatter | West Florida | Jr. | Fort Walton Beach, Fla. |
| MF | Francisco Greco | Barry | Fr. | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| MF | Joe Garcia | Northeastern State | Sr. | Grand Prairie, Texas |
| MF | Lucca Lima | West Texas A&M | Jr. | Caxaambu, Brazil |
| MF | Matthew Bentley | West Virginia Wesleyan | Jr. | London, England |
| D | Armando Tikvic | Charleston | So. | Hamburg, Germany |
| D | Aydan Bowers | San Francisco State | Sr. | Murrieta, Calif. |
| D | Isaac Bawa | Azusa Pacific | Fr. | Accra, Ghana |
| D | Nadeer Ghantous | Cal Poly Pomona | Sr. | Hifa, Israel |
