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PRESEASON AWARDS
2016 American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
School (First-Place Votes) SMU (5) USF (1) UConn (2) Tulsa Temple UCF Cincinnati Memphis
Mauro Cichero
Points 47 pts. 41 pts. 40 pts. 32 pts. 23 pts. 18 pts. 16 pts. 7 pts.
Preseason Offensive of the Year Mauro Cichero, SMU* Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Jake Nerwinski, UConn Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year Michael Nelson, SMU
Preseason All-Conference Team GK – Michael Nelson, SMU B – Jake Nerwinski, UConn* B – Simen Olafsen, UConn B – Jordan Cano, SMU B – Jared Rice, SMU M – Kwame Awuah, UConn* M – Raul Gonzalez, Memphis M – Lindo Mfeka, USF M – Ray Saari, Tulsa F – Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn F – Nazeem Bartman, USF* F – Mauro Cichero, SMU* F – Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Temple
[*] – Denotes unanimous selection
Jake Nerwinski
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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2016 Preseason Honors ............................2 The American Staff/School Contacts ........3
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American Athletic Conference ..................4 Commissioner Michael L. Aresco .............5
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STAFF
Conference Membership ..........................6
Commissioner ........................................................................................................ Michael L. Aresco Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration)..................................................... Donna DeMarco Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting) .................................................Thomas R. Odjakjian Chief Financial Officer..................................................................................................... Stacy Martin Associate Commissioner (Communications and External Relations) ............. .... Bernadette Cafarelli Associate Commissioner (Football) ................................................................................Scott Draper Associate Commissioner (Governance and Compliance) ................................................. Ellen Ferris Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) ............................................................... Nate Pomeday Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ......................................................... Barbara Jacobs Associate Commissioner (Sport Administration and Championships) ........................ James Siedliski Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ......................................................... Barbara Jacobs Assistant Commissioner (Communications).................................................................Chuck Sullivan Assistant Commissioner (Sport Administration and Championships)....................... Robert Weygand Senior Director of Compliance....................................................................................... Andrea Dahly Senior Director of Communications and Digital Media........................................................ Bill Potter Senior Director of Football Operations .........................................................................Michael Costa Director of Broadcast Scheduling ................................................................................ Michael Coyne Director of Business Affairs ............................................................................................. Karen Giblin Director of Communications...............................................................................Chevonne Mansfield Director of Branding and Sport Administration ................................................. Catherine Carmignani Director of Sport Administration and Championships.................................................. Patrick Colbert Assistant to the Commissioner ................................................................................... Lisa Zanecchia Assistant Director of Digital Communications .................................................................Jamie Corun Assistant Director of Digital Media and Reporter ...........................................................Hali Oughton Executive Assistant for Administration ............................................................................Lois DeBlois Administrative Assistant ................................................................................................Wanda Factor Receptionist.............................................................................................................. Kathy Kirkpatrick Administrative Fellow ........................................................................................................ Kauri Black Communications Assistant ............................................................................................ Taylor Alward Communications Assistant ................................................................................... Christina Anderson Compliance Assistant ..................................................................................................... Lauren Doby Digital Network Assistant ................................................................................................ Kyle Coulter Coordinator of Football Officiating ................................................................................Terry McAulay Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating.............................................................. Mark Whitehead Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating......................................................Debbie Williamson
National Preseason Honors ......................7 Composite Schedule.................................8 2016 American Championship ..................9 The American Digital Network (ADN) .... 10 2016 NCAA Championship ..................... 11 UCF.................................................... 12-13 Cincinnati ........................................... 14-15 UConn................................................ 16-17 Memphis ........................................... 18-19 USF ....................................................20-21 SMU ..................................................22-23 Temple ...............................................24-25 Tulsa...................................................26-27 2015 Season Review .........................28-32 All-Time Standings ..................................33 All-Time Records ...............................34-36 All-Time Statistical Leaders ............... 37-40 Year-by-Year NCAA Results .....................41 American Championship Results.......42-44 All-Time League Honors ....................45-46 All-Time Weekly Honors .................... 47-49 All-Time National Honors ...................50-52 American All-Academic Teams ...........53-56 The American in the MLS Draft ..............57
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SOCCER CO N T A CT S School The American UCF Cincinnati UConn Memphis USF SMU Temple Tulsa
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Credits: The 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Media Guide was produced by Chevonne Mansfield. Special thanks to the American Athletic Conference soccer contacts for their assistance. Photo Credits: Ben Solomon and school athletic communications offices.
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THE AMERICAN
The American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference consists of 12 prestigious institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the U.S. Naval Academy (in football only), the University of South Florida Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa. Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, the American Athletic Conference has written an impressive list of accomplishments, both in the competitive arena and the classroom. In the course of its first three seasons, The American has taken its place at the forefront of intercollegiate athletics, with a collection of national team and individual championships and football and men’s and women’s basketball postseason victories that place The American among the elite Division I FBS conferences. The league has produced four NCAA championship teams – UConn men’s basketball in 2014 and UConn women’s basketball in 2014, 2015 and 2016 – two New Year’s Six bowl champions, and two individuals who have won NCAA titles, most recently SMU’s Bryson Dechambeau, who was the 2015 national champion in men’s golf. Additionally, American Athletic Conference teams have advanced to the College World Series, reached the semifinal and final rounds of the NIT, qualified for the match play round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship and registered a top-10 finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship. The American Athletic Conference was one of six finalists for the 2016 Sports Business Journal Sports League of the Year award, along with Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, NASCAR, the National Basketball Association and the PGA Tour. The American was the only entity from college athletics to be so honored. In football, three American Athletic Conference teams were in the final College Football Playoff rankings of 2015, while two teams from The American were ranked in the top 20 of the final national polls in both 2013 and 2015. Eight of The American’s 12 football teams played in bowl games to cap the 2015 season as Houston defeated Florida State in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl and Navy beat Pittsburgh in the Military Bowl. Houston’s finish at No. 8 nationally gave The American a top-10 team in the final national polls for the second time in the league’s three seasons. UCF finished No. 10 in the 2013 rankings after the Knights’ Fiesta Bowl win against Baylor. In 2014, The American had the best men’s basketball postseason record of any league, when conference teams were a combined 134, and the league sent four teams to the 2016 NCAA Championship. Teams from The American have registered top-10 national rankings in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer, men’s golf, and men’s track and field. Individual teams in The American have enjoyed unprecedented success since the conference’s formation. Houston went 13-1 in the 2015 football season, setting a school record for wins, while Navy won a program-record 11 games in its first season in the conference, also in 2015. The 2014 season saw Memphis finish with 10 wins in football for the first time since 1938, while Temple enjoyed its first 10-win season in 2015. American Athletic Conference student-athletes have distinguished themselves in all facets of intercollegiate athletics. Temple linebacker Tyler Matakevich won the Bednarik Award and the Nagurski Trophy as the nation’s top defensive player in 2015, while Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting. UConn basketball standout Breanna Stewart finished her career as the most decorated player in college basketball history as she was chosen as
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the consensus national player of the year for the third time and became the first player be named four times as the Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four. Reynolds and Stewart were selected as the winners of the 2016 AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athletes, marking only the second time in the 86-year history of the award that multiple winners were chosen. Additionally, SMU’s Avery Acker was chosen as the Division I women’s volleyball Academic All-America of the Year in 2015, while Navy offensive guard E.K. Binns was one of 12 finalists nationally for the Campbell Trophy, which is presented by the National Football Foundation to the top scholar-athlete in college football. Tulsa soccer standout Katy Riojas was the winner of the 2016 NCAA Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship, while Golden Hurricane rower Emalia Seto won the 2016 NCAA Jim McKay Scholarship. Two student-athletes from The American earned NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships in the conference’s first three years. The American Athletic Conference holds media rights partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which provide the conference with outstanding national exposure on the two industry leaders in sports television. The football portion of the contract calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which was played in 2015, was televised by ABC as part of Championship Saturday. The American Athletic Conference serves its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy access to its member schools. The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video production studio, which serves as the home of The American Digital Network, and meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.
Men’s Soccer
The American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship went to penalty kicks for the third consecutive year in 2015, and fourth-seeded Tulsa defended its title by outlasting third-seeded UConn 4-3 on PKs to win the conference crown. The Golden Hurricane was one of four American Athletic Conference teams picked for the 2015 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship. USF, the No. 14 national seed, was also selected for the Big Dance, along with UConn and American regular-season champion SMU. Seventeen players from the American Athletic Conference received NSCAA All-Region honors while USF head coach George Kiefer was named the 2015 NSCAA East Regional Coach of the Year. SMU forward Mauro Cichero was named a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist and joined USF’s Nazeem Bartman on the NSCAA All-American list. Additionally, five players from The American were selected in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft including two in the first round. The 2016 American Men’s Soccer Championship will be held Nov. 11 and 13 at the site of the No. 1 seed. The semifinals will be held on Friday, Nov. 11, with the final on Sunday, Nov. 13.
MICHAEL L. ARESCO
Mike Aresco has established himself as one of the leading figures in intercollegiate sports as commissioner of the American Athletic Conference. Aresco, who was named to his current position Aug. 14, 2012, has overseen a strategic reinvention of the conference, which has quickly become one of the premier conferences in the nation. Conference teams have won four NCAA Championships and two New Year’s Six bowl games since the 2012-13 academic year. The American’s inaugural year produced a remarkable string of accomplishments as UCF won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press poll. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball as American Athletic Conference teams had the best postseason winning percentage of any conference in men’s basketball. The league sent four teams to the NCAA tournament and saw SMU advance to the championship game of the NIT. The American was the only conference to have a Bowl Championship Series win and teams in the Men’s Final Four, the Women’s Final Four and the College World Series in 2013-14. Teams from the conference finished in the national top 10 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, baseball and men’s golf. More recently, The American produced three teams in the final College Football Playoff poll of 2015, including Houston, which defeated Florida State in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl and finished No. 8 in the final national rankings with a 13-1 record. Navy, in its first year as a member of the conference, finished No. 18 nationally after a school-record 11 wins in 2015. UConn went on to win its fourth straight NCAA title in women’s basketball, while The American sent four teams to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Among the milestones reached in Aresco’s tenure have been the announcement of a conference football championship game for the first time in 2015 and the league’s successful staging of its own postseason bowl game, the Miami Beach Bowl, in 2014. In the wake of the changes created by
college sports realignment, Aresco moved quickly to solidify the conference, leading negotiations that resulted in the most favorable financial terms for the conference’s football schools, after the withdrawal of the non-football-playing schools, as well as the 2013-14 launch of the renamed and rebranded conference. He simultaneously led the negotiations that resulted in television contracts with ESPN and CBS Sports, which have given the conference unprecedented national exposure and branding with the two industry leaders in sports television. Aresco then quickly and successfully organized the process whereby the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference – a name that was immediately accepted nationally – and he also oversaw the process that resulted in the conference’s popular graphic identity. He has also successfully worked with the conference schools to arrive at an equitable distribution of existing revenue for the current and new conference institutions, bringing about a period of cohesiveness that is unprecedented in the league’s history. He has restructured the conference office staff to maximize efficiency and better serve the needs of the membership. Among his other significant accomplishments on behalf of the American Athletic Conference were the spearheading of expansion efforts, which resulted in the addition of East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa as of July 1, 2014, and Navy as a football member in 2015; launching The American Digital Network; successful site negotiations for the conference’s men’s and women’s basketball championships; and the launching of a brand marketing campaign. Additionally, Aresco brokered a multi-year marketing rights agreement with IMG College, the industry leader in collegiate sports marketing, and oversaw the development of The American’s new football bowl lineup, which features numerous annual matchups against the nation’s other top conferences. Included in that lineup is the Miami Beach Bowl – a bowl game that is owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference in a first-of-itskind venture. Aresco’s first months were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the conference’s place within the College Football Playoff. Aresco was instrumental in securing the arrangement that puts the American Athletic Conference champion in a New Year’s Day system bowl if it is the highest-ranked team among the champions of five conferences. Aresco has played an active role in the formation of the College Football Playoff, serving on the College Football Playoff Management Committee and helping to select the 13 mem-
bers of the CFP Selection Committee. Aresco also serves on the College Football Playoff Television and Site Selection committees. In basketball, Aresco has secured the conference’s participation in The Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium, L.L.C., partnering with the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference to ensure that the highest-quality game officials are assigned to American Athletic Conference contests. Aresco is a member of the Conference Commissioners Association enforcement working group and women’s basketball working group. He serves on the board of managers for both College Football Officiating, LLC, and Men’s College Basketball, LLC. He is also a member of the FBS commissioners’ media subcommittee. He is a charter member of the steering committee of the Columbia University/New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and serves on the board of the National Sports Marketing Network. Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all college sports programming for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. Aresco oversaw the acquisition and management of CBS Sports college properties, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, regular-season college basketball and football, conference basketball championship games, football bowl games and other programming. His responsibilities included game selection and scheduling, day-to-day operations, contract negotiations, identification of future acquisitions, development of programming strategies and coordination of new media and marketing initiatives. Aresco is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, history), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., international relations), where he held a John Moors Cabot Scholarship, and the University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D.). He practiced law privately in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years. Aresco is a regular speaker and expert panelist at national symposiums and seminars on the topics of college athletics and sports television. He was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award by the UConn School of Law Alumni Association and was elected to the Middletown (Connecticut) Sports Hall of Fame in January of 2015. Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons: Matthew, an Emmy-nominated television producer who lives in Connecticut with his wife, Elizabeth; and Brett, an actor who lives in New York City.
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2015-16 American Athletic Conference Champions Sport ..............................................................Regular-Season .......................................Postseason Women’s Cross Country ................................................................................................................................ Tulsa Men’s Cross Country ...................................................................................................................................... Tulsa Women’s Soccer .................................................UConn ......................................................................Cincinnati Men’s Soccer .......................................................SMU ................................................................................. Tulsa Football ..................................................................Temple, Houston, Navy ............................................Houston Women’s Volleyball .............................................SMU Men’s Swimming & Diving .............................................................................................................. East Carolina Women’s Swimming & Diving .......................................................................................................................SMU Men’s Indoor Track & Field .....................................................................................................................Houston Women’s Indoor Track & Field...................................................................................................................UConn Men’s Basketball .................................................Temple ...........................................................................UConn Women’s Basketball ...........................................UConn ............................................................................UConn Men’s Tennis ......................................................................................................................................................USF Women’s Tennis ............................................................................................................................................. Tulsa Women’s Golf .............................................................................................................................................Houston Men’s Golf ...........................................................................................................................................................USF Men’s Outdoor Track & Field...................................................................................................................Houston Women’s Outdoor Track & Field ..........................................................................................................Cincinnati Softball ...................................................................USF ................................................................................... Tulsa Women’s Rowing ...............................................................................................................................................UCF Baseball .................................................................Tulane ............................................................................UConn
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National Honors NCAA Team Championships (4) UConn Men’s Basketball - 2014 UConn Women’s Basketball - 2014, 2015, 2016 NCAA Individual Championships (3) Joao DeLucca, Louisville Men’s Swimming & Diving 100-yard freestyle - 2014 200-yard freestyle - 2014 Bryson Dechambeau, SMU Men’s Golf - 2015 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships (2) Sam Bombaugh, Louisville Indoor Track & Field - 2014 Emily Juhl, Louisville Women’s Volleyball - 2014
NSCAA/Continental Tire Preseason Coaches Poll Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
School (1st place votes) Stanford (20) Akron (2) Clemson (2) Maryland Wake Forest Syracuse Creighton North Carolina Notre Dame Georgetown Boston College SMU UC Santa Barbara Seattle Indiana UCLA Virginia Ohio State USF Denver Coastal Carolina Charlotte FIU South Carolina Rutgers
W 18 18 18 12 17 15 19 15 11 16 11 15 14 18 13 11 10 13 11 15 13 11 12 11 12
L 2 3 3 5 3 6 4 2 5 2 8 3 7 4 5 9 5 7 6 1 3 6 7 8 7
T 3 3 3 6 2 3 0 3 6 3 2 4 2 0 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 3 1 2 2
Previous 1 3 2 7 5 4 6 9 11 8 10 13 15 12 16 23 19 14 18 17 20 21 24 22 25
Points 579 567 548 494 484 465 449 443 399 380 317 298 279 273 267 246 214 206 197 174 156 100 58 52 34
Also receiving votes: UConn (24), Tulsa (20), Dartmouth (19), Dayton (13), Radford (8), Utah Valley (6), Florida Gulf Coast (5), Boston University (4), VCU (4), Cal Poly (4), Hofstra (2), Santa Clara (2), California (2), Elon (1), American (1), Harvard (1).
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COMPOSITE SCHEDULE AUGUST 25 (Fri.)
28 (Sun.)
29 (Mon.)
31 (Wed.)
Manhattan at Temple..............................................................4 p.m. ET Appalachian State at Cincinnati ..............................................7 p.m. ET Iona at UConn ........................................................................7 p.m. ET Michigan at USF .....................................................................7 p.m. ET Memphis at UAB ...................................................................8 p.m. ET Michigan State at SMU ..........................................................8 p.m. ET UCF at Grand Canyon ............................................................9 p.m. ET Tulsa at Cal State Northridge .......................................... 10:30 p.m. ET Memphis at Georgia State .....................................................1 p.m. ET Saint Joseph’s at Temple ........................................................2 p.m. ET Nebraska-Omaha at UConn ...................................................7 p.m. ET Cincinnati at IPFW..................................................................7 p.m. ET American at USF ....................................................................7 p.m. ET Incarnate Word at SMU..........................................................8 p.m. ET UMKC at Tulsa ........................................................................8 p.m. ET
SEPTEMBER 2 (Fri.) Pittsburgh at Temple...............................................................3 p.m. ET Belmont at Memphis .............................................................6 p.m. ET UCF at UNC Charlotte ............................................................7 p.m. ET Wright State at Cincinnati ......................................................7 p.m. ET Louisville at UConn ................................................................7 p.m. ET USF at Virginia Tech ................................................................7 p.m. ET Western Illinois at SMU .........................................................8 p.m. ET Tulsa at Saint Louis ................................................................8 p.m. ET 4 (Sun.) Northeastern at Temple ............................................................Noon ET Missouri State at Memphis ...................................................3 p.m. ET St. Francis (PA) at Cincinnati ..................................................4 p.m. ET American at SMU...................................................................8 p.m. ET 5 (Mon.) Cornell at UConn ....................................................................7 p.m. ET USF at Maryland ....................................................................7 p.m. ET 8 (Thurs.) Jacksonville at USF ................................................................8 p.m. ET 9 (Fri.) Memphis vs. Cal State Fullerton^ .........................................2 p.m. ET SMU at Providence ................................................................7 p.m. ET Cincinnati at Xavier............................................................7:30 p.m. ET Tulsa at UAB@ ........................................................................8 p.m. ET 10 (Sat.) SMU at Brown .........................................................................Noon ET UConn at Georgetown ...........................................................1 p.m. ET San Francisco at USF .............................................................1 p.m. ET Temple at Rider ......................................................................7 p.m. ET 11 (Sun.) Stetson vs. Tulsa@ .................................................................1 p.m. ET UCF at Mercer .......................................................................7 p.m. ET Memphis at San Diego State^ ..............................................8 p.m. ET 13 (Tues.) UConn at Notre Dame ...........................................................7 p.m. ET Temple at Drexel ....................................................................7 p.m. ET 14 (Wed.) Florida Gulf Coast at UCF.......................................................7 p.m. ET Cleveland State at Cincinnati .................................................7 p.m. ET North Florida at USF...............................................................7 p.m. ET SIU Edwardsville at Memphis ................................................8 p.m. ET 16 (Fri.) Akron at Tulsa .........................................................................9 p.m. ET Santa Clara at SMU...........................................................9:30 p.m. ET 17 (Sat.) Jacksonville at UCF ..................................................................Noon ET Fairfield at Temple ..................................................................2 p.m. ET Bowling Green at Cincinnati...................................................4 p.m. ET Loyola (MD) at UConn ............................................................7 p.m. ET 18 (Sun.) Buffalo at USF ........................................................................1 p.m. ET Houston Baptist at Memphis .................................................7 p.m. ET 19 (Mon.) Akron at SMU ........................................................................8 p.m. ET Santa Clara at Tulsa ................................................................8 p.m. ET 21 (Wed.) North Florida at UCF ..............................................................7 p.m. ET UConn at Rhode Island ..........................................................7 p.m. ET 24 (Sat.) USF at UCF* ..........................................................................7 p.m. ET Temple at UConn* .................................................................7 p.m. ET Cincinnati at Memphis* .........................................................7 p.m. ET Tulsa at SMU* ........................................................................8 p.m. ET
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27 (Tues.)
28 (Wed.)
OCTOBER 1 (Sat.)
4 (Tues.) 5 (Wed.) 6 (Thurs.) 8 (Sat.)
11 (Tues.)
12 (Wed.) 15 (Sat.)
18 (Tues.)
19 (Wed.) 22 (Sat.)
23 (Sun.) 25 (Tues.) 29 (Sat.)
Clemson at USF .....................................................................7 p.m. ET Temple at Penn State .............................................................7 p.m. ET Oral Roberts at SMU..............................................................8 p.m. ET Missouri State at Tulsa ...........................................................8 p.m. ET Cincinnati at Northern Kentucky........................................4:30 p.m. ET USF at UCF* ..........................................................................7 p.m. ET UConn at Providence .............................................................7 p.m. ET
SMU at UCF* .........................................................................7 p.m. ET Memphis at Temple*..............................................................7 p.m. ET UConn at Tulsa (American Digital Network)* .........................8 p.m. ET USF at Cincinnati*...........................................................................TBA Villanova at Temple .................................................................3 p.m. ET Northwestern at UCF .............................................................7 p.m. ET Memphis at Lipscomb ...........................................................8 p.m. ET Tulsa at USF* .........................................................................7 p.m. ET UCF at Memphis*................................................................ 2 p.m. ET Cincinnati at UConn* .......................................................... 7 p.m. ET Temple at SMU* .................................................................. 8 p.m. ET Temple at Columbia ............................................................ 7 p.m. ET Creighton at Tulsa ................................................................ 8 p.m. ET USF at Florida Gulf Coast ............................................................ TBA UConn at Yale ............................................................................... TBA Cincinnati at IUPUI .............................................................. 7 p.m. ET Temple at Cincinnati* ......................................................... 7 p.m. ET USF at UConn (American Digital Network)* ........................ 7 p.m. ET UCF at Tulsa* ....................................................................... 8 p.m. ET SMU at Memphis* .............................................................. 8 p.m. ET Delaware at Temple ............................................................. 3 p.m. ET UCF at Stetson..................................................................... 7 p.m. ET Boston College at UConn ................................................... 7 p.m. ET Memphis at Central Arkansas ............................................ 8 p.m. ET Oral Roberts at Tulsa ........................................................... 8 p.m. ET Eastern Illinois at Cincinnati ............................................... 7 p.m. ET UConn at UCF* .................................................................... 7 p.m. ET Memphis at USF*................................................................ 7 p.m. ET Tulsa at Temple* .................................................................. 7 p.m. ET Cincinnati at SMU* ............................................................. 8 p.m. ET UCF at FIU ............................................................................ 7 p.m. ET Tulsa at Cincinnati* ............................................................. 7 p.m. ET UCF at Temple* .................................................................... 7 p.m. ET UConn at Memphis* ........................................................... 8 p.m. ET USF at SMU (American Digital Network)* ........................... 8 p.m. ET
NOVEMBER 2 (Wed.) UCF at Florida Atlantic ...........................................................7 p.m. ET 4 (Fri.) Memphis at Tulsa* .................................................................8 p.m. ET 5 (Sat.) Cincinnati at UCF* .................................................................7 p.m. ET SMU at UConn* .....................................................................7 p.m. ET Temple at USF*......................................................................7 p.m. ET 11 (Fri.) American Semifinals .......................................................................TBA 13 (Sun.) American Championship .................................................................TBA 17-20 (Thurs.-Sun) NCAA Tournament (First, Second, Third Rounds) ............................TBA DECEMBER 2-4 (Fri.-Sun.) NCAA Tournament (Quarterfinals) ...................................................TBA 9 (Fri) NCAA College Cup (Semifinals) ......................................................TBA 11 (Sun.) NCAA College Cup (Championship) ................................................TBA [*] Denotes American Athletic Conference game [^] San Diego State Tournament [@] UAB Soccer for a Cure Classic All dates and times subject to change
2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER CHAM PIONSHIP The American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship enters a new format this season. New changes for 2016 include no quarterfinal rounds and the semifinals/championship game hosted on the campus of the No. 1 seed. The tournament begins Friday, Nov. 11 with a pair of semifinal games at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Both games will air live on The American Digital Network. The championship final is set for Sunday, Nov. 13 at Noon. Tulsa won the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship after tying UConn 1-1 and defeating the Huskies 4-3 on penalty kicks. Up-to-date information regarding the 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship will be available through Championship Central (www.theamerican.org/ msoccer.)
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The most in-depth coverage of the American Athletic Conference can be found on The American Digital Network, the over-the-top streaming video platform of The American and its 12 member institutions. The American has extended its partnership with L2 Productions to provide video production services for more than 65 events annually on The American Digital Network through the 2018-19 academic year. The American and L2 Productions have collaborated on live video production of regular-season and championship events for the past two years. The American Digital Network produced 65 live events in 2014-15 and plans to showcase at least 80 for the 2015-16 season. All events are carried by professional-grade, multiple-camera productions which include accomplished play-by-play announcers and expert analysts. As a result of the partnership, The American Digital Network will provide complete live video coverage of The American’s postseason championships in cross country, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and rowing. The ADN will also provide coverage of any games of the conference’s women’s soccer, men’s soccer, softball and baseball championships that are not car-
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ried by one of the conference’s television partners. Additionally, The American Digital Network will provide coverage of regular-season women’s basketball games as well as select regularseason contests in soccer, volleyball, softball and baseball. The ADN will have full wraparound coverage of The American’s postseason championships in football and men’s and women’s basketball. In addition to its coverage of regular-season and championship events, The American Digital Network is the home for on-demand previews and game highlights as well as “The Rise,” a weekly look at the conference that includes scores, highlights and feature stories. The American Digital Network is also the primary source for coverage of the conference’s football and basketball media days. Coverage in 2016-17 will include live segments from the podium, including roundtable discussions with The American’s head coaches and the opening remarks by commissioner Mike Aresco. All of The American Digital Network productions are available on desktop, tablet, mobile and Roku devices at no charge. The ADN will include DVR functionality and immediate access to archived replays.
2016 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
2 016 N C A A D I V I S I O N I ME N ’S S O C C E R C H A M P I O N S H IP The winner of the the American Athletic Conference Championship receives the league’s automatic bid to the 48-team NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. The 2016 NCAA Championship marks the 58th anniversary of the tournament. First, second and third round games, as well as the quarterfinals, are held on the campuses of participating institutions in a single-elimination format. The College Cup, which includes the national semifinals and championship, will be held at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas on Dec. 9 and 11. American Athletic Conference Schools’ NCAA Championship Appearances School .........................................NCAA Appearances UCF.............................................................................................. 5 Cincinnati ..................................................................................... 3 UConn...............................................35 (won titles in 1981, 2000) Memphis ..................................................................................... 2 USF ............................................................................................ 19 SMU .......................................................................................... 30 Temple ......................................................................................... 6 Tulsa........................................................................................... 10 Totals .................................................................. 133
2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship Schedule First Round
Campus Sites
Thurs., Nov. 17
Second Round
Campus Sites
Sun., Nov. 20
Third Round
Campus Sites
Sat., Nov. 26
Quarterfinals
Campus Sites
Fri.-Sat., Dec. 2-4
Semifinals
BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
Fri., Dec. 9
Championship
BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
Sun., Dec. 11
2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer • 11
UCF
2016 SCHEDULE
Head Coach Bryan Cunningham
AUGUST 26 at SEPTEMBER 2 at 11 at 14 vs. 17 vs. 21 vs. 24 vs. OCTOBER 1 vs. 5 vs. 8 at 15 at 18 at 22 vs. 25 at 29 at NOVEMBER 2 at 5 vs.
C A R E E R R E C O R D /Y E A R S 66-67-28/9 R E C O R D A T UCF/Y E A R S 66-67-28/9
QUICK FACTS Location: ................................................................ Orlando, Fla. Nickname: ...................................................................... Knights Colors: ................................................................Black and Gold Enrollment: ...................................................................... 63,016 Founded: .............................................................................1963 Director of Athletics: .............................................. Danny White Assistant Coaches: ............................... Will Clayton, Joel Tyson Soccer Office Phone: ............................................ 407-823-4114 2015 Record: .......................................................................7-8-2 2015 Postseason:...............................................................None Starters Returning/Lost:........................................................ 6/5 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .............................................12/8 Soccer SID: ..............................................................Nate Blythe Phone: ..................................................................407-823-6489 Email: .................................................nblythe@athletics.ucf.edu Website: ................................................www.UCFKnights.com
Grand Canyon
9 p.m.
Charlotte Mercer Florida Gulf Coast Jacksonville North Florida USF*
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Noon 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
SMU* Northwestern Memphis* Tulsa* Stetson UConn* FIU Temple*
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Florida Atlantic Cincinnati*
7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Dates and times (Eastern) are subject to change [*] American Athletic Conference game
JUNIOR WALTER DAWKINS
JUNIOR MATIAS PYYSALO
2016 ROSTER No. Name 1 Brendan Rennie 2 Andreas Steineger 3 Joel Vartiainen 4 Neico Regent 5 Brian Jamba 6 Anton Delwer 7 Nathan Bondswell 8 Diego Bacellar 9 Gorka Aperribay 10 Matias Pyysalo 11 Walker Dawkins 12 Jesus Colombo 13 Richard Amon 14 Jonathan Dean 15 Cal Jennings 16 Neville Morgan 17 C.J. Campbell 18 Zackary Waitman 19 Phil Hicks 20 Javier Clavijo 25 Alex Shields 26 Matt Rosenberg
Pos. GK D M/D D D/M D/M M/F M/F F M/F M/F F M/F D/M F D/M F/M D D/M M GK GK
Ht. 6-3 6-3 5-8 6-1 5-5 6-0 5-8 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-7 6-1 5-9 5-8 5-10 5-10 5-7 5-8 6-1 5-11 6-3 6-1
12 • 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer
Wt. 175 190 163 185 150 170 160 176 185 165 135 165 140 155 165 155 150 155 170 170 190 185
Cl. So. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. So. R-Jr. Sr. So. Fr.
Hometown/Previous School Wayzata, Minn./Wayzata Oslo, Norway/The Norweigan High School for Elite Kuopio, Finland/Kuopion Klassillinen Lukio Clarendon, Jamaica/American Heritage/UNC Greensboro Narooma, Australia/Westfield Sports Gothenburg, Sweden/Katrineland Elite Sports West Bridgford, England/The West Bridgford School Governador Valadares, Brazil/Seminole Ridge/Creighton/Monroe Winter Springs, Fla./Winter Springs Helsinki, Finland Royal Palm Beach, Fla./American Heritage Jacksonville, Fla./Atlantic Coast Accra, Ghana/Accra Academy Macon, Ga./Stratford Academy/Wofford Roswell, Ga./Roswell Savanna-La-Mar, Jamaica/St. Elizabeth Technical Plantation, Fla./Plantation Montverde, Fla./Montverde Academy New Orleans, La./Jesuit Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Ponte Vedra Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan
KNIGHTS
KNIGHTS NOTEBOOK • The Knights return six starters from the 2015 campaign, while welcoming 11 newcomers to the squad. • Junior midfielder Matias Pyysalo accumulated 20 points and scored six times during the 2015 season. • The Knights compiled a 3.41 GPA during the spring semester, which was the best grade-point average among male sports at UCF. • UCF looks to replace the contributions of Hadji Barry, who tallied 11 goals and added six assists as a senior. The Conakry, Guinea, native became the second-consecutive first round pick for the Knights, when Orlando City traded to select Barry with the 13th overall pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft.
JUNIOR MATIAS PYYSALO
UCF SOCCER COMPLEX CAPACITY - 2,475
2015 RESULTS
2015 STATISTICAL LEADERS
(7-8-2/3-4-1 American) AUGUST 28 Florida Atlantic SEPTEMBER 2 at RV/NR Florida Gulf Coast 6 Mercer 9 at North Florida 14 at Northwestern 18 Grand Canyon 23 at Jacksonville (ESPN3) 26 at Memphis* 29 No. 14/NR FIU OCTOBER 2 at RV/NR SMU* 7 RV/NR Temple* 10 Tulsa* 13 Stetson 17 at UConn* 21 at No. 13/18 USF* 24 Memphis* 31 Cincinnati* NOVEMBER 7 at Tulsa^ Tulsa advanced 4-2 on PKs
W, 5-0 No contest L, 0-2 L, 1-2 (OT) L, 0-1 W, 2-1 W, 3-2 T, 2-2 (2OT) L, 1-2 L, 1-2 W, 3-1 L, 0-1 W, 2-1 L, 1-2 L, 1-3 W, 1-0 W, 1-0 T, 2-2 (2OT)
PLAYER Hadji Barry Matias Pyysalo Walker Dawkins Jakov Basic Gorka Aperribay Neico Regent Mason Miller C.J. Campbell Dre Deas David Raizes Javier Clavijo Zackary Waitman Juan Gamino
GP 17 17 17 17 16 15 17 17 13 17 14 16 13
G 11 6 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
A 3 8 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1
PTS 25 20 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
SH 42 39 30 17 13 12 6 12 8 1 6 5 5
UCF Totals Opponents
17 17
26 24
25 27
77 75
206 203
GOALKEEPERS Zach Biggs Brendan Rennie
GP 11 7
MINS 965:00 612:50
GA/GAA SVS SHO 14/1.31 31 1 10/1.47 24 1
[*] American Athletic Conference game [^] Conference Championship
2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer • 13
CINCINNATI
2016 SCHEDULE HEAD COACH HYLTON DAYES
AUGUST 26 29 at SEPTEMBER 2 4 9 at 14 17 24 at 28 at OCTOBER 1 8 at 12 at 15 19 23 at 29 NOVEMBER 5 at
C A R E E R R E C O R D /Y E A R S 213-214-60/26 R E C O R D A T C I N C I N N AT I /Y E A R S 116-129-41/16
QUICK FACTS Location: ........................................................... Cincinnati, Ohio Nickname: .....................................................................Bearcats Colors: ................................................................. Red and Black Enrollment: ..................................................................... 44,096 Founded: .............................................................................1819 Director of Athletics: ................................................. Mike Bohn Assistant Coaches: ................... Justin Ferguson, Taylor Thames Soccer Office Phone: ............................................513-556-0568 2015 Record: .......................................................................7-9-3 2015 Postseason:...............................................................None Starters Returning/Lost:........................................................ 6/5 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .............................................16/5 Soccer SID: ............................................................ Drew Weber Phone: ..................................................................513-556-0667 Email: .................................................... andrew.weber@.uc.edu Website: ................................................ www.GoBearcats.com
Appalachian State IPFW
7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Wright State Saint Francis (Pa.) Xavier Cleveland State Bowling Green Memphis* Northern Kentucky
7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
USF* UConn* IUPUI Temple* Eastern Illinois SMU* Tulsa*
TBA 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m.
UCF*
7 p.m.
Dates and times (Eastern) are subject to change [*] American Athletic Conference game
SENIOR NICK MELVILLE
SOPHOMORE ADAM WILSON
2016 ROSTER No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29
Name Pearce Skinner Pedro Diaz Elias Helbig Frederik Lindqvist Christian Hay Patrick Nielsen David Sanz Adam Wilson William Valencia Elliott Williams Jack Clark Nick Melville Peyton Mowery JJ Iroh Cameron Panley Mohamed Elmardi Malik Morgan Daniel Oginni Austin Smythe Ryan Melink Jonny Williams Aerin West Nick Frank Cole Durant
Pos. GK GK D D M/D D M M F M/D M/F M D M/F M M D M F M M/D M/D D GK
14 • 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer
Ht. 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-3 5-9 6-1 5-10 6-4 5-8 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-8 5-11 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-4 6-0 6-5
Wt. 170 160 160 175 175 180 160 160 160 182 145 170 160 170 177 160 145 170 180 144 183 176 150 175
Cl. Fr. R-Jr. R-Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Fr. R-Jr. Fr.
Hometown/Previous School Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc Mason, Ohio/Mason Denver, Colo./Creighton Nesbru, Norway/Norges Toppidrettsgymnas Baerum Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country Day Copenhagen, Denmark/Rungsted Gymnasium Santander, Spain/IE La Marina Auchterarder, Scotland/Dollar Academy Mostoles, Spain/IES Gabriel Cisneros London, England Mason, Ohio/Mason Portland, Maine/Cheverus/Iowa Western Troy, Ohio/Troy Mason, Ohio/Mason Beverly Hills, Mich./Brother Rice Liberty Township, Ohio/Lakota East Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point Mississauga, Ontario/King’s Christian Collegiate Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country Day/Radford Loveland, Ohio/Lovelan Loveland, Ohio/Loveland/IUPUI Sylvania, Ohio/Northview Perrysburg, Ohio/Anthony Wayne Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome
BEARCATS
BEARCATS NOTEBOOK • Cincinnati produced four All-American Athletic Conference selections last season (Alejandro Garcia, John Manga, Emmanuel Appiah – second team, Adam Wilson – rookie team) which was UC’s most conference picks since 2004. • The Bearcats compiled a 6-3-2 mark at Gettler Stadium in 2015 including a 3-2 win over No. 17 and previously unbeaten Temple. • Cincinnati had a player score 10-plus goals in a season in back-to-back years (Manga – 10 – 2014, Garcia – 10 – 2015). • UC is fresh off a season in which two Bearcats were selected in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft in Emmanuel Appiah and John Manga, who were both picked by the Colorado Rapids. JUNIOR CHRISTIAN HAY
GETTLER STADIUM NATURAL GRASS CAPACITY - 1,400
2015 RESULTS
2015 STATISTICAL LEADERS
(7-9-3/1-4-3 American) AUGUST 28 31 SEPTEMBER 7 at 11 14 17 23 at 26 30 at OCTOBER 3 7 at 10 at 14 17 21 24 at 31 at NOVEMBER 7 at
Northern Kentucky Valparaiso Wright State RV/NR Xavier IUPUI Green Bay Cleveland State (ESPN3) No. 17/24 Temple* Oakland (ESPN3) Tulsa* UConn* No. 18/25 USF* IPFW No. 21/20 SMU* Memphis* Temple* UCF* No. 8/12 SMU^
W, 3-2 W, 1-0 (2OT) L, 0-3 L, 1-2 W, 2-1 W, 2-0 L, 1-3 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 T, 1-1 (2OT) T, 1-1 (2OT) L, 0-3 W, 2-1 L, 0-1 (2OT) T, 3-3 (2OT) L, 1-3 L, 0-1
PLAYER Alejandro Garcia Emmanuel Appiah Adam Wilson Terence Carter John Manga Nick Melville Stefan Bangsund Jack Clark Christian Hay Johnny Williams
GP 19 19 18 12 12 19 17 19 18 19
G 10 5 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0
A 2 6 8 3 2 4 1 1 0 2
PTS 22 16 10 7 6 6 5 5 2 2
SH 36 44 26 24 13 2 20 13 3 11
Cincinnati Totals Opponents
19 19
26 34
29 29
81 97
207 276
GOALKEEPERS Pedro Diaz Alex Gill
GP 13 7
MINS 1166:01 633:39
GA/GAA SVS 20/1.54 59 14/1.99 18
SHO 1 2
L, 1-2
[*] American Athletic Conference game [^] Conference Championship
2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer • 15
UCONN
2016 SCHEDULE
H E AD COACH RAY REID C A R E E R R E C O R D /Y E A R S 414-109-70/27 R E C O R D A T UC O N N /Y E A R S 268-92-55/19
QU ICK F A CTS Location: ............................................................... Storrs, Conn. Nickname: ..................................................................... Huskies Colors: ......................................... National Flag Blue and White Enrollment: ......................................................................31,119 Founded: ............................................................................ 1881 Director of Athletics: ......................................... David Benedict Associate Head Coach: .......................................... John Deeley Assistant Coach: ...................................................... Andy Parker Soccer Office Phone: ........................................... 860-486-4231 2015 Record: .....................................................................10-6-6 2015 Postseason: ..................................... NCAA Second Round Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .............................................16/5 Soccer SID: .............................................................. Jeff Piascik Phone: ................................................................. 860-486-4707 Email: ................................................ jeffrey.piascik@uconn.edu Website: ...........................................www.UConnHuskies.com
AUGUST 26 28 SEPTEMBER 2 5 10 at 13 at 17 21 at 24 28 at OCTOBER 1 at 8 11 at 15 18 22 at 29 at NOVEMBER 5
Iona Nebraska-Omaha
7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Louisville Cornell Georgetown Notre Dame Loyola (Md.) Rhode Island Temple* Providence
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Tulsa* (American Digital Network) Cincinnati* Yale USF* (American Digital Network) Boston College UCF* Memphis*
8 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
SMU*
7 p.m.
Dates and times (Eastern) are subject to change [*] American Athletic Conference game
JUNIOR CHEIKH STEPHANE COLY
SENIOR KWAME AWUAH
2016 ROSTER No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Name Alex Botazzi Jack Pondy Duran Lee Jacob Hauser Simen Olafsen Mark Richards Dylan Greenberg Kwame Awuah Cheikh Stephane Coly DeAndrae Brown Sebastian Brems Abdou Mbacke Thiam Alex Kao Alex Cannicatti Munir Saleh Jakob Nerwinski Alex Sanchez Nkosi Burgess Detre Bell Niko Petridis Matheus Souza Nicholas Zuniga Santiago Muriel Alex West Scott Levene Jesse Wasserman Mikael DaSilva Andrew Geres Frantz Innocent Jr. Andrew Cohen Christopher Musco Brendan Hill Bailey Bassett Alex Zecca George Kutrubis
Pos. GK GK D D D D D M M F M F M F M D M D GK M F F D D GK D F D D M GK D GK F M
16 • 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer
Ht. 6-1 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-1 5-11 5-8 5-7 5-8 5-10 5-9 5-11 5-10 5-7 5-10 5-11 5-8 6-2 5-11 5-7 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-1 5-11 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-2 5-11 5-10
Wt. 185 201 183 198 179 185 145 145 150 177 165 150 184 166 163 175 158 182 191 150 165 173 160 170 175 170 185 155 171 160 153 178 190 199 168
Cl. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. So. R-Jr. R-So. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. R-Jr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. R-So. R-Sr. R-Jr. R-So. R-Jr. R-Jr. R-Fr. R-Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. R-Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr.
Hometown/Previous School Tewksbury, Mass./Central Catholic Columbia, S.C./AC Flora Brampton, Ontario/Western Texas College Seattle, Wash./Tyler Junior College Oppegaard, Norway/Valerenga Springfield, Mass./Williston Northampton Dix Hills. N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West Toronto, Ontario/ Dante Alighieri Academy Dakar, Senegal Springfield, Mass./Springfield Central Odense, Denmark/Southern Connecticut State Mbour, Senegal Washington, D.C./Paris FC Academy Whitestone, N.Y./Fordham Prep Kitchener, Ont./Grandriver Collegiate Lawrenceville, N.J./Notre Dame H.S. Corona, Calif./Chino Hills Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park South Kent, Conn./South Kent Norwalk, Conn/Brien McMahon West Hartford, Conn./Conard Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk Norwalk, Conn./Acad. Of Info, Tech and Eng. Storrs, Conn./Edwin O. Smith Stamford, Conn./New Canaan Farmington, Conn./Loomis Chaffee Pembroke Pines, Fla./American Heritage Portland, Conn./Portland East Harford, Conn./Connecticut IB Academy Ellington, Conn./Ellington North Haven, Conn./North Haven Tolland, Conn./Tolland High Ellington, Conn./Ellington Weston, Mass./Beaver Country Day Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk
HUSKIES
HUSKIES NOTEBOOK • UConn brings back 16 letterwinners, including 22 of the 26 goals (84.6%) from the 2015 campaign. • The Huskies are searching for their 18th NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 19 seasons. • UConn will face seven teams that qualified for the 2015 NCAA Tournament. • Eleven of UConn’s 18 opponents finished with a winning record, while eight programs reached the 10-win plateau.
SOPHOMORE ABDOU MBACKE THIAM
JOSEPH J. MORRONE STADIUM NATURAL GRASS CAPACITY - 4,407
2015 RESULTS
2015 STATISTICAL LEADERS
(10-6-6/3-3-2 American) AUGUST 28 31 SEPTEMBER 4 10 at 13 19 22 at 26 at 30 OCTOBER 3 7 10 at 13 at 17 21 at 24 at 27 31 NOVEMBER 7 vs. 13 vs. 15 vs. 19 27
at
St. Francis (NY) Quinnipiac
T, 0-0 (2OT) T, 0-0 (2OT)
Dartmouth Harvard RV/22 UC Santa Barbara Rhode Island Boston College RV/NR USF * Providence
T, 0-0 (2OT) W, 2-1 W, 2-1 W, 1-0 L, 1-3 L, 0-1 Postponed
Memphis* Cincinnati* RV/NR SMU* Louisville UCF* Temple* Tulsa* Yale No. 11/15 USF* (American Digital Network)
L, 0-1 (2OT) T, 1-1 (2OT) L, 0-1 L, 1-2 W, 2-1 W, 2-0 T, 1-1 (2OT) W, 1-0 W, 2-1 (OT)
Temple^ W, 4-0 No. 14/20 USF^ (American Digital Network) W, 2-1 Tulsa^ (ESPNU) T, 1-1 (2OT) Tulsa advanced 4-3 on PKs RV/NR Boston University# W, 3-1 No. 16/NR Indiana# L, 0-1
PLAYER Abdou Mbacke Thiam Kwame Awuah Jake Nerwinski Tyler Leeman Andrew Geres Sebastian Brems DeAndrae Brown Fredrik Jonsson Moustapha Samb Simen Olafsen Alex Sanchez Istvan Kanyo
GP 22 22 22 21 17 22 12 18 21 21 14 19
G 11 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
A 0 12 5 0 1 2 0 2 4 1 1 1
PTS 22 18 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 1
SH 52 43 17 17 8 17 4 23 6 7 10 5
UConn Totals Opponents
22 22
26 18
29 17
81 53
224 215
GOALKEEPERS Scott Levene
GP 22
MINS GA/GAA SVS SHO 2120:33 18/0.76 68 7
[*] American Athletic Conference game [^] Conference Championship [#] NCAA Tournament
2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer • 17
MEMPHIS
2016 SCHEDULE
H EAD COACH RICHARD MULROONEY
C A R E E R R E C O R D /Y E A R S 12-17-6/2 R E C O R D A T M E M P H I S /Y E A R S 12-17-6/2
QUICK FACTS Location: ........................................................... Memphis, Tenn. Nickname: ........................................................................ Tigers Colors: ................................................................. Blue and Gray Enrollment: ..................................................................... 20,585 Founded: .............................................................................1912 Director of Athletics: ............................................... Tom Bowen Assistant Coaches: .................... Tony McManus, Matt Williams ........................................................................... Remco de Jong Soccer Office Phone: ............................................901-678-2337 2015 Record: .....................................................................3-10-4 2015 Postseason:................................................................None Starters Returning/Lost:.......................................................10/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .............................................13/9 Soccer SID: ..........................................................................TBA Phone: .................................................................................TBA Email: ...................................................................................TBA Website: ................................................www.GoTigersGo.com
AUGUST 26 at 28 at SEPTEMBER 2 4 9 vs. 11 at 14 18 24 OCTOBER 1 at 5 at 8 15 18 at 22 at 29 NOVEMBER 4 at
UAB Georgia State
7 p.m. Noon
Belmont Missouri State Cal State Fullerton# San Diego State# SIU Edwardsville Houston Baptist Cincinnati*
5 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
Temple* Lipscomb UCF* SMU* Central Arkansas USF* UConn*
6 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m.
Tulsa*
7 p.m.
Dates and times (Central) are subject to change [#] San Diego State Tournament [*] American Athletic Conference game SENIOR RAUL GONZALEZ
REDSHIRT JUNIOR JAKE LEEKER
2016 ROSTER No. Name 0 Max Lichtenstein 1 Jake Leeker 2 Jabari Newton 3 Josh Burnett 5 Jordan Klipsch 6 Alec Velez 7 Remington Pimm 9 Hector Cantele 10 Raul Gonzalez 11 Julio Vargas 12 Carlos Hurtado 13 Kenneth Kauker 14 Sean Gouveia 15 Jackson Morse 16 Burke Fahling 17 Mason Morise 18 David Zalzman 19 Noah Thomas 20 Aaron Osborne 21 Chandler Klemm 22 Adam Bruce 24 Chris Mikus 25 Erik Furseth
Pos. GK GK D M D M F F M F D M F M F M M F/M D F D/M M GK
18 • 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer
Ht. 6-0 6-4 5-10 6-1 5-11 5-8 5-11 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-8 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-8 5-11 5-9 5-8 6-0 6-2 5-6 5-11 6-4
Wt. 186 193 150 161 166 155 157 160 166 160 160 152 164 176 152 160 160 190 159 175 158 165 185
Cl. Fr. R-Jr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. R-So.
Hometown/Previous School Boca Raton, Fla./West Boca Raton Community St. Louis, Mo./Rockwood Summit Oakland, Fla./Montverde Academy St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade College Prep Oakville, Mo./Oakville Senior Brentwood, Tenn./Shattuck-St. Mary’s School Land O’ Lakes, Fla./Sunlake Caracas, Venezuela/San Ignacio School Ocean Springs, Miss./Ocean Springs Dallas, Texas/J.J. Pearce Caracas, Venezuela/IMG Academy Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers Belleville, Ill./Belleville West Plano, Texas/Plano West Kirkland, Wash./Inglemoor New Orleans, La./Northlake Christian School Maracay, Venezuela/Maria Auxiliadora Dacula, Ga./Lanier Savannah, Ga./Savannah Christian Prep St. Louis, Mo./Parkway West (Mercer University) Brentwood, Tenn./Homeschool Cumming, Ga./South Forsyth Munford, Tenn./Munford
TIGERS
TIGERS NOTEBOOK • The 2016 Tigers schedule features five opponents who played in last season’s NCAA Tournament. • Senior forward Raul Gonzalez earned first-team American all-conference honors a year ago after scoring a team-high seven goals. • Sophomore midfielder Mason Morise tied for fifth in The American last season in assists per game in league play (0.43). • Redshirt junior goalkeeper Jake Leeker ranked third overall in conference play in shutouts (2) in 2015.
SENIOR RAUL GONZALEZ
MIKE ROSE SOCCER COMPLEX NATURAL GRASS CAPACITY - 3,000
2015 RESULTS
2015 STATISTICAL LEADERS
(3-10-4/1-4-3 American) AUGUST 28 31 SEPTEMBER 4 at 6 at 12 at 22 at 26 30 OCTOBER 3 at 7 10 at 13 17 21 at 24 at 31 NOVEMBER 7 at
RV/NR UAB Northern Kentucky No. 14/NR Saint Louis SIU Edwardsville No. 15/NR Kentucky RV/NR Louisville UCF* Central Arkansas
L, 1-3 L, 0-1 L, 0-3 L, 0-2 T, 0-0 (2OT) L, 0-4 T, 2-2 (2OT) W, 3-1
UConn* RV/NR SMU* RV/NR Temple* Georgia State No. 12/17 USF* Cincinnati* UCF* Tulsa*
W, 1-0 (2OT) L, 1-3 L, 0-4 W, 2-1 T, 0-0 (2OT) T, 3-3 (2OT) L, 0-1 L, 0-3
No. 14/20 USF^
L, 0-1
PLAYER Raul Gonzalez Chandler Klemm Mason Morise Jacob Krupp Hector Cantele Julio Vargas Josh Burnett
GP 17 15 16 14 15 17 15
G 7 2 1 1 1 1 0
A 2 3 3 1 0 0 1
PTS 16 7 5 3 2 2 1
SH 60 12 17 6 20 24 5
Memphis Totals Opponents
17 17
13 32
10 44
36 108
195 201
GOALKEEPERS Erik Furseth Jake Leeker Cody Uzcategui
GP 1 11 6
MINS 16:52 1065:28 543:08
GA/GAA SVS SHO 0/0.00 0 0 16/1.35 49 2 16/2.65 23 1
[*] American Athletic Conference game [^] Conference Championship
2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer • 19
USF
2016 SCHEDULE
HEAD COACH GEORGE KIEFER C A R E E R R E C O R D /Y E A R S 152-79-47/14 R E C O R D A T USF/Y E A R S 152-79-47/14
QUICK FACTS Location: .................................................................. Tampa, Fla. Nickname: .......................................................................... Bulls Colors: ................................................................. Green & Gold Enrollment: ..................................................................... 48,373 Founded: ............................................................................ 1956 Director of Athletics: ...............................................Mark Harlan Assistant Coaches: ............. Fred Dikranian, Bryheem Hancock, .................................................................................Jose Robles Soccer Office Phone: ............................................ 813-974-4149 2015 Record: ..................................................................... 11-6-3 2015 Postseason: ..................................... NCAA Second Round Starters Returning/Lost:......................................................... 5/6 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ...........................................13/14 Soccer SID: ................................................................. Erin Bean Phone: .................................................................. 813-974-5755 Email: .............................................................erinbean@usf.edu Website: ............................................... www.GoUSFBulls.com
AUGUST 26 29 SEPTEMBER 2 at 5 at 8 10 14 18 24 at 27 OCTOBER 1 at 6 11 at 15 at 22 29 at NOVEMBER 5
Michigan American
7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Virginia Tech Maryland Jacksonville San Francisco North Florida Buffalo UCF* Clemson
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Cincinnati* Tulsa* Florida Gulf Coast UConn (American Digital Network)* Memphis* SMU* (American Digital Network)
TBA 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Temple*
7 p.m.
Dates and times (Eastern) subject to change [*] American Athletic Conference game
SENIOR NAZEEM BARTMAN
SENIOR SPASOJE STEFANOVIC
2016 ROSTER No. Name 2 Brandon Kolczynski 3 Liam McNally 4 Gabriel Pfeffer 5 Prosper Figbe 6 Graham Smith 7 Alessandro Paciocco 8 Melvin Becket 9 Nazeem Bartman 10 Lindo Mfeka 11 Daniel Villa 12 Stephen Rudderham 13 Gonzalo Rodriguez 14 Jason Velasquez 15 Marcus Epps 16 Ben Espinal 17 Omar Al Balushi 18 Ricardo Gomez 19 Bradley Farias 20 Clifford Maina 21 Michael Bajza 22 Jonathan Rosales 30 Spasoje Stefanovic 32 Christian Knight 33 Jake Stone
Pos. D D D D M D F F M F M M D M M M M F D D/M D GK GK GK
Ht. 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-1 5-9 5-10 5-5 5-7 5-6 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-1 5-7 5-7 5-6 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-8 6-3 6-2 6-1
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Wt. 190 160 175 195 160 170 140 160 155 160 165 175 180 155 155 145 160 150 165 180 160 190 180 171
Cl. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. R-So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. R-So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. R-Fr.
Hometown/Previous School Farmingdale, N.J./Pittsburgh Swansea, Wales/Tyler Junior College Montevideo, Uruguay/Uruguayan American School Ilorin, Nigeria/The Loomis Chaffee School New Hope, Pa./Pittsburgh Caracas, Venezuela/Deportivo La Guaira Melbourne, Australia/Lewis & Clark CC Cape Town, South Africa/Tyler Junior College Durban, South Africa/Walden HS Windermere, Fla./West Orange HS Tampa, Fla./Northeast HS Coustituciou, Chile/Monroe College Albuquerque, N.M./Lincoln College Jackson, Miss./North HS in Downer’s Grove Palmetto, Fla./Palmetto HS Muscat, Oman/St. George’s British International School Gainesville, Ga./Tyler Junior College Indiantown, Fla./Campbell Adelaide, Australia/Universal School St. Petersburg, Fla./NC State Kissimmee, Fla./Liberty HS Belgrade, Serbia/Radnicki Obrenovac Odessa, Fla./Tampa Apopka, Fla./Orangewood Christian School
BULLS
BULLS NOTEBOOK • The Bulls are ranked No. 19 in the 2016 preseason NSCAA poll. • USF ended the 2015 campaign in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and an 11-6-3 overall record (5-1-2 The American). • Head coach George Kiefer was named the 2015 NSCAA East Region Coach of the Year. • The Bulls posted double-digit wins for the ninth time under Kiefer in 14 seasons and went undefeated at home during the 2015 regular season.
SENIOR MARCUS EPPS
CORBETT STADIUM GRASS CAPACITY: 2,000
2015 STATISTICAL LEADERS
2015 RESULTS (11-6-3 Overall / 5-1-2 American) AUGUST 28 Missouri State W, 2-0 30 No. 3/3 Georgetown W, 2-0 SEPTEMBER Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament (South Bend, Ind.) 4 at No. 5/8 Notre Dame L, 0-2 6 vs. No. 18/14 Indiana L, 0-2 11 Georgia Southern W, 2-1 14 North Florida W, 2-0 19 Florida Gulf Coast W, 2-1 26 RV/18 UConn* W, 1-0 29 at No. 8/10 Denver L, 0-1 OCTOBER 3 at RV/NR Temple* W, 1-0 7 at Tulsa* W, 2-1 10 Cincinnati* W, 3-0 17 at Memphis* T, 0-0 (2OT) 21 UCF* W, 3-1 24 No. 12/14 SMU* (American Digital Network) T, 2-2 (2OT) 27 No. 13/11 Old Dominion T, 1-1 (2OT) 31 at UConn* (American Digital Network) L, 1-2 (OT) NOVEMBER 7 vs. Memphis^ W, 1-0 13 vs. UConn^ (American Digital Network) L, 1-2 22 vs. No. 10/NR Boston College# L, 1-2 (OT)
PLAYER Nazeem Bartman Melvin Becket Lindo Mfeka Marcus Epps Eduardo Maceira Kendan Anderson Brendan Hines-Ike Gabriel Carlsson Brandon Riley Prosper Figbe Gabriel Pfeffer Liam McNally Terry Delancy Atsou Ayah
GP 19 19 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 13 16 17 7
G 8 5 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
A 5 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1
PTS 21 11 10 6 6 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 1
SH 54 31 28 26 25 23 16 8 8 9 2 6 3 0
USF Totals Opponents
20 20
27 18
23 11
77 47
254 197
GOALKEEPERS Spasoje Stefanovic
GP MINS GA/GAA SVS SHO 20 1875:05 18/0.86 58 8
[*] American Athletic Conference game [^] Conference Championship [#] NCAA Tournament
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SMU
2016 SCHEDULE
HEAD COACH KEVIN HUDSON
C A R E E R R E C O R D /Y E A R S 15-3-4/1 R E C O R D A T SMU/Y E A R S 15-3-4/1
QUICK FACTS Location: ................................................................ Dallas, Texas Nickname: .................................................................. Mustangs Colors: .................................................................. Red and Blue Enrollment: ......................................................................10,981 Founded: .............................................................................1911 Director of Athletics: ....................................................Rick Hart Assistant Coaches: .........................Alex Aldaz, Dustin Norman, ...................................................................... Brett Koziczkowski Soccer Office Phone: ............................................214-768-2158 2015 Record: .................................................................... 15-3-4 2015 Postseason: ..................................... NCAA Sweet Sixteen Soccer SID: ..................................................... Shannon Malone Phone: .................................................................. 214-768-1054 Email: ...........................................................smalone@smu.edu Website: .......................................... www.SMUMustangs.com
AUGUST 26 29 SEPTEMBER 2 4 9 at 11 at 16 19 24 27 OCTOBER 1 at 8 15 at 23 29 NOVEMBER 5 at
Michigan State Incarnate Word
7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Western Illinois American Providence Brown Santa Clara Akron Tulsa* Oral Roberts
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. Noon 8:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
UCF* Temple* Memphis* Cincinnati* USF* (American Digital Network)
6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
UConn*
6 p.m.
Dates and times (Central) are subject to change [*] American Athletic Conference game REDSHIRT SENIOR MICHAEL KING
REDSHIRT JUNIOR MICHAEL NELSON
2016 ROSTER No. Name 1 Michael Nelson 2 Jordan Cano 3 Benjamin Joseph 4 Garrett Welch 5 Michael King 6 Jared Rice 7 Taylor Curtis 8 Caleb Smith 10 A.J. Jeffries 11 Christian Boorom 13 Nick Ruiz 14 Mauro Cichero 15 Colten Habecker 16 Kevin Meinecke 17 Tosh Yasuda 18 Patrick Michael Hillyard 19 Emil Cuello 20 Gunnar Stray-Gundersen 21 Stanton Garcia 22 Bryce Clark 23 Brandon Guhl 24 Jacob Cohen 25 Brenden Lee 27 Abdul Yassine 28 Boston Gilbert 29 Grant Makela 30 Garrett McLaughlin 31 D.J. Williams Jr. 32 Philip Ponder 34 Eddie Munjoma
Pos. GK D M D D D/M D M M M/F GK F F D M GK M F M/F M F F/M D/M F/M M GK F M D D
Ht. 6-4 6-1 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-1 5-11 5-9 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-1 5-10 6-1 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-8 6-0 6-1 5-6 5-9 6-0 6-4 6-0 5-9 6-1 5-10
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Wt. 180 170 165 175 165 185 167 135 178 170 175 175 175 170 150 165 165 155 150 160 165 170 139 165 160 180 165 150 170 155
Cl. RS-Jr. Jr. RS-Jr. Jr. RS-Sr. Jr. Sr. So. RS-Jr. So. RS-Sr. Jr. RS-So. So. Fr. Fr. So. RS-Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. RS-Sr. RS-Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.
Hometown/Previous School Katy,Texas/Seven Lakes Frisco, Texas/Lone Star Austin, Texas/St. Stephen’s Episcopal Richmond, Texas/Foster Spring, Texas/Klein Oak Plano, Texas/Plano East Dallas, Texas/Louisville Arlington, Texas/Arlington Martin Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South Fort Lauderdale, Fla./IMG Academy La Crescenta, Calif./Massachusetts Norman, Okla./Norman North Douglassville, Pa./The Hill School Norwalk, Iowa/Shattuck St. Mary’s Las Cruces, N.M./Lone Star Houston, Texas/Cinco Ranch Orem, Utah/Orem Park City, Utah/Park City McKinney, Texas/McKinney Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos Houston, Texas/Clear Lake Phoenix, Ariz./Chaparral Frisco, Texas/Centennial Garland, Texas/Brighter Horizons Academy San Antonio, Texas/San Antonio Christian Destin, Fla./Fort Walton Beach Oklahoma City, Okla./Heritage Hall Dallas/Fort Worth Country Day Dallas/Lone Star Dallas/Lone Star
MUSTANGS
MUSTANGS NOTEBOOK • The Mustangs advanced to the 2015 NCAA Sweet 16 for the 22nd time in program history. • Mauro Cichero earned NSCAA All-America honors and was a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy last season. • Five Mustangs were named to the 2015 NSCAA All-East Region Team. • John Lujano earned NSCAA Third-Team Scholar All-America honors last season.
JUNIOR MAURO CICHERO
WESCOTT FIELD NATURAL GRASS CAPACITY: 4,000
2015 RESULTS
2015 STATISTICAL LEADERS
(15-3-4 Overall, 7-0-1 American) AUGUST 28 30 SEPTEMBER 4 at 6 at 10 13 17 20 26 at 29 OCTOBER 2 7 at 10 17 at 21 24 at 31 NOVEMBER 7 vs. 13 vs. 19
22 29
at at
Sacramento State Illinois-Chicago Boston College Harvard Portland No. 13/7 Stanford Houston Baptist UC Irvine Tulsa* (American Digital Network) Oral Roberts
W, 2-0 W, 2-1 L, 2-4 T, 2-2 (2OT) T, 0-0 (2OT) L, 2-3 (2OT) W, 3-1 W, 2-0 W, 1-0 W, 2-1
UCF* W, 2-1 Memphis* W, 3-1 UConn* W, 1-0 Cincinnati* W, 1-0 (2OT) Tulsa* W, 3-2 No. 13/18 USF* (American Digital Network) T, 2-2 (2OT) Temple* W, 2-0 Cincinnati^ Tulsa^ (American Digital Network) Tulsa advanced 4-3 on PKs Utah Valley# No. 17/8 Denver# No. 3/10 Akron#
W, 2-1 T, 2-2 (2OT) W, 2-0 W, 1-0 (OT) L, 1-2
PLAYER Mauro Cichero Brenden Lee Idi Camara Stanton Garcia Jared Rice Emil Cuello Christian Boorom Bryce Clark John Lujano Kevin Meinecke Caleb Smith Jacob Speed Jordan Cano
GP 21 22 22 22 22 21 22 21 22 15 22 22 21
G 10 6 6 6 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0
A 9 4 2 2 10 4 1 4 3 3 1 2 2
PTS 29 16 14 14 12 10 9 6 5 3 3 2 2
SH 70 34 33 25 11 35 24 19 6 3 20 7 4
SMU Totals Opponents
22 22
40 23
47 16
127 62
313 305
GOALKEEPERS Michael Nelson
GP 22
MINS GA/GAA 2098:20 23/0.99
SVS SHO 90 9
[*] American Athletic Conference game [^] Conference Championship [#] NCAA Tournament
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TEMPLE
2016 SCHEDULE
HEAD COACH DAVID MACWILLIAMS C A R E E R R E C O R D /Y E A R S 121-148-31/16 R E C O R D A T T E M P L E /Y E A R S 121-148-31/16
QUICK FACTS Location: .......................................................... Philadelphia, Pa. Nickname: .......................................................................... Owls Colors: ........................................................... Cherry and White Enrollment: ..................................................................... 39,000 Founded: ............................................................................ 1884 Director of Athletics: ..........................................Dr. Patrick Kraft Assistant Coaches: ..........................James Gledhill, Joe Barber Soccer Office Phone: ............................................ 215-204-7446 2015 Record: .....................................................................10-7-2 2015 Postseason: ...............................................................None Starters Returning/Lost:......................................................... 9/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .............................................15/6 Soccer SID: ........................................................ Lauren Capone Phone: .................................................................. 215-204-7446 Email: .......................................................l.capone@temple.edu Website: ...................................................www.owlsports.com
AUGUST 26 28 SEPTEMBER 2 4 10 at 13 at 17 24 at 27 at OCTOBER 1 4 8 at 11 at 15 at 18 22 29 NOVEMBER 5 at
Manhattan Saint Joseph’s
4 p.m. 2 p.m.
Pittsburgh Northeastern Rider Drexel Fairfield UConn* Penn State
3 p.m. Noon 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Memphis* Villanova SMU* Columbia Cincinnati* Delaware Tulsa* UCF*
7 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
USF*
7 p.m.
Dates and times (Eastern) are subject to change [*] American Athletic Conference game SENIOR MATT MAHONEY
SENIOR CARLOS MOROS GRACIA
2016 ROSTER No. Name 0 Alex Cagle 2 Wilson Gonzalez 4 Dan White 5 Carlos Moros Gracia 6 Zach Brown 7 Hermann Doerner 8 Nick Patel 9 Jorge Gomez Sanchez 10 George McGee 11 Lukas Fernandes 12 Kevin Klett 13 Matt Sullivan 14 Belal Mohamed 15 Joonas Jokinen 16 Brendon Creed 17 Trevor Babin 18 Matt Mahoney 19 Matt Trepanier 20 Kismet Tuli 21 Tarek Fayed 22 Mark Grasela 23 Jordan Wix-Rauch 24 Tim Rudy 25 Connor Stevenson 26 Stefan Mueller 27 Nick Sarver 28 Robin Goetz 30 Marko Urosevic 31 Albert Moreno 32 Chris Brignall
Pos. GK D M D M M M/F M F F M M M F/M M M/F D M F F D M/F M M D M GK GK M F/M
Cl. R-Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. R-Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr.
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Hometown/Previous School Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield East Telford, Pa./Montgomery County Community College Wilmington, Del./Charter School of Wilmington Sagunto, Spain/Universidad Europea West Orange, N.J./West Orange Bad Nauheim, Germany/St. Lioba Schule Cinnaminson, N.J. /Cinnaminson Talavera De La Reina, Spain/European University of Madrid Wolverhampton, England/Wolgarston Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili Muncie, Ind./Valparaiso University Philadelphia, Pa./Penn Charter Allentown, Pa./Parkland Helsinki, Finland/ACS Cobham International School Petit Valley, Trinidad/Fatima College Shelton, Conn./Shelton Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham York, Pa./Dallastown Rockville, Md./Walter Johnson Jackson, N.J./Jackson Liberty Philadelphia, Pa./La Salle College High School Hummelstown, Pa./Hershey Ridley, Pa./Ridley Eagleville, Pa./Methacton East Northport, N.Y./Commack York, Pa./West York Augsburg, Germany Queens, N.Y./Christ the King Barcelona, Spain York, Pa./Dallastown
OWLS
OWLS NOTEBOOK • The Owls enter the 2016 following a historic 10-win season that included their first national top 25 ranking since 1997 and six-game win streak to start the season, the program’s best since 1985. • Returning starters Jorge Gomez Sanchez and Alex Cagle both wrote themselves into the Temple men’s soccer history books in 2015. Gomez Sanchez recorded 13 goals and five assists to rank in a tie for fifth all time in single-season goals. Cagle’s GAA of 1.18 ranks in a program tie for seventh for single-season GAA. • Head coach David MacWilliams enters his 17th season with the Owls along with first-year assistants James Gledhill and Joe Barber. • Temple men’s soccer, along with Temple’s women’s soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, and track and field programs, welcome a brand new sports complex for the 2016-17 season. Howarth Field will replace the Ambler Sports Complex as the Owls’ home field.
SENIOR JORGE GOMEZ SANCHEZ
TEMPLE OWLS SPORTS COMPLEX GRASS CAPACITY: 500
2015 RESULTS
2015 STATISTICAL LEADERS
(10-7-2 Overall, 2-6-9 American) AUGUST 28 at Manhattan 30 at Northeastern SEPTEMBER 4 No. 25/22 Penn State 8 Rider 13 Yale 16 at Villanova 20 at Penn 23 La Salle 26 at Cincinnati* 30 at Delaware OCTOBER 3 No. 17/24 USF* 7 at UCF* 10 Memphis* 13 Columbia 17 at Tulsa* 21 UConn* 24 Cincinnati* 31 at No. 9/14 SMU* NOVEMBER 7 at UConn^ [*] American Athletic Conference game [^] Conference Championship
W, 1-0 (2OT) T, 1-1 (2OT) W, 2-0 W, 3-1 W, 2-0 W, 2-1 W, 3-0 W, 4-1 L, 2-3 T, 0-0 (2OT) L, 0-1 L, 1-3 W, 4-0 W, 3-1 L, 0-2 L, 0-2 W, 3-1 L, 0-2 L, 0-4
PLAYER Jorge Gomez Sanchez Belal Mohamed Justin Stoddart Carlos Moros Gracia Joonas Jokinen Jared Martinelli Dinho Zwane Hermann Doerner Matt Mahoney Jordan Wix-Rauch Dan White Stefan Mueller Kevin Klett Josh Tagland Brendon Creed Dalton Andrusko
GP 18 19 18 19 13 14 18 19 19 12 16 19 18 8 17 4
G 13 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
A 4 6 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 1
PTS 30 12 8 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1
SH 76 15 12 16 17 16 11 26 6 4 10 3 4 1 4 2
Temple Totals Opponents
19 19
31 23
33 22
95 68
226 178
GOALKEEPERS Patrick Lestingi Alex Cagle
GP 2 19
MINS GA/GAA 6:56 0/0.00 1759:18 23/1.18
SVS SHO 0 0 57 5
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TULSA HEAD COACH TOM MCINTOSH
2016 SCHEDULE
C A R E E R R E C O R D /Y E A R S 228-151-42/21 R E C O R D A T T U L S A /Y E A R S 228-151-42/21
QUICK FACTS Location: .................................................................. Tulsa, Okla. Nickname: .......................................................Golden Hurricane Colors: ................................. Old Gold, Royal Blue and Crimson Enrollment: ....................................................................... 4,682 Founded: ............................................................................ 1894 Director of Athletics: ....................................... Dr. Derrick Gragg Assistant Coaches: ............................... Justin Cook, Ryan Pore Graduate Assistant Coach ............................Daniel Cherbonnier Soccer Office Phone: ............................................918-631-3789 2015 Record: ...................................................................... 8-6-7 2015 Postseason: ..................................... NCAA Second Round Starters Returning/Lost:......................................................... 8/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .............................................13/8 Soccer SID: ......................................................... Stephanie Hall Phone: ..................................................................918-631-2163 Email: ................................................stephanie-hall@utulsa.edu Website: ........................................... www.TulsaHurricane.com
AUGUST 26 at 31 SEPTEMBER 4 at 9 at 11 vs. 16 19 24 at 27 OCTOBER 1 6 at 11 15 18 22 at 29 at NOVEMBER 4
Cal State Northridge UMKC
9:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
Saint Louis UAB# Stetson# Akron Santa Clara SMU* Missouri State
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
UConn (American Digital Network)* USF* Creighton UCF* Oral Roberts Temple* Cincinnati*
7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
Memphis*
7 p.m.
Dates and times (Central) are subject to change [#] UAB Soccer for a Cure Classic [*] American Athletic Conference game SENIOR JAKE MCGUIRE
SOPHOMORE JUAN SANCHEZ
2016 ROSTER No. Name 0 Marcel Da Silva 1 Jake McGuire 2 Quinton Duncan 3 Berernie Zuazua 4 Casper Venstad 5 Ryan Alpers 6 Cole Poppen 7 Matthew Puig 8 David Viox 9 Miguel Velasquez 10 Juan Sanchez 11 Alejandro Chavez 12 Koray Easterling 13 Cameron Drackett 14 Munashe Raranje 15 Rollie Rocha 16 Kay Duit 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 30 31
Vincent Pedace Garrett Garwood Aidan Dunne Kurt Gerteisen Lesley Nchanji Zack Stavrou Jacob Gooden Ray Saari Fred Mattioli Matt Karasinski Lucas Bueno
Pos. GK GK D F D D D F M F F M D M M M M
Ht. 6-4 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-5 5-9 6-2 5-10 5-11 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-11 5-8 5-9 5-10
Wt. 200 175 155 153 182 165 160 175 155 175 155 165 185 160 140 145 146
Cl. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr.
M D D D M D M M M GK M
5-7 5-10 6-0 5-11 5-8 6-0 5-9 5-6 5-11 6-0 6-0
155 160 170 167 157 165 145 148 155 175 150
So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr.
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Hometown/Previous School Ormond Beach, Fla./Shattuck St. Mary’s School Chino Hills, Calif./School of Extended Educational Options Ontario, Canada/Burnaby Central Secondary Dallas, Texas/Lone Star Skjetten, Norway/Mailand Videregaende Skole Broken Arrow, Okla./Union Ankeny, Iowa/Shattuck St. Mary’s School Edmond, Okla./Deer Creek St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis University H.S. San Antonio, Texas/Winston Churchill Ossining, N.Y./Ossining Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow Biloxi, Miss./Biloxi Flower Mound, Texas/Edward Marcus Jenks, Okla./Jenks Spring, Texas/Klein Oak Gelderland, The Netherlands/ Stedelijke Scholengemeenschap Nijmegen Riverside, Calif./San Francisco Fort Worth, Texas/Central Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway Central O’Fallon, Mo./Christian Brothers College H.S. Yaounde, Cameroon/Shattuck St. Mary’s Dallas, Texas/Jesuit Preparatory Malibu, Calif./Malibu Kansas City, Mo./Oak Park Houston, Texas/Strake Jesuit College Preparatory Parker, Texas/Lone Star The Hague, Netherlands/International Schools of The Hague
GOLDEN HURRICANE NOTEBOOK • Tulsa returns eight starters from last season. • Juan Sanchez, now a sophomore on the roster, scored a team-high eight goals and 19 points last season. • Jake McGuire returns for his senior season, having started in 45 of 47 games in his career. He has tallied 182 saves and 11 shutouts, and has a 1.13 goals-against average. • Tulsa won its second American Athletic Conference tournament championship last season, but this time they did it without a win, tying UCF (2-2), No. 7 SMU (2-2) and UConn (1-1) en route to the title.
SOPHOMORE JUAN SANCHEZ
HURRICANE SOCCER & TRACK STADIUM GRASS CAPACITY: 2,000
2015 RESULTS
2015 STATISTICAL LEADERS
(8-6-7 Overall, 3-3-2 American) AUGUST 28 No. 22/NR Saint Louis 30 Sacramento State SEPTEMBER 4 at No. 2/2 Virginia 6 at No. 4/7 North Carolina 10 Oral Roberts 13 Portland 19 at No. 1/1 Creighton 21 at UMKC 26 SMU* (American Digital Network) OCTOBER 3 at Cincinnati* 7 No. 18/24 USF* 10 at UCF* 17 Temple* 21 at No. 12/14 SMU* 24 UConn* 31 at Memphis* NOVEMBER 7 vs. UCF^ Tulsa advanced 4-2 on PKs 13 vs. No. 7/12 SMU^ (American Digital Network) Tulsa advanced 4-3 on PKs 15 vs. UConn^ (ESPNU) Tulsa advanced 4-3 on PKs 19 No. 24/NR FIU# 22. at No. 11/9 Notre Dame# Notre Dame advanced 3-0 on PKs [*] American Athletic Conference game [^] Conference Championship [#] NCAA Tournament
L, 0-1 (2OT) W, 2-1 T, 1-1 (2OT) L, 1-2 W, 6-2 W, 3-2 (2OT) L, 0-1 W, 3-2 (OT) L, 0-1 T, 1-1 (2OT) L, 1-2 W, 1-0 W, 2-0 L, 2-3 T, 1-1 (2OT) W, 3-0 T, 2-2 (2OT)
PLAYER Juan Sanchez Geoffrey Dee Miguel Velasquez Zach Jackson Bradley Bourgeois Lesley Nchanji Ray Saari Cameron Drackett Michael Mitrik Cole Poppen Kay Duit Aymar Sigue Quinton Duncan Dillon Alexander Munashe Raranje Zack Stavrou Jacob Gooden
GP 21 21 15 21 21 16 20 19 14 21 20 13 21 16 15 21 1
G 8 6 4 2 4 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
A 3 6 1 4 0 3 4 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1
PTS 19 18 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
SH 30 55 33 19 17 22 37 29 14 15 15 16 3 2 11 4 1
Tulsa Totals Opponents
21 21
36 28
33 28
105 84
334 240
T, 2-2 (2OT) T, 1-1 (2OT) W, 3-2 (OT) T, 1-1 (2OT)
GOALKEEPERS Marcel Da Silva Jake McGuire Brandon Hanat
GP 2 18 2
MINS GA/GAA 180:00 2/1.00 1754:42 24/1.23 119:32 2/1.51
SVS SHO 9 1 67 2 5 0
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SEASON REVIEW
2015 SEASON REVIEW
Final Standings SCHOOL ^SMU USF UConn #Tulsa UCF Temple Memphis Cincinnati
AMERICAN TP W 22 7 17 5 11 3 11 3 10 3 6 2 6 1 6 1
L 0 2 3 3 4 6 4 4
OVERALL W-L PCT 15-3-4 .773 11-6-3 .625 10-6-6 .591 8-6-7 .548 7-8-2 .471 10-7-2 .579 3-10-4 .294 7-9-3 .447
T 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 3
H 11-1-1 9-1-2 7-1-4 5-3-2 6-3-0 7-1-0 2-4-2 6-3-2
A 4-2-2 1-3-1 2-5-1 3-3-2 1-5-2 3-5-2 1-6-2 1-6-1
N 0-0-1 1-2-0 1-0-1 0-0-2 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
STREAK L1 L2 L1 T1 T1 L2 L3 L3
[^] Regular season champion [#] Tournament champion
2016 American Men’s Soccer Awards Coaching Staff of the Year: SMU Offensive Player of the Year: Mauro Cichero, SMU Defensive Player of the Year: Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Midfielder of the Year: Kwame Awuah, UConn; John Lujano, SMU Goalkeeper of the Year: Michael Nelson, SMU Rookie of the Year: Juan Sanchez, Tulsa Team Fair Play Award: UConn
First Team All-Conference Hadji Barry, UCF Kwame Awuah, UConn Jake Nerwinski,UConn Raul Gonzalez, Memphis Nazeem Bartman, USF *Brendan Hines-Ike, USF Lindo Mfeka, USF *Mauro Cichero, SMU John Lujano, SMU Michael Nelson, SMU Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa
Second Team All-Conference Emmanuel Appiah, Cincinnati Alejandro Garcia, Cincinnati John Manga, Cincinnati Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn Marcus Epps, USF Spasoje Stefanovic, USF Jordan Cano, SMU Carlos Moros Gracia, Temple Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Temple Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa Jake McGuire, Tulsa Juan Sanchez, Tulsa
[*] unanimous selection
28 • 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer
All-Rookie Team *Jakov Basic, UCF *Adam Wilson, Cincinnati *Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn Simen Olafsen, UConn Mason Morise, Memphis *Prosper Figbe, USF Christian Boorom, SMU Emil Cuello, SMU Caleb Smith, SMU Belal Mohamed, Temple Lesley Nchanji, Tulsa *Juan Sanchez, Tulsa
2015 SEASON REVIEW 2015 NSCAA AWARDS NSCAA All-America First Team Mauro Cichero, SMU Third Team Nazeem Bartman, USF NSCAA All-East Region First Team Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Brendan Hines-Ike, USF Mauro Cichero, SMU Nazeem Bartman, USF
NSCAA Scholar All-Americans First Team John Lujano, SMU NSCAA Team Academic Awards Cincinnati Memphis SMU Temple Tulsa MAC HERMANN TROPHY SEMIFINALISTS Mauro Cichero, SMU
Second Team Jake Nerwinski, UConn Jacob Speed, SMU Kwame Awuah, UConn John Lujano, SMU Lindo Mfeka, USF Hadji Barry, UCF Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Temple Third Team Michael Nelson, SMU Carlos Moros Gracia, Temple Jared Rice, SMU Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa Juan Sebastian Sanchez, Tulsa Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn East Region Coach of the Year: George Kiefer, USF
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2015 SEASON REVIEW PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Wk 1
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Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
O: Matias Pyysalo, M, UCF D: Neico Regent, B, UCF GK: Alex Cagle, Temple R: Gorka Aperribay, F, UCF O: Mauro Cichero, F, SMU D: Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Temple GK: Alex Cagle, Temple R: Simen Olafsen, B, UConn O: Jorge Gomez Sanchez, M, Temple D: Brendan Hines-Ike, B, Tulsa GK: Alex Cagle, Temple R: Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, UConn O: Jorge Gomez Sanchez, M, Temple D: Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Temple GK: Spasoje Stefanovic, USF R: Emil Cuello, M, SMU O: Alejandro Garcia, F, Cincinnati D: Jared Rice, B, SMU GK: Spasoje Stefanovic, USF R: Mason Morise, M, Memphis O: Mauro Cichero, F, SMU D: Quincy Thomas, B, Memphis GK: Jake Leeker, Memphis R: Emil Cuello, Fr., M, SMU O: Nazeem Bartman, M, USF D: Brendan Hines-Ike, B, USF GK: Michael Nelson, SMU R: Belal Mohamed, M, Temple O: Mauro Cichero, F, SMU D: Cole Poppen, B, Tulsa GK: Jake Leeker, Memphis
R: Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, UConn Wk 9 O: Idi Camara, , SMU D: Simen Olafsen, B, UConn GK: Scott Levene, UConn R: Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, UConn Wk 10 O: Stanton Garcia, M/F, SMU D: Jakov Basic, B, UCF GK: Michael Nelson, SMU R: Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, UConn
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WEEKLY HONOR ROLL Wk 1
Alejandro Garcia, F, Cincinnati; Scott Levene, GK, UConn; Eduardo Maceira, F, USF; Stanton Garcia, M, SMU; Jorge Gomez Sanchez, M, Temple Wk 2 Scott Levene, GK, UConn; Brandon Riley, B, USF; Hermann Doerner, M, Temple; Justin Stoddart, M, Temple; Kay Duit, M, Tulsa Wk 3 Scott Levene, GK, UConn; Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, USF; Nazeem Bartman, F, USF; Jordan Wix-Rauch, M/F, Temple; Juan Sanchez, F, Tulsa Wk 4 Emmanuel Appiah, M, Cincinnati; Fredrik Jonsson, F, UConn; Scott Levene, GK, UConn; Nazeem Bartman, F, USF; Alex Cagle, GK, Temple Wk 5 Nazeem Bartman, F, USF; Brenden Lee, F, SMU; Jorge Gomez Sanchez, M, Temple; Matt Mahoney, B, Temple; Belal Mohamed, M, Temple Wk 6 Hadji Barry, M, UCF; Chandler Klemm, F, Memphis; Nazeem Bartman, F, USF; Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, USF; Alex Cagle, GK, Temple Wk 7 Dre Deas, M, UCF; Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, USF; Alex Cagle, GK, Temple; Joonas Jokinen, M, Temple; Matt Mahoney, B, Temple Wk 8 Pedro Diaz, GK, Cincinnati; Raul Gonzalez, M/F, Memphis; Austin Stone, B, Memphis; Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Temple; Jake McGuire, GK, Tulsa Wk 9 Gorka Aperribay, F, UCF; Brendan Rennie, GK, UCF; Alejandro Garcia, F, Cincinnati; Lindo Mfeka, M, USF; Jorge Gomez Sanchez, F, Temple; Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Temple Wk 10 Matias Pyysalo, M, UCF; Brendan Rennie, GK, UCF; Scott Levene, GK, UConn; Simen Olafsen, B, UConn; Jared Martinelli, M, Temple
SEASON REVIEW
2015 SEASON REVIEW INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS - ALL GAMES SHOTS PER GAME Player 1. GOMEZ SANCHEZ, Jorge-TEM 2. GONZALEZ, Raul-MEM 3. CICHERO, Mauro-SMU 4. BARTMAN, Nazeem-USF 5. DEE, Geoffrey-TLS 6. BARRY, Hadji-UCF 7. THIAM, Abdou-UCONN 8. APPIAH, Emmanuel-CIN 9. PYYSALO, Matias-UCF 10. VELASQUEZ, Miguel-TLS
GP 18 17 21 19 21 17 22 19 17 15
No. 76 60 70 54 55 42 52 44 39 33
Avg/G 4.22 3.53 3.33 2.84 2.62 2.47 2.36 2.32 2.29 2.20
POINTS PER GAME Player GP 1. GOMEZ SANCHEZ, Jorge-TEM 18 2. BARRY, Hadji-UCF 17 3. CICHERO, Mauro-SMU 21 4. PYYSALO, Matias-UCF 17 5. GARCIA, Alejandro-CIN 19 6. BARTMAN, Nazeem-USF 19 7. THIAM, Abdou-UCONN 22 8. GONZALEZ, Raul-MEM 17 9. SANCHEZ, Juan-TLS 21 10. DEE, Geoffrey-TLS 21
Goals 13 11 10 6 10 8 11 7 8 6
Assists 4 3 9 8 2 5 0 2 3 6
Points 30 25 29 20 22 21 22 16 19 18
GOALS PER GAME Player 1. GOMEZ SANCHEZ, Jorge-TEM 2. BARRY, Hadji-UCF 3. GARCIA, Alejandro-CIN 4. THIAM, Abdou-UCONN 5. CICHERO, Mauro-SMU 6. BARTMAN, Nazeem-USF 7. GONZALEZ, Raul-MEM 8. SANCHEZ, Juan-TLS 9. PYYSALO, Matias-UCF 10. DEE, Geoffrey-TLS
GP 18 17 19 22 21 19 17 21 17 21
No. 13 11 10 11 10 8 7 8 6 6
Avg/G 0.72 0.65 0.53 0.50 0.48 0.42 0.41 0.38 0.35 0.29
ASSISTS PER GAME Player 1. AWUAH, Kwame-UCONN 2. PYYSALO, Matias-UCF 3. RICE, Jared-SMU 4. WILSON, Adam-CIN 5. CICHERO, Mauro-SMU 6. APPIAH, Emmanuel-CIN MOHAMED, Belal-TEM 8. DEE, Geoffrey-TLS 9. BARTMAN, Nazeem-USF 10. CARTER, Terence-CIN
GP 22 17 22 18 21 19 19 21 19 12
No. 12 8 10 8 9 6 6 6 5 3
Avg/G 0.55 0.47 0.45 0.44 0.43 0.32 0.32 0.29 0.26 0.25
GOALS AGAINST AVG Player 1. LEVENE, Scott-UCONN 2. STEFANOVIC, Spasoje-USF 3. NELSON, Michael-SMU 4. CAGLE, Alex-TEM 5. MCGUIRE, Jake-TLS 6. BIGGS, Zach-UCF 7. LEEKER, Jake-MEM 8. RENNIE, Brendan-UCF 9. DIAZ, Pedro-CIN 10. GILL, Alex-CIN
GP 22 20 22 19 18 11 11 7 13 7
GA 18 18 23 23 24 14 16 10 20 14
Minutes 2120:33 1875:05 2098:20 1759:18 1754:42 965:00 1065:28 612:50 1166:01 633:39
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS - CONFERENCE ONLY
Avg/G 1.67 1.47 1.38 1.18 1.16 1.11 1.00 0.94 0.90 0.86
GA Avg 0.76 0.86 0.99 1.18 1.23 1.31 1.35 1.47 1.54 1.99
SHOTS PER GAME Player 1. GOMEZ SANCHEZ, Jorge-TEM 2. CICHERO, Mauro-SMU GONZALEZ, Raul-MEM 4. THIAM, Abdou-UCONN 5. DEE, Geoffrey-TLS 6. BARTMAN, Nazeem-USF 7. BECKET, Melvin-USF 8. LEE, Brenden-SMU 9. APPIAH, Emmanuel-CIN BARRY, Hadji-UCF
GP 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8
No. 27 29 29 23 22 18 20 18 17 17
Avg/G 3.86 3.62 3.62 2.88 2.75 2.57 2.50 2.25 2.12 2.12
POINTS PER GAME Player GP 1. CICHERO, Mauro-SMU 8 2. BARTMAN, Nazeem-USF 7 3. THIAM, Abdou-UCONN 8 4. GARCIA, Alejandro-CIN 8 5. GOMEZ SANCHEZ, Jorge-TEM 7 6. Barry, Hadji-UCF 8 7. GONZALEZ, Raul-MEM 8 DEE, Geoffrey-TLS 8 GARCIA, Stanton-SMU 8 10. MFEKA, Lindo-USF 6
Goals 6 5 6 5 3 4 3 3 3 2
Assists 3 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 1
Points 15 11 12 11 9 10 7 7 7 5
GOALS PER GAME Player 1. THIAM, Abdou-UCONN CICHERO, Mauro-SMU 3. BARTMAN, Nazeem-USF 4. GARCIA, Alejandro-CIN 5. BARRY, Hadji-UCF 6. GOMEZ SANCHEZ, Jorge-TEM 7. GONZALEZ, Raul-MEM GARCIA, Stanton-SMU CAMARA, Idrissa-SMU DEE, Geoffrey-TLS
GP 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8
No. 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3
Avg/G 0.75 0.75 0.71 0.62 0.50 0.43 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.38
ASSISTS PER GAME Player 1. AWUAH, Kwame-UCONN 2. EPPS, Marcus-USF APPIAH, Emmanuel-CIN RICE, Jared-SMU 5. MORISE, Mason-MEM SAARI, Ray-TLS GOMEZ SANCHEZ, Jorge-TEM 8. CICHERO, Mauro-SMU CLARK, Bryce-SMU PYYSALO, Matias-UCF WILSON, Adam-CIN
GP 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
No. 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Avg/G 0.62 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.38
GOALS AGAINST AVG Player 1. STEFANOVIC, Spasoje-USF 2. NELSON, Michael-SMU 3. LEVENE, Scott-UCONN 4. MCGUIRE, Jake-TLS 5. RENNIE, Brendan-UCF 6. LEEKER, Jake-MEM 7. BIGGS, Zach-UCF 8. DIAZ, Pedro-CIN 9. CAGLE, Alex-TEM
GP 8 8 8 5 4 6 4 8 8
GA 6 6 7 5 5 9 6 15 14
Minutes 765:05 756:52 780:33 470:00 360:00 615:28 380:00 796:52 717:57
Avg/G 1.88 1.57 1.50 1.38 1.29 1.25 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.83
GA Avg 0.71 0.71 0.81 0.96 1.25 1.32 1.42 1.69 1.75
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2015 SEASON REVIEW TEAM STATISTICS - ALL GAMES
TEAM STATISTICS - CONFERENCE ONLY
SHOTS Team 1. Tulsa 2. SMU 3. USF 4. Temple 5. UConn 6. Cincinnati 7. UCF 8. Memphis
GP 21 22 20 19 22 19 17 17
No. 334 313 254 226 224 207 206 195
Avg/G 15.90 14.23 12.70 11.89 10.18 10.89 12.12 11.47
SHOTS Team 1. Tulsa 2. SMU 3. USF 4. Temple 5. UConn 6. Memphis 7. UCF 8. Cincinnati
GP 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
No. 124 112 104 91 85 83 82 74
Avg/G 15.50 14.00 13.00 11.38 10.62 10.38 10.25 9.25
POINTS Team 1. SMU 2. Tulsa 3. Temple 4. Cincinnati UConn 6. UCF USF 8. Memphis
GP 22 21 19 19 22 17 20 17
No. 127 105 95 81 81 77 77 36
Avg/G 5.77 5.00 5.00 4.26 3.68 4.53 3.85 2.12
POINTS Team 1. SMU 2. USF 3. Tulsa Temple 5. UCF Cincinnati 7. UConn 8. Memphis
GP 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
No. 49 37 31 31 30 30 23 20
Avg/G 6.12 4.62 3.88 3.88 3.75 3.75 2.88 2.50
GOALS Team 1. SMU 2. Tulsa 3. Temple 4. USF 5. UCF Cincinnati UConn 8. Memphis
GP 22 21 19 20 17 19 22 17
No. 40 36 31 27 26 26 26 13
Avg/G 1.82 1.71 1.63 1.35 1.53 1.37 1.18 0.76
GOALS Team 1. SMU 2. USF 3. Tulsa 4. Temple UCF 6. Cincinnati 7. UConn 8. Memphis
GP 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
No. 15 13 11 10 10 9 8 7
Avg/G 1.88 1.62 1.38 1.25 1.25 1.12 1.00 0.88
ASSISTS Team 1. SMU 2. Tulsa Temple 4. UConn Cincinnati 6. UCF 7. USF 8. Memphis
GP 22 21 19 22 19 17 20 17
No. 47 33 33 29 29 25 23 10
Avg/G 2.14 1.57 1.74 1.32 1.53 1.47 1.15 0.59
ASSISTS Team 1. SMU 2. Cincinnati 3. USF Temple 5. UCF 6. Tulsa 7. UConn 8. Memphis
GP 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
No. 19 12 11 11 10 9 7 6
Avg/G 2.38 1.50 1.38 1.38 1.25 1.12 0.88 0.75
GOALS AGAINST AVG Team GP 1. UConn 22 2. USF 20 3. SMU 22 4. Temple 19 5. Tulsa 21 6. UCF 17 7. Cincinnati 19 8. Memphis 17
GA 18 18 23 23 28 24 34 32
Minutes 2120:33 1875:05 2098:20 1766:14 2054:14 1577:50 1799:40 1625:28
GOALS AGAINST AVG Team GP 1. USF 8 2. SMU 8 3. UConn 8 4. Tulsa 8 5. UCF 8 6. Cincinnati 8 7. Temple 8 8. Memphis 8
GA 6 6 7 8 11 15 14 16
Minutes 765:05 756:52 780:33 760:00 740:00 796:52 720:00 795:28
SAVES Team 1. SMU 2. Tulsa 3. Cincinnati 4. Memphis 5. UConn 6. USF 7. Temple 8. UCF
Saves 95 84 80 75 68 59 58 56
Avg/G 4.32 4.00 4.21 4.41 3.09 2.95 3.05 3.29
SAVES Team 1. Cincinnati 2. SMU 3. Memphis 4. UCF 5. Tulsa 6. UConn 7. USF 8. Temple
Saves 47 38 35 33 31 28 21 20
Avg/G 5.88 4.75 4.38 4.12 3.88 3.50 2.62 2.50
GP 22 21 19 17 22 20 19 17
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GA Avg 0.76 0.86 0.99 1.17 1.23 1.37 1.70 1.77
GP 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
GA Avg 0.71 0.71 0.81 0.95 1.34 1.69 1.75 1.81
ALL-TIME STANDINGS 2015 School SMU USF UConn Tulsa UCF Temple Memphis Cincinnati
American Total Pts. W-L-T 22 7-0-1 17 5-2-2 11 3-3-2 11 3-3-2 10 3-4-1 6 2-6-0 6 1-4-3 6 1-4-3
Overall W-L-T 15-3-4 11-6-3 10-6-6 8-6-7 7-8-2 10-7-2 3-10-4 7-9-3
American Total Pts. W-L-T 19 6-1-1 16 5-2-1 14 4-2-2 13 4-3-1 10 3-4-1 7 1-3-4 7 2-5-1 4 1-6-1
Overall W-L-T 10-6-3 11-6-3 10-6-2 10-7-3 9-7-2 2-10-6 5-10-3 2-14-2
American Total Pts. W-L-T 17 5-1-2 16 4-0-4 15 4-1-3 13 3-1-4 10 2-2-4 9 3-5-0 8 2-4-2 7 2-5-1 3 1-7-0
Overall W-L-T 11-4-3 10-2-5 8-4-5 10-4-4 7-3-8 9-8-1 3-12-2 7-10-2 6-12-1
2014 School UConn Tulsa SMU USF Memphis UCF Cincinnati Temple 2013 School Louisville UConn UCF Temple USF Memphis SMU Rutgers Cincinnati
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ALL-TIME RECORDS
REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS
Year 2015 2014 2013
Champion SMU UConn Louisville
Total Pts. 22 19 17
American 7-0-1 6-1-1 5-1-2
Overall 15-3-4 10-6-3 11-4-3
ALL-TIME RECORDS TEAM
351 334 313 294 280
SHOTS UConn Tulsa SMU USF USF
2013 2015 2015 2013 2014
SHOTS PER GAME 15.90 Tulsa 2015 15.26 UConn 2013 2015 14.23 SMU 14.0 USF 2014 USF 2013
127 109 105 102 101
POINTS SMU UConn Tulsa USF SMU
2015 2013 2015 2014 2014
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5.77 5.61 5.10 5.00
POINTS PER GAME SMU 2015 SMU 2014 USF 2014 Tulsa 2015 Temple 2015
40 36 36 35 32
GOALS SMU Tulsa UConn SMU USF
1.94 1.82 1.71 1.63 1.60
GOALS PER GAME SMU 2014 SMU 2015 Tulsa 2015 Temple 2015 USF 2014
2015 2015 2013 2014 2014
31
ASSISTS SMU USF UConn Tulsa Temple SMU
2.14 1.90 1.74 1.72 1.61
ASSISTS PER GAME SMU 2015 USF 2014 Temple 2015 SMU 2014 UConn 2013
47 38 37 33
13 15 16 17 18
2015 2014 2013 2015 2015 2014
GOALS ALLOWED Temple 2013 Louisville 2013 USF 2013 UConn 2013 UConn 2015 USF 2015 SMU 2014
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE 0.68 Temple 2013 0.69 UConn 2013 USF 2013 0.71 Louisville 2013 0.76 UConn 2015
304 290 282 270 263
SAVES 112 Rutgers 95 SMU 84 Tulsa Tulsa Cincinnati Cincinnati
2013 2015 2015 2014 2014 2013
CORNERS 121 Tulsa 116 UConn 115 USF UConn 110 SMU 106 USF
2015 2015 2015 2013 2015 2013
2013 2015 2014 2013 2013
77 57 56 55 51
OFFSIDES USF UConn USF Tulsa Rutgers
2015 2013 2013 2014 2013
12 9
SHUTOUTS UConn SMU UConn Louisville Temple
FOULS UConn Cincinnati Tulsa USF Cincinnati
2013 2013 2015 2013 2015
38 34 32 30
6 3
YELLOW CARDS SMU Cincinnati UConn UConn USF Temple Rutgers
2015 2013 2013 2013 2015 2014 2013
RED CARDS Cincinnati SMU UCF Cincinnati USF Temple
2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014
GOALS C. Larin, UConn
2013
ALL-TIME RECORDS INDIVIDUAL
98 77 76 70
4.26 4.22 4.12 3.94 3.85
SHOTS C. Larin, UConn R. Velazco, LOU
2013 2013 J. Gomez Sanchez,TEM 2015 M. Cichero, SMU 2015 R. Williams, UCF 2014 SHOTS PER GAME C. Larin, UConn 2013 J. Gomez Sanchez,TEM 2015 R. Williams, UCF 2014 C. Larin, UConn 2014 R. Velazco, LOU 2013
31 30
POINTS C. Larin, UConn
2013
J. Gomez Sanchez,TEM 2015
29 25 23
M. Cichero, SMU 2015 H. Barry, UCF 2015 R. Velazco, LOU 2013
1.67 1.47 1.43 1.38 1.35
POINTS PER GAME J. Gomez Sanchez,TEM 2015 H. Barry, UCF 2015 K. Eze, RUT 2013 M. Cichero, SMU 2015 C. Larin, UConn 2013
14 13 11 10
0.72 0.65 0.61 0.57 0.56
J. Gomez Sanchez,TEM 2015
H. Barry, UCF A. Thiam, UConn A. Garcia, CIN M. Cichero, SMU J. Manga, CIN R. Williams, UCF
2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2013
GOALS PER GAME J. Gomez Sanchez,TEM 2015 H. Barry, UCF 2015 C. Larin, UConn 2013 K. Eze, RUT 2013 J. Manga, CIN 2014 C. Larin, UConn 2014
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ALL-TIME RECORDS
12 10
9
ASSISTS K. Awuah, UConn J. Rice, SMU A. Beso, UConn L. Collins, MEM M. Cichero, SMU L. Baldin, USF E. Moalosi, USF R. Velazco, LOU
2015 2015 2013 2013 2015 2014 2014 2013
ASSISTS PER GAME 0.56 L. Collins, MEM 2013 0.55 K. Awuah, UConn 2015 0.45 J. Rice, SMU 2015 L. Baldin, USF 2014 E. Moalosi, USF 2014 GAME-WINNING GOALS/G 0.33 J. Gomez Sanchez,TEM 2015 R. Williams, UCF 2013 0.26 N. Bartman, USF 2015 0.23 A. Barrett, TLS 2014 0.22 C. Larin, UConn 2013 J. Martinelli, TEM 2013
0.52 0.64 0.68 0.69 0.75
GOALS AGAINST AVG. S. Levene, UConn 2014 B. Muhammad, USF 2013 D. Scheck, TEM 2013 J. Ball, LOU 2013 A. Blake, UConn 2013
.859 .843 .812 .804 .803
SAVE PERCENTAGE D. Scheck, TEM 2013 B. Muhammad, USF 2013 D. Greczek, RUT 2013 S. Evers, UCF 2013 J. Ball, LOU 2013
SAVES 108 D. Greczek, RUT 90 M. Nelson, SMU 79 D. Scheck, TEM 75 D. Scheck, TEM 72 A. Gill, CIN
2013 2015 2013 2014 2013
THE AMERICAN IN THE FINAL POLLS
2015 NSCAA 13. SMU 18. USF
13-2-4 11-5-3
2014 N/A 2013 NSCAA 9. UConn 18. Louisville
13-3-7 11-5-4
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5.40 5.29 4.69 4.62 4.54
10 9 8
SAVES PER GAME D. Greczek, RUT 2013 S. Evers, UCF 2014 D. Scheck, TEM 2014 J. Wagmeister, UConn 2014 P. Diaz, CIN 2015 SHUTOUTS A. Blake, UConn M. Nelson, SMU D. Scheck, TEM S. Stefanovic, USF S. Levene, UConn J. Ball, LOU
2013 2015 2013 2015 2014 2013 B. Muhammad, USF 2013
SHUTOUTS PER GAME 0.73 S. Levene, UConn 2014 0.50 D. Scheck, TEM 2013 0.48 A. Blake, UConn 2013 0.42 J. Ball, LOU 2013 0.41 M. Nelson, SMU 2015
ALL-TIME STATISTICAL LEADERS (ALL GAMES) TEAM
Year 2015 2014 2013
SHOTS Team Tulsa USF UConn
Year 2015 2014 2013
SHOTS PER GAME Team GP Tulsa 21 USF 20 UConn 23
Year 2015 2014 2013
POINTS Team SMU USF UConn
Year 2015 2014 2013
POINTS PER GAME Team GP SMU 22 SMU 18 UConn 23
Year 2015 2014 2013
GOALS Team SMU SMU UConn
Year 2015 2014 2013
GOALS PER GAME Team GP SMU 22 SMU 18 UConn 23
Goals/G 1.82 1.94 1.57
Year 2015 2014 2013
ASSISTS Team SMU USF UConn
Year 2015 2014 2013
ASSISTS PER GAME Team GP SMU 22 USF 20 UConn 23
GP 21 20 23
GP 22 20 23
GP 22 18 23
GP 22 20 23
Shots 334 280 351
Shots/G 15.90 14.00 15.26
Points 127 102 109
Points/G 5.77 5.61 4.74
GOALS ALLOWED Year Team 2015 UConn USF 2014 SMU 2013 Temple
Year 2015 2014 2013
GP 22 20 18 18
GA 18 18 18 13
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Team GP Min. UConn 22 2120:33 SMU 18 1669:41 Temple 18 1712:49
SAVES Year Team 2015 SMU 2014 Cincinnati Tulsa 2013 Rutgers
GP 22 18 20 20
Saves 95 84 84 112
Year 2015 2014 2013
SHUTOUTS Team SMU UConn UConn
GP 22 19 23
Shutouts 9 9 12
Year 2015 2014 2013
FOULS Team Tulsa Tulsa UConn
GP 21 20 23
Fouls 282 259 304
Year 2015 2014 2013
CORNERS Team Tulsa Tulsa UConn
GP 21 20 23
Corners 121 114 115
Assists 47 38 37
Year 2015 2014 2013
OFFSIDES Team USF Tulsa UConn
GP 20 20 23
Offsides 77 55 57
Assists/G 2.14 1.90 1.61
Year 2015 2014 2013
YELLOW CARDS Team SMU Temple Cincinnati
GP 22 18 18
YC 38 30 34
Goals 40 35 36
GA Avg. 0.76 0.97 0.69
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ALL-TIME STATISTICAL LEADERS
ALL-TIME STATISTICAL LEADERS (ALL GAMES) INDIVIDUAL SHOTS Year Player GP 2015 J. Gomez Sanchez, TEM 18 2014 R. Williams, UCF 17 2013 C. Larin, UConn 23
Year 2015 2014 2013
SHOTS PER GAME Player GP J. Gomez Sanchez, TEM 18 R. Williams, UCF 17 C. Larin, UConn 23
POINTS Year Player GP 2015 J. Gomez Sanchez, TEM 18 2014 J. Manga, CIN 18 2013 C. Larin, UConn 23
Year 2015 2014 2013
Year 2015 2014 2013
POINTS PER GAME Player GP J. Gomez Sanchez, TEM 18 C. Larin, UConn 16 K. Eze, RUT 14 GOALS Player
GP J. Gomez Sanchez, TEM 18 J. Manga, CIN 18 C. Larin, UConn 23
Shots 76 70 98
Shots/G 4.22 4.12 4.26
Points 30 22 31
Points/G 1.67 1.31 1.43
Goals 13 10 14
GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP 2015 J. Gomez Sanchez, TEM 18 2014 J. Manga, CIN 18 C. Larin, UConn 16 2013 C. Larin, UConn 23
Goals/G 0.72 0.56 0.56 0.61
ASSISTS Year Player 2015 K. Awuah, UConn 2014 L. Baldin, USF E. Moalosi, USF 2013 A. Beso, UConn L. Collins, MEM
Assists 12 9 9 10 10
GP 22 20 20 23 18
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ASSISTS PER GAME Player GP K. Awuah, UConn 22 L. Baldin, USF 20 E. Moalosi, USF 20 L. Collins, MEM 18
Year 2015 2014 2013
GAME-WINNING GOALS/GAME Player GP Avg. J. Gomez Sanchez, TEM 18 0.33 A. Barrett, TLS 13 0.23 R. Williams, UCF 18 0.33
Year 2015 2014 2013
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Player GP Min. S. Levene, UConn 18 2120:33 S. Levene, UConn 11 1043:00 B. Muhammad, USF 20 1960:19
Year 2015 2014 2013
SAVE PERCENTAGE Player GP M. Nelson, SMU 22 S. Levene, UConn 11 D. Scheck, TEM 18
Saves 90 30 79
Year 2015 2014 2013
SAVES Player M. Nelson, SMU A. Gill, CIN D. Greczek, RUT
GP 22 18 20
Saves 90 77 108
Year 2015 2014 2013
SAVES PER GAME Player GP P. Diaz, CIN 13 S. Evers, UCF 7 D. Greczek, RUT 20
Saves 59 37 108
Year 2015 2014 2013
SHUTOUTS Player M. Nelson, SMU S. Levene, UConn A. Blake, UConn
Year 2015 2014
GP 22 11 21
Assists/G 0.55 0.45 0.45 0.56
GA Avg. 0.76 0.52 0.64
GA 23 6 13
Shutouts 9 8 10
Save Pct. .796 .833 .859
Avg./G 4.54 5.29 5.40
ALL-TIME STATISTICAL LEADERS
ALL-TIME STATISTICAL LEADERS (CONFERENCE GAMES) TEAM
Year 2015 2014 2013
SHOTS Team Tulsa USF UConn
Year 2015 2014 2013
SHOTS PER GAME Team GP Tulsa 8 USF 8 UConn 8
POINTS Year Team 2015 SMU 2014 USF Tulsa 2013 Louisville
GP 8 8 8
GP 8 8 8 8
2013
POINTS PER GAME Team GP SMU 8 USF 8 Tulsa 8 Louisville 8
Year 2015 2014 2013
GOALS Team SMU Tulsa Louisville
Year 2015 2014 2013
GOALS PER GAME Team GP SMU 8 Tulsa 8 Louisville 8
Year 2015 2014 2013
ASSISTS Team SMU USF UConn
Year 2015 2014 2013
ASSISTS PER GAME Team GP SMU 8 USF 8 UConn 8
Year 2015 2014
GP 8 8 8
GP 8 8 8
Shots 124 113 135
Shots/G 15.50 14.12 16.88
Year 2015 2014 2013
GOALS ALLOWED Team SMU UConn UConn Louisville
GP 8 8 8 8
GA 6 3 6 6
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Team GP Min. 2015 USF 8 765:05 2014 UConn 8 741:34 2013 UConn 8 760:00 SAVES Year Team 2015 Cincinnati 2014 Cincinnati Temple 2013 Rutgers Temple
GP 8 8 8 8 8
Saves 47 44 44 41 41
SHUTOUTS Year Team 2015 USF SMU 2014 UConn 2013 UConn Louisville
GP 8 8 8 8 8
Shutouts 4 4 5 4 4
Goals 15 16 15
FOULS Year Team 2015 Memphis 2014 Cincinnati 2013 Cincinnati
GP 8 8 8
Fouls 112 100 141
Goals/G 1.88 2.00 1.88
CORNERS Year Team 2015 SMU 2014 Tulsa 2013 UConn
GP 8 8 8
Corners 47 47 41
Assists 19 18 12
OFFSIDES Year Team 2015 USF 2014 Memphis Tulsa 2013 SMU
GP 8 8 8 8
Offsides 33 24 24 30
GP 8 8 8
YC 19 17 15
Points 49 46 46 39
Points/G 6.12 5.75 5.75 4.88
Assists/G 2.38 2.25 1.50
Year 2015 2014 2013
YELLOW CARDS Team SMU Temple Cincinnati
GA Avg. 0.71 0.36 0.67
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ALL-TIME STATISTICAL LEADERS (CONFERENCE GAMES) INDIVIDUAL SHOTS Year Player GP 2015 R. Gonzalez, MEM 8 M. Cichero, SMU 8 2014 R. Williams, UCF 8 2013 C. Larin, UConn 8
Shots 29 29 30 38
SHOTS PER GAME Year Player GP 2015 J. Gomez Sanchez, TEM 7 2014 R. Williams, UCF 8 2013 C. Larin, UConn 8
Shots/G 3.86 3.75 4.75
POINTS Year Player 2015 M. Cichero, SMU 2014 L. Mfeka, USF 2013 R. Velazco, LOU
GP 8 8 8
POINTS PER GAME Year Player GP 2015 M. Cichero, SMU 8 2014 L. Mfeka, USF 8 2013 R. Velazco, LOU 8 GOALS Year Player 2015 A. Thiam, UConn M. Cichero, SMU 2014 R. Saari, TLS C. Larin, UConn L. Mfeka, USF 2013 R. Williams, UCF R. Velazco, LOU
GP 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP 2015 A. Thiam, UConn 8 M. Cichero, SMU 8 2014 C. Larin, UConn 7 R. Saari, TLS 7 2013 R. Velazco, LOU 8 R. Williams, UCF 8 ASSISTS Year Player 2015 K. Awuah, UConn 2014 E. Moalosi, USF J. Rice, SMU 2013 A. Beso, UConn A. Brody, LOU L. Collins, MEM
GP 8 8 8 8 8 8
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Points 15 11 12
Points/G 1.88 1.38 1.50
Goals 6 6 4 4 4 5 5
Goals/G 0.75 0.75 0.57 0.57 0.62 0.62
Assists 5 5 5 4 4 4
ASSISTS PER GAME Year Player GP 2015 K. Awuah, UConn 8 2014 E. Moalosi, USF 8 J. Rice, SMU 8 2013 A. Beso, UConn 8 A. Brody, LOU 8 L. Collins, MEM 8
Assists/G 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.50 0.50 0.50
GAME-WINNING GOALS/GAME Year Player GP Avg. 2015 N. Bartman, USF 8 0.57 2014 C. Larin, UConn 7 0.29 2013 R. Williams, UCF 8 0.38 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP Min. 2015 S. Stefanovic, USF 8 765:05 M. Nelson, SMU 8 756:52 2014 S. Levene, UConn 7 650:00 2013 S. Evers, UCF 6 787:38
GA Avg. 0.71 0.71 0.28 0.80
SAVE PERCENTAGE Year Player GP 2015 M. Nelson, SMU 8 2014 S. Levene, UConn 7 2013 D. Greczek, RUT 8
Saves 36 23 41
SAVES Year Player 2015 P. Diaz, CIN 2014 D. Scheck, TEM 2013 D. Greczek, RUT D. Scheck, TEM
GP 8 8 8 8
Saves 45 41 41 41
SAVES PER GAME Year Player GP 2015 P. Diaz, CIN 8 2014 D. Scheck, TEM 8 2013 D. Greczek, RUT 8 D. Scheck, TEM 8
Saves 45 41 41 41
SHUTOUTS Year Player GP 2015 M. Nelson, SMU 8 S. Stefanovic, USF 8 2014 S. Levene, UConn 7 2013 S. Evers, UCF 6 D. Greczek, RUT 8 J. Ball, LOU 7
Shutouts 4 4 5 3 3 3
GA 5 2 8
Save Pct. .857 .920 .837
Avg./G 5.62 5.12 5.12 5.12
YEAR-BY-YEAR NCAA RESULTS COMPOSITE NCAA RECORD Team UConn SMU USF Tulsa Temple UCF Cincinnati Memphis
App. 35 30 19 10 6 5 3 2
Record 40-28-7 (.580) 33-23-8 (.578) 10-16-4 (.400) 10-9-1 (.525) 3-6-0 (.333) 3-5-0 (.375) 0-2-1 (.167) 0-2-0 (.000)
Highest Finish (Year) National Champions (1981, 2000) Semifinals (2000, ‘05) Quarterfinals (2008, 2011) Quarterfinals (2004, ‘09) Second Round (1966, ‘76, ‘78) Second Round (2004, ‘10, ‘11) First Round (1998, 2003, ‘06) First Round (1993, 2004)
Last Appearance 2015 2015 2015 2015 1985 2011 2006 2004
2015 First Round UConn def. Boston University 3-1 SMU def. Utah Valley 2-0 Tulsa def. FIU 3-2 (OT) Second Round SMU def. Denver 1-0 (OT) Indiana def. UConn 1-0 Boston College def. USF 2-1 (OT) Tulsa and Notre Dame tied 1-1 (2OT) Notre Dame won shootout 3-0 Sweet Sixteen Akron def. SMU 2-1 2014 First Round Saint Louis def. Tulsa 2-0 2013 First Round UConn def. Quinnipiac 2-1 Denver and Louisville tied 0-0 (2OT) Louisville won shootout 3-2 North Carolina def. USF 1-0
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CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS
AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS ALL-TIME AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS Team Team USF Tulsa UConn SMU UCF Cincinnati Memphis Temple
By Winning Percentage W L T Pct. 4 1 3 .688 2 0 4 .667 5 0 3 .625 2 2 1 .500 1 2 1 .375 0 3 0 .000 0 3 0 .000 0 3 0 .000
By Total Wins Team UConn USF SMU Tulsa UCF Cincinnati Memphis Temple
W 5 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2015 Quarterfinals USF def. Memphis 1-0 UConn def. Temple 4-0 Tulsa and UCF tied 2-2 (2OT) Tulsa won shootout 4-2 SMU def. Cincinnati 2-1 Semifinals Tulsa 2 and SMU tied 2-2 (2OT) Tulsa won shootout 4-3 UConn def. USF 2-1 Championship Tulsa and UConn tied 1-1 Tulsa won shootout 4-3 2014 Quarterfinals UConn def. Temple 5-0 USF def. Memphis 4-2 SMU def. UCF 4-0 Tulsa def. Cincinnati 1-0 Semifinals USF and UConn tied 0-0 (2OT) USF won shootout 2-0 Tulsa def. SMU 2-0 Championship Tulsa and USF tied 0-0 (2OT) Tulsa won shootout 6-5
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2013 First Round Rutgers def. Cincinnati 5-1 Quarterfinals Rutgers def. Louisville 1-0 USF def. Temple 1-0 UCF def. Memphis 2-1 UConn def. SMU 5-0 Semifinals USF def. Rutgers 2-1 (2OT) UConn def. UCF 2-0 Championship USF and UConn tied 0-0 (2OT) USF won shootout 6-5
By Championships Team W Tulsa 2 USF 1 UCF 0 Cincinnati 0 UConn 0 Memphis 0 SMU 0 Temple 0
CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS
AMERICAN CHAMPIONS LIST Year 2015 2014 2013
Champion Tulsa Tulsa USF
Runner-up UConn USF UConn
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS Site Tampa, Fla. Storrs, Conn. Frisco, Texas
AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP MOPs 2015 Most Outstanding Offensive Player - Lesley Nchanji, Tulsa Most Outstanding Defensive Player - Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa 2014 Most Outstanding Offensive Player - Abe’ Matamoros, Tulsa Most Outstanding Defensive Player - Jake McGuire, Tulsa 2013 Most Outstanding Offensive Player - Edwin Moalosi, USF Most Outstanding Defensive Player - Brentton Muhammad, USF
2015 Kwame Awuah, UConn Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn Tyler Leeman, UConn Scott Levene, UConn John Lujano, SMU Nazeem Bartman, USF Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa Jake McGuire, Tulsa Lesley Nchanji, Tulsa Miguel Velazquez, Tulsa 2014 Sergio Campbell, UConn Lucas Baldin, USF Wesley Charpie, USF Nikola Paunic, USF Spasoje Stefanovic, USF Damian Rosales, SMU Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Abe’ Matamoros, Tulsa Jake McGuire, Tulsa Tony Rocha, Tulsa Quinn Starker, Tulsa 2013 Omar Vallejo, UCF Adria Beso Marco, UConn Andre Blake, UConn Sergio Campbell, UConn Cyle Larin, UConn David Greczek, Rutgers Samuel Hosseini, USF Edwin Moalosi, USF Duane Muckette, USF Brentton Muhammad, USF Stiven Salinas, USF
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CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS
AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS INDIVIDUAL Total Shots No. 14 13 11 9
Player Cyle Larin, UConn Akeil Barrett, Tulsa Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa Nazeem Bartman, USF Ray Saari, Tulsa Nicholas Zuniga, UConn Lindo Mfeka, USF
TEAM
Year 2013 2014 2015 2015 2015 2013 2013
Total Goals No. Player 3 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn Cyle Larin, UConn 2 Five tied
Year 2015 2013
Total Points No. Player 6 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn Cyle Larin, UConn 4 10 tied
Year 2015 2013
Assists Per Game (minimum two games) No. Player 1.33 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 1.00 Five tied 0.67 Wesley Charpie, USF Edwin Moalosi, USF Adria Beso Marco, UConn Allando Matheson, UConn Total Saves No. 17 15 13 12 8
Year 2015 2014 2014 2013 2013
Player Scott Levene, UConn Brentton Muhammad, USF Jake McGuire, Tulsa Spasoje Stefanovic, USF Jake Leeker, Memphis Michael Nelson, SMU Jake McGuire, Tulsa Michael Nelson, SMU
Year 2015 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2014
Goals Against Average No. Player 0.00 Scott Levene, UConn Spasoje Stefanovic, USF Jake McGuire, Tulsa Andre Blake, UConn 0.30 Brentton Muhammad, USF
Year 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013
Goals Allowed Per Game (minimum two games) No. Team Year 0.00 UConn 2014 Tulsa 2014 UConn 2013 0.33 USF 2013 0.67 USF 2014 Total Goals No. Team 7 UConn UConn 5 Tulsa UConn 4 SMU USF SMU
Year 2015 2013 2015 2014 2015 2014 2014
Total Assists No. Team 7 UConn UConn 6 USF 5 UConn 4 SMU Tulsa SMU
Year 2015 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2014
Assists Per Game (minimum two games) No. Team 2.50 UConn 2.33 UConn UConn 2.00 SMU USF SMU
Year 2014 2015 2013 2015 2014 2014
CHAMPIONSHIP SUPERLATIVES Team Highs Goals (two teams) 6 - USF (4) vs. Memphis (2), Nov. 8, 2014 Goals (one team) 5 - twice, most recent: UConn (5) vs. Temple, Nov. 8, 2014 Assists 6 - USF vs. Memphis, Nov. 8, 2014 Individual Highs Points 8 - Kene Eze, Rutgers vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 2013 Goals 4 - Kene Eze, Rutgers vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 2013 Saves 12 - David Greczek, Rutgers vs. USF, Nov. 15, 2013
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ALL-TIME LEAGUE HONORS
ALL-TIME AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONORS 2015 Coaching Staff of the Year: SMU Offensive Player of the Year: Mauro Cichero, SMU Defensive Player of the Year: Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Midfielder of the Year: Kwame Awuah, UConn; John Lujano, SMU Goalkeeper of the Year: Michael Nelson, SMU Rookie of the Year: Juan Sanchez, Tulsa Team Fair Play Award: UConn
2014 Coaching Staff of the Year: UConn Offensive Player of the Year: Cyle Larin, UConn Defensive Player of the Year: Sergio Campbell, UConn Midfielder of the Year: Adria Beso Marco, UConn Goalkeeper of the Year: Spasoje Stefanovic, USF; Michael Nelson, SMU Rookie of the Year: Cheikh Stephane Coly, UConn Team Fair Play Award: USF
First Team All-Conference Hadji Barry, UCF Kwame Awuah, UConn Jake Nerwinski, UConn Raul Gonzalez, Memphis Nazeem Bartman, USF Brendan Hines-Ike, USF* Lindo Mfeka, USF Mauro Cichero, SMU* John Lujano, SMU Michael Nelson, SMU Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa
First Team All-Conference Romario Williams, UCF* John Manga, Cincinnati Adria Beso Marco, UConn Sergio Campbell, UConn* Cyle Larin, UConn Lucas Baldin, USF Wesley Charpie, USF Lindo Mfeka, USF Spasoje Stefanovic, USF John Lujano, SMU* Michael Nelson, SMU Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa
Second Team All-Conference Emmanuel Appiah, Cincinnati Alejandro Garcia, Cincinnati John Manga, Cincinnati Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn Marcus Epps, USF Spasoje Stefanovic, USF Jordan Cano, SMU Carlos Moros Gracia, Temple Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Temple Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa Jake McGuire, Tulsa Juan Sanchez, Tulsa All-Rookie Team Jakov Basic, UCF* Adam Wilson, Cincinnati* Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn* Simen Olafsen, UConn Mason Morise, Memphis Prosper Figbe, USF* Christian Boorom, SMU Emil Cuello, SMU Caleb Smith, SMU Belal Mohamed, Temple Lesley Nchanji, Tulsa Juan Sanchez, Tulsa*
Second Team All-Conference Jake Nerwinski, UConn Edwin Moalosi, USF Idrissa Camara, SMU Mauro Cichero, SMU Damian Rosales, SMU Jared Martinelli, Temple Robert Sagel, Temple Dan Scheck, Temple Akeil Barrett, Tulsa Abe’ Matamoros, Tulsa Ray Saari, Tulsa All-Rookie Team Walker Dawkins, UCF Vebjorn Krovel, Cincinnati Elliott Ackroyd, UConn Cheikh Stephane Coly, UConn* Dylan Greenberg, UConn Hector Cantele, Memphis Eduardo Maceira, USF Jordan Cano, SMU Mauro Cichero, SMU Michael Nelson, SMU Jared Rice, SMU Felipe Liborio, Temple Geoff Dee, Tulsa Aymar Sigue, Tulsa
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ALL-TIME LEAGUE HONORS
ALL-TIME AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONORS 2013 Coaching Staff of the Year: Temple Offensive Player of the Year: Romario Williams, UCF Defensive Player of the Year: Jimmy Ockford, Louisville Midfielder of the Year: Adria Beso Marco, UConn Goalkeeper of the Year: Andre Blake, UConn Rookie of the Year: Cyle Larin, UConn Team Fair Play Award: Temple First Team All-Conference Romario Williams, UCF* Adria Beso Marco, UConn* Andre Blake, UConn Sergio Campbell, UConn Cyle Larin, F, Fr., UConn Marlon Hairston, Louisville Jimmy Ockford, Louisville Ricardo Velazco, Louisville Mark Sherrod, Memphis Mael Corboz, Rutgers Ben Sweat, USF Second Team All-Conference Steven Lamberta, UCF George Fochive, UConn Mamadou Doudou Diouf, UConn Andrew Brody, Louisville Michael DeGraffenreidt, Louisville Liam Collins, Memphis David Greczek, Rutgers Samuel Hosseini, USF Lindo Mfeka, USF Jared Martinelli, Temple Robert Sagel, Temple All-Rookie Team Fernando Laverde, UCF Kwame Awuah, UConn* Cyle Larin, UConn Andrew Brody, Louisville * Michael DeGraffenreidt, Louisville Raul Gonzalez, Memphis David Greczek, Rutgers Erik Sa, Rutgers Lindo Mfeka, USF Deshawon Nembhard, SMU Robert Sagel, Temple [*] Unanimous selection
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ALL-TIME AMERICAN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 2015 O: Matias Pyysalo, M, UCF D: Neico Regent, B, UCF GK: Alex Cagle, Temple R: Gorka Aperribay, F, UCF Wk 2 O: Mauro Cichero, F, SMU D: Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Temple GK: Alex Cagle, Temple R: Simen Olafsen, B, UConn Wk 3 O: Jorge Gomez Sanchez, M, Temple D: Brendan Hines-Ike, B, Tulsa GK: Alex Cagle, Temple R: Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, UConn Wk 4 O: Jorge Gomez Sanchez, M, Temple D: Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Temple GK: Spasoje Stefanovic, USF R: Emil Cuello, M, SMU Wk 5 O: Alejandro Garcia, F, Cincinnati D: Jared Rice, B, SMU GK: Spasoje Stefanovic, USF R: Mason Morise, M, Memphis Wk 6 O: Mauro Cichero, F, SMU D: Quincy Thomas, B, Memphis GK: Jake Leeker, Memphis R: Emil Cuello, Fr., M, SMU Wk 7 O: Nazeem Bartman, M, USF D: Brendan Hines-Ike, B, USF GK: Michael Nelson, SMU R: Belal Mohamed, M, Temple Wk 8 O: Mauro Cichero, F, SMU D: Cole Poppen, B, Tulsa GK: Jake Leeker, Memphis R: Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, UConn Wk 9 O: Idi Camara, , SMU D: Simen Olafsen, B, UConn GK: Scott Levene, UConn R: Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, UConn Wk 10 O: Stanton Garcia, M/F, SMU D: Jakov Basic, B, UCF GK: Michael Nelson, SMU R: Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, UConn Wk 1
HONOR ROLL SELECTIONS Wk 1 Alejandro Garcia, F, Cincinnati; Scott Levene, GK, UConn; Eduardo Maceira, F, USF; Stanton Garcia, M, SMU; Jorge Gomez Sanchez, M, Temple Wk 2 Scott Levene, GK, UConn; Brandon Riley, B, USF; Hermann Doerner, M, Temple; Justin Stoddart, M, Temple; Kay Duit, M, Tulsa Wk 3 Scott Levene, GK, UConn; Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, USF; Nazeem Bartman, F, USF; Jordan Wix-Rauch, M/F, Temple; Juan Sanchez, F, Tulsa Wk 4 Emmanuel Appiah, M, Cincinnati; Fredrik Jonsson, F, UConn; Scott Levene, GK, UConn; Nazeem Bartman, F, USF; Alex Cagle, GK, Temple Wk 5 Nazeem Bartman, F, USF; Brenden Lee, F, SMU; Jorge Gomez Sanchez, M, Temple; Matt Mahoney, B, Temple; Belal Mohamed, M, Temple Wk 6 Hadji Barry, M, UCF; Chandler Klemm, F, Memphis; Nazeem Bartman, F, USF; Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, USF; Alex Cagle, GK, Temple Wk 7 Dre Deas, M, UCF; Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, USF; Alex Cagle, GK, Temple; Joonas Jokinen, M, Temple; Matt Mahoney, B, Temple Wk 8 Pedro Diaz, GK, Cincinnati; Raul Gonzalez, M/F, Memphis; Austin Stone, B, Memphis; Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Temple; Jake McGuire, GK, Tulsa Wk 9 Gorka Aperribay, F, UCF; Brendan Rennie, GK, UCF; Alejandro Garcia, F, Cincinnati; Lindo Mfeka, M, USF; Jorge Gomez Sanchez, F, Temple; Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Temple Wk 10 Matias Pyysalo, M, UCF; Brendan Rennie, GK, UCF; Scott Levene, GK, UConn; Simen Olafsen, B, UConn; Jared Martinelli, M, Temple
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ALL-TIME AMERICAN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 2014 Wk 1 O: Austin Neil, F, Tulsa D: Jonah Williams, B, Temple GK: Jake McGuire, Tulsa R: Olli Tynkkynen, F, Temple Wk 2 O: Lucas Baldin, M, USF D: Quincy Thomas, B, Memphis GK: Spasoje Stefanovic, USF R: Danny Lane, M, Memphis Wk 3 O: Akeil Barrett, M, Tulsa D: Jakob Nerwinski, B, UConn GK: Jake McGuire, Tulsa R: Cheikh Stephane Coly, UConn Wk 4 O: John Manga, F, Cincinnati D: Matt Remaly, B, Cincinnati GK: Jacob Wagmeister, UConn R: Benjamin Joseph, M, SMU Wk 5 O: Stanton Garcia, M/F, SMU D: Wesley Charpie, B, USF GK: Spasoje Stefanovic, USF R: Mauro Cichero, M, SMU Wk 6 O: Tyler Blackwood, F, USF D: Nikola Paunic, B, USF GK: Scott Levene, UConn R: Dylan Greenberg, B, UConn Wk 7 O: Lindo Mfeka, M, USF D: Bryce Clark, B, SMU GK: Scott Levene, UConn R: Jared Rice, B, SMU Wk 8 O: Marcus Epps, F/M, USF D: Sergio Campbell, B, UConn GK: Spasoje Stefanovic, USF R: Bryce Clark, B, SMU Wk 9 O: Mason Miller, M, UCF D: Bradley Bourgeois, B, Tulsa GK: Jake McGuire, Tulsa R: Eduardo Maceira, M, USF Wk 10 O: Ethan Vanacore-Decker, F, UConn D: Jared Rice, B, SMU GK: Scott Levene, UConn R: Cheikh Stephane Coly, M, UConn
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HONOR ROLL SELECTIONS Wk 1 Cyle Larin, F, UConn; Ashani Walker, M, Cincinnati; Sebastian Evers, GK, UCF; Michael Nelson, GK, SMU; Hayden Cochran, M, Memphis Wk 2 Colten Habecker, F, SMU; Cyle Larin, F, UConn; Wesley Charpie, B, USF; Mason Miller, B, UCF; Cameron Drackett, M, Tulsa Wk 3 Idrissa Camara, F, SMU; Jacob Wagmeister, GK, UConn; Jared Martinelli, F/M, Temple; Leonardo Ayala, B, UCF; Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, USF Wk 4 Hector Cantele, F, Memphis; Nick Zuniga, F, UConn; Jordan Cano, B, SMU; Wesley Charpie, B, USF; Elliott Ackroyd, B, UConn Wk 5 Edwin Moalosi, M/F, USF; Jared Martinelli, F/M, Temple; Jake Weiss, M, UCF; Miguel Polley, M, Temple; Romario Williams, F, UCF Wk 6 John Manga, F, Cincinnati; Ray Saari, M, Tulsa; Eduardo Maceira, M, USF; Michael Nelson, GK, SMU; Romario Williams, F, UCF Wk 7 Damian Rosales, M, SMU; Edwin Moalosi, F/M, USF; Nikola Paunic, B, USF; Kwame Awuah, M, UConn; Sergio Campbell, B, UConn Wk 8 Ashani Walker, M, Cincinnati; Idrissa Camara, F, SMU; Ethan Vanacore-Decker, F, UConn; Gabriel Pfeffer, B, USF; Hector Cantele, F, Memphis Wk 9 Michael Nelson, GK, SMU; Lindo Mfeka, M, USF; Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, USF; Ethan Vanacore-Decker, F, UConn; Sergio Campbell, B, UConn Wk 10 Idrissa Camara, F, SMU; Sergio Campbell, B, UConn; Michael Nelson, GK, SMU; Walker Dawkins, M/F, UCF; Jordan Klipsch, B, Memphis
ALL-TIME AMERICAN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 2013 Wk 1 O: Ricardo Velazco, F, Louisville D: Steven Lamberta, B, UCF GK: Andre Blake, UConn R: Cyle Larin, M, UConn Wk 2 O: Jared Martinelli, F, Temple D: Nikola Paunic, B, USF GK: Dan Scheck, Temple R: Jordan Klipsch, B, Memphis Wk 3 O: Mael Corboz, M, Rutgers D: Michael Mercardo, B, UConn GK: David Greczek, Rutgers R: Deshawon Nembrand, B, SMU Wk 4 O: Mark Sherrod, F, Memphis D: Jimmy Ockford, B, Louisville GK: Jaime Ibarra, SMU R: Ethan Vanacore-Decker, M, UConn Wk 5 O: Eric Sa, M, Rutgers D: Michael DeGraffenreidt, B, Louisville GK: Joachim Ball, Louisville R: Andrew Brody, M, Louisville Wk 6 O: Ricardo Velazco, F, Louisville D: Jimmy Ockford, B, Louisville GK: Dan Scheck, Temple R: Robert Sagel, B, Temple Wk 7 O: Leobardo Vazquez, F, SMU D: Sergio Campbell, B, UConn GK: Sebastian Evers, UCF R: Lindo Mfeka, M, USF Wk 8 O: Zack Foxhoven, F, Louisville D: George Fochive, M, UConn GK: David Greczek, Rutgers R: Cyle Larin, M, UConn Wk 9 O: Chas Wilson, F, Temple D: George Fochive, M, UConn GK: Alex Gill, Cincinnati R: Cyle Larin, M, UConn Wk 10 O: Ricardo Velazco, F, Louisville D: Nikola Paunic, B, USF GK: Brentton Muhammad, USF R: Cyle Larin, M, UConn
HONOR ROLL SELECTIONS Wk 1 George Fochive, M, UConn; Andrew Brody, M, Louisville; Shane Keely, M, Memphis, Kennedy Selorm Adablah, F, USF; Alfred Koroma, F, SMU Wk 2 Alex Gill, GK, Cincinnati; Kwame Awuah, B, UConn; Hunter Danna, M, Memphis; Spencer Moeller, M, Memphis; Robert Sagel, B, Temple Wk 3 Ashani Walker, M, Cincinnati; Kenneth Kauker, M, Memphis; Cody Uzcategui, GK, Memphis; Alfred Koroma, F, SMU; Jared Martinelli, M/F, Temple Wk 4 George Fochive, M, UConn; Kennedy Selorm Adablah, F, USF; Britton Muhammad, GK, USF; Ricardo Webb, B, USF; Alfred Koroma, F, SMU Wk 5 Omar Vallejo, M, UCF; George Fochive, B, UConn; Shane Keely, M, Memphis; David Greczek, GK, Rutgers; Kennedy Selorm Adablah, F, USF Wk 6 John Manga, F, Cincinnati; Cyle Larin, M, UConn; Joachim Ball, GK, Louisville, Jr; Liam Collins, M, Memphis; Lindo Mfeka, M, USF Wk 7 Romario Williams, F, UCF; Andrew Brody, M, Louisville; Nolan Hemmer, B, Temple; Edwin Moalosi, F, USF; Brentton Muhammad, GK, USF Wk 8 Omar Vallejo, M, UCF; Allando Matheson, F, UConn; Mark Sherrod, F, Memphis; Jared Martinelli, M/F, Temple; Brentton Muhammad, GK, USF Wk 9 Fernando Laverde, M, UCF, Andre Blake, GK, UConn; Mark Sherrod, F, Memphis; Andrew Morales, M, SMU; Dan Scheck, GK, Temple Wk 10 Romario Williams, F, UCF; Jimmy Ockford, B, Louisville; Stiven Salinas, F, USF; Dan Scheck, GK, Temple; Vaughn Spurrier, MF, Temple
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NSCAA ALL-AMERICANS 2015 First Team Mauro Cichero, SMU Third Team Nazeem Bartman, USF 2013 First Team Andre Blake, UConn Second Team Adria Beso Marco, UConn Third Team Mark Sherrod, Memphis NSCAA ALL-REGION 2015 East Region First Team Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Brendan Hines-Ike, USF Mauro Cichero, SMU Nazeem Bartman, USF Second Team Jake Nerwinski, UConn Jacob Speed, SMU Kwame Awuah, UConn John Lujano, SMU Lindo Mfeka, USF Hadji Barry, UCF Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Temple Third Team Michael Nelson, SMU Carlos Moros Gracia, Temple Jared Rice, SMU Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa Juan Sebastian Sanchez, Tulsa Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn
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2014 East Region First Team Wesley Charpie, USF Lucas Baldin, USF Adria Beso Marco, UConn Cyle Larin, UConn Second Team Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Sergio Campbell, UConn Akeil Barrett, Tulsa John Lujano, SMU Idrissa Camara, SMU Third Team Lindo Mfeka, USF Ray Saari, Tulsa Edwin Moalosi, USF 2013 Northeast Region First Team Andre Blake, UConn Adria Beso Marco, UConn George Fochive, UConn Romario Williams, UCF Second Team Cyle Larin, UConn Mael Corboz, Rutgers Robert Sagel, Temple Third Team Colin Bradley, UConn Kene Eze, Rutgers Jared Martinelli, Temple Midwest Region First Team Jimmy Ockford, Louisville Ricardo Velazco, Louisville Mark Sherrod, Memphis Andrew Brody, Louisville
ALL-TIME NATIONAL HONORS
NSCAA ALL-REGION COACH OF THE YEAR
Year 2015 2014
Name George Kiefer, USF Ray Reid, UConn
Region East East
NSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS 2015 Third Team John Lujano, SMU 2014 First Team Lucas Baldin, USF Second Team John Lujano, SMU
NSCAA TEAM ACADEMIC AWARDS 2015 Cincinnati Memphis SMU Temple Tulsa 2014 UCF Cincinnati Memphis USF Temple SENIOR CLASS AWARD FINALISTS 2014 Wesley Charpie, USF
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SOCCER AMERICA HONORS 2014 MVPs Second Team Cyle Larin, UConn All-Freshman Team Second Team Scott Levene, UConn Cheikh Stephane Coly, UConn 2013 MVPs First Team Andre Blake, UConn Second Team Adria Beso Marco, UConn All-Freshman Team First Team Cyle Larin, UConn Second Team Kwame Awuah, UConn Andrew Brody, Louisville CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA HONORS 2014 Second Team Quinn Starker, Tulsa
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CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT HONORS 2014 First Team Jake Weiss, UCF Lucas Baldin, USF Quinn Starker, Tulsa Abe’ Matamoros, Tulsa
2015 Gorka Aperribay Jakov Basic Zach Biggs Craig Campbell Phillip Hicks Mason Miller Matias Pyysalo Carlos Ramirez Monerris Brendan Rennie Alexander Shields Andreas Steineger Joel Vartianinen Emmanuel Appiah Stefan Bangsund Jacob Clark Jahmeil Curwen Pedro Diaz Nicholas Frank Alex Gill Christian Hay Benjamin Keane Vebjorn Krovel Ryan Melink Malik Morgan John Rutan Adam Wilson Andrew Cohen Alejandro Cubillo Andrew Geres Istvan Kanyo Tyler Leeman Santiago Muriel Jake Nerwinski Alejandro Sanchez Abdou MbackeThiam Jacob Wagmeister Alex West Joshua Burnett Hector Cantele Erik Furseth Carlos Hurtado Sosa Chandler Klemm Jake Leeker
UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis
Mason Morise Jabari Newton Austin Stone Cody Uzcategui Julio Vargas Luna Alec Velez David Zalzman Guevara Omar Al Balushi Gabriel Carlsson Prosper Figbe Chandler Maynes Gabriel Pfeffer Graham Smith Phillip Stone Jordan Cano Bryce Clark Taylor Curtis-Wheeler Stanton Garcia Colten Habecker Anthony Jeffries Benjamin Joseph Michael King Brenden Lee John Lujano Kevin Meinecke Michael Nelson Andrew Ramsey Jared Rice Nicholas Ruiz Caleb Smith Gunnar Stray-Gundersen Garrett Welch Abdulrahman Yassine Dalton Andrusko Trevor Babin Alex Cagle Brendon Creed Hermann Doerner Tarek Fayed Robin Goetz Nicholas Jachwak Joonas Jokinen Kevin Klett Patrick Lestingi
Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis USF USF USF USF USF USF USF SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple
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AMERICAN ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS
Matt Mahoney Jared Martinelli Carlos Moros Gracia Stefan Mueller Nikhil Patel Jacob Rosenkalt Zen Roten Jorge Gomez Sanchez Matthew Sullivan Joshua Tagland Dan White Jordan Wix-Rauch Marcel Da Silva Anthony Doellefeld Kay Duit Quinton Duncan Kurt Gerteisen Jacob Gooden Matt Karaskinski Keegan King Jake McGuire Albert Rocha
Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa
2014 Andrew Bailey Zachary Biggs Diego Carrillo Giovanni DiMauro Phillip Hicks Steven Lamberta Matthew Laux Jordan Lue Mason Miller Matias Pyysalo Jake Weiss Emmanuel Appiah Stefan Bangsund Terence Carter Jacob Clark Jonathan Cottrell Pedro Diaz Nicholas Frank Alex Gill Christian Hay
UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati
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Benjamin Keane Vebjorn Krovel Michael McCloskey Malik Morgan Matthew Remaly John Rutan Andrew Dennis Cohen Andrew Hayden Shane Hudson Istvan Ferenc Scott Jordan Levene Allando Matheson Jakob Maling Nerwinski William Rene Noiset Joseph Swenson Alex Janssen West Giovanni Alvarado David Baltodano Hector Cantele Saenz Benjamin Ciosanski Erik Furseth Chandler Gagnon Carlos Hurtado Sosa Jacob Leeker Wilson Linder Ignacio Milla Tyler Rist Austin Stone Quincy Thomas Cody Uzcategui Alec Velez Atsou Ayah Eduardo Maceira Gabriel Pfeffer Graham Smith Igor Souza Spasoje Stefanovic Jordan Cano Stanton Garcia Colten Habecker Anthony Jeffries Benjamin Joseph John Lujano Michael Nelson
Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis USF USF USF USF USF USF SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU
Nicholas Ruiz Caleb Underwood Garrett Welch Abdulrahman Yassine Dalton Andrusko Alexander Cagle Brendon Creed Tarek Fayed Joonas Jokinen Matt Mahoney Jared Martinelli Miguel Polley Jacob Rosenkalt Robert Sagel Daniel Scheck Roman Spicer Matthew Sullivan Joshua Tagland Olli Tynkkynen Dan White Charles Wilson Christos Yiantsos Bradley Bourgeois Anthony Doellefeld Kay Duit Quinton Duncan Jacob Gordon Brandon Hanat Zachary Jackson Khalil Kirksey Luis Matamoros Jacob McGuire Austin Neil Albert Rocha Aymar Sigue Andrew Starker Zachary Stavrou
SMU SMU SMU SMU Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa Tulsa
2013 Joseph Amico Zachary Biggs Javier Clavijo Andre Diouf Phillip Hicks
UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF
Steven Lamberta Mathew Laux Fernando Laverde Mason Miller Gabriel Oliveria Omar Vallejo Jake Weiss Jonathan Cottrell Miles Dale Pedro Diaz Gutierrez William Diebold Nicholas Frank Taylor Hafling Richardo Israel Peter Jannelli Michael Millay Malik Morgan Calvin Opperman Matthew Remaley Ashani Walker Adria Beso Marco Colin Bradley Andrew Geres Shane Hudson Istvan Kayo Juho Karppinen Tyler Leeman Scott Levene Jakob Nerwinski William Noiset Joachim Ball Daniel Brennan Taylor Curtis-Wheeler Shaquille Hamilton Romillio Hernandez Daniel Keller Derek McCaffrey Nolan Moore Luis Ramirez Santiago Velez Giovanni Alvarado Benjamin Ciosanski Liam Collins Simon Estomel
UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn UConn Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis
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AMERICAN ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS
Chandler Gagnon Raul Gonzalez Austin Gross Conor Hurley Kenneth Kauker Shane Keely Dennis Kennetz Jacob Leeker Will Linder Carlos Moreno Tyler Rist Quincy Thomas Cody Uzcategui Zachary Bialik Nathan Bruccoleri Juan Correa Kene Eze Kieran Kemmerer Sean Matteo Andrew Morgan Thomas O’Rourke Ryan Szemple Mitchell Walier Todd Webb Andrew Weber Kennedy Selom Adabiah Luis Avila Murati Wesley Charpie Brandon Curriston Gerardo Hernandez Rivero Dallas Jaye Isaiah Melville-Fergusson Cameron Thomas Delbert Trautmann Lucas Victor Baldin Ryan Brown Marco Carrizales Stanton Garcia Trevor Hubbard Anthony Jeffries Benjamin Joseph John Lujano Andrew Morales Michael Nelson
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Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers USF USF USF USF USF USF USF USF USF USF SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU
Edward Puskarich Max Rockwell Will Smith Caleb Underwood Abdulrahman Yassine Robert Sagel Charles Wilson John Lister Matthew Mahoney Vaughn Spurrier Stefan Mueller Miguel Polley Ryan Bradbury Alexander Cagle Daniel Scheck Joshua Tagland Nicholas Carroll Patrick Lestingi Nolan Hemmer Jared Martinelli Dan White Sawyer Hemmer Sam Heller Samuel Speaker
SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple
ALL-TIME MLS DRAFT SELECTIONS 2014 MLS SuperDraft Team Pos. Philadelphia GK Colorado MF Columbus D Seattle D Vancouver F Houston F Portland D Toronto F
Name Andre Blake Marlon Hairston Ben Sweat Jimmy Ockford Mamadou Diouf Mark Sherrod George Fochive Kene Eze
School UConn Louisville USF Louisville UConn Memphis UConn Rutgers
Selection (Round 1, 1st overall) (Round 1, 12th overall) (Round 1, 14th overall) (Round 2, 21st overall) (Round 2, 30th overall) (Round 2, 32nd overall) (Round 3, 39th overall) (Round 4, 60th overall)
2015 MLS SuperDraft Team Pos. Orlando F Montreal F Columbus D Orlando F Toronto D Kansas City D Vancouver D Salt Lake M
Name Cyle Larin Romario Williams Sergio Campbell Akeil Barrett Wesley Charpie Tony Rocha Nikola Paunic Lucas Baldin
School UConn UCF UConn Tulsa USF Tulsa USF USF
Selection (Round 1, 1st overall) (Round 1, 3rd overall) (Round 1, 19th overall) (Round 2, 25th overall) (Round 2, 29th overall) (Round 4, 73rd overall) (Round 4, 74th overall) (Round 4, 77th overall)
2016 MLS SuperDraft Team Pos. Orlando M/F Colorado M Montreal B Colorado F Dallas B
Name Hadji Barry Emmanuel Appiah Brendan Hines-Ike John Manga Jacob Speed
School UCF Cincinnati USF Cincinnati SMU
Selection (Round 1, 13th overall) (Round 1, 15th overall) (Round 3, 55th overall) (Round 4, 63rd overall) (Round 4, 78th overall)
Andre Blake, UConn No. 1 overall selection Philadelphia Union
Romario Williams, UCF No. 3 overall selection Montreal Impact
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