UMBC

2006: Started the first four and last four games of his first season in the black and gold... Suffered a sprained knee ligament in the game vs.  Massachusetts and missed the next nine games... His absence left a hole in the UMBC central defense... a tough, stay-at-home defender.

BACKGROUND:  A sociology major... A highly acclaimed athlete from New Zealand who earned a slot on his nation's Under-20 World Youth Cup squad…  Captained his Hamilton Boys' squad  and led the team to a third- place finish in the 2003 national tournament…  Scored four goals, three on headers, in a quarterfinal win against Tauranga Boys' High School…  A  junior black belt in karate and a member of New Zealand's Under-20 Indoor Netball Team…  Selected UMBC "because it seemed [to have] more academic opportunities and Coach Caringi has a very impressive coaching history"…  Skilled in Kapa Haka, which is  traditional Maori dancing and singing…Interested in a career as a professional soccer player or in the field of law enforcement… Enjoys the music of Stevie Wonder and lists his favorite team as Arsenal…  Has younger siblings, Danielle, 21, and Stefan, 17…  Son of Jody and Lindsey Pijnenburg…  Lindsey Antonious Ropina Pijnenburg, Jr., was born on April 14, 1985.