8 Diego Tabares
Diego Tabares
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Weight:
    150
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Seekonk, Mass.
  • High School:
    Seekonk
  • Previous College:
    UMass-Lowell
  • Position:
    M

Bio

As A Junior (2010): NSCAA Third-Team All-American ... Daktronics Third-Team All-American ... All-NE-10 First-Team ... Daktronics All-East Region First-Team ... named to NE-10 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll ... saw action in 20 matches with 15 starts ... ranked among the team leaders with five goals, three assists and 13 points ... recorded 42 shots on the season with 16 going on goal ... ranked seventh in the NE-10 with three match-winning goals ... scored a goal in the season-opening win over C.W. Post (9/2) ... scored a goal on five shots in a 2-1 win over Merrimack (9/26) ... tallied the game-winning goal in a 2-0 win at Saint Rose (10/9) ... scored the match-winner versus Southern New Hampshire (10/25) ... had a three-point afternoon with a goal (game-winner) and an assist at Saint Michael's (10/30).

As A Sophomore (2009): Northeast-10 Second-Team ... appeared in 19 games with 15 starts ... scored six goals and recorded four assists for 16 points ... totaled 46 shots, including 23 on goal ... ranked eighth in the league in shots, ninth in shots per game and 10th in points ... scored a tally versus Dowling (8/27) ... totaled two goals versus Molloy (9/6) ... had a goal against UMass-Lowell (9/16) ... registered tallies in back-to-back games versus Stonehill (10/17) and Assumption (10/24). 2009 Statistics

As A Freshman at Massachusetts Lowell (2008): Played in 15 games for the River Hawks, including five starts...Scored one goal and added an assist to total three points and attempted nine shots...Made his collegiate debut, earned his first career start and attempted a shot at Dowling on 8/28...Recorded his first career assist against Bloomfield on 8/31...Scored his first career goal in the first round of the NCAA Championship East Regional against Molloy on 11/14.

High School: Three-time letterwinner at Seekonk (Mass.) High School...Set school records for most goals and assists in a season...Team MVP and All-Conference selection.

Personal: Son of Maria and Norley Tabares...Has two younger brothers: Norley Jr. and Alejandro...A political science major and history minor.