2019 Men's Soccer Game Notes @VUMSO #Onevalpo
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2019 Men’s Soccer Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.771.7504 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2019 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (2-7-1, 1-3-0 MVC) Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 30 at Green Bay T 1-1 at Loyola (5-3-1*, 2-1-1 MVC) Saturday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m. CT – Loyola Soccer Park – Chicago Sept. 2 IU Northwest W 8-2 *Entering Wednesday at Northwestern Sept. 6 at UIC L 5-1 This Week in Valpo Soccer: The first half of the Missouri Valley Conference’s dou- Sept. 13 at SMU L 6-0 ble-round robin schedule will come to a close on Saturday, as Valpo matches up with Sept. 15 at Oral Roberts L 2-1 (2ot) Loyola for the first time this season. The fixture will be held under the Loyola Soccer Sept. 18 at Missouri State* L 3-1 Park lights in Rogers Park as the two sides renew a longstanding geographical rivalry. Sept. 22 Evansville* W 2-1 Sept. 25 Drake* L 2-0 Previously: Valpo will attempt to bounce back from a 3-0 defeat at SIU Edwardsville Oct. 1 Bradley* L 2-1 (2ot) last Saturday. Head coach Mike Avery praised the play of Joe Kouadio, Lucas Oliveira Oct. 5 at SIU Edwardsville L 3-0 and Mason Marcey, among others, in a match where the run of play was closer than the Oct. 12 at Loyola* 7 p.m. final score would indicate. The Cougars gained an early edge with a brace by Lachlan Oct. 19 at Milwaukee 7 p.m. McLean in the first 13 minutes, then put the game away with a 69th minute goal off a Oct. 23 at Drake * 6 p.m. set piece. Jorn-Jan van de Beld got the start in goal and picked up six saves. Sept. 27 at Bradley* 1 p.m. Oct. 30 Missouri State* Noon Following Valpo: Saturday’s match will air on ESPN3, which is available online with Nov. 3 at Evansville* 2 p.m. a cable subscription. Links to live video and stats can be found on ValpoAthletics.com. Nov. 9 Loyola* 7 p.m. Nov. 13, 15, 17 MVC Tournament# Head Coach Mike Avery: In his 13th season at the helm of the Valpo men’s soccer program, Mike Avery owns a program-record 89 career victories. Under Avery’s guid- All times Central. ance, the team has been a stellar defensive side, as nine of the top 10 defensive seasons Home matches in bold and played at Brown Field. in program history have come during his tenure. Avery has led the program to a new * - indicates Missouri Valley Conference match standard in his time as head coach, as a team that had enjoyed just one winning season # - indicates in Chicago in the 24 years prior to his arrival has finished above the .500 mark six times in the last decade. He has also seen numerous players go on to play professional soccer, including active pros Zev Taublieb, Kyle Zobeck, Stefan Antonijevic, Jordan Aidoud, Rafael Mentzingen, Nacho Miras, Ramone Howell, Matthew King, Jordan Simon, Hamid Babaali and Lucca Lacerda. Avery shattered the program record with his 77th career Missouri Valley Conference victory on Sept. 16, 2017 at Drake. He reached 77 victories in his 195th career match, Standings while previous recordholder Mis’ Mrak needed 288 matches to accumulate 76 wins. Team MVC Overall Working with TOCO: Valpo welcomed a large crowd to Brown Field on Sept. 25 Missouri State 3-0-0 (9) 9-0-0 against Drake, raising funds for They Often Cry Outreach, an organization that supports Loyola 2-1-1 (7) 5-3-1 at-risk children in the Caribbean and the United States. Head coach Mike Avery offered Bradley 2-1-1 (7) 3-3-3 to personally match all donations made that evening. The program has a long-standing Drake 2-1-0 (6) 5-5-0 relationship with TOCO. Valparaiso 1-3-0 (3) 2-7-1 Evansville 0-3-0 (0) 2-6-1 Strong Slate: When it comes to hitting the road, Valpo has faced a schedule that consists of exclusively winning sides so far this season. None of the team’s six away fixtures have come against teams that entered the match with a losing record. That trend will continue this week as Valpo visits Loyola for the second game in a stretch of five straight on the road. Holst Among National Leaders: Valpo goalkeeper Edvin Holst ranks 14th nationally in saves per game with 5.29. He is fourth among freshman keepers in his saves per game average. He is also in the Top 50 in total saves as his 37 rank 44th nationally. He owns @VUMSO the Missouri Valley Conference lead in both saves and saves per game. The last Valpo goalkeeper to finish a season as the league leader in saves was Ryan Schwarz in 2007. #oneVALPO PK Conversion: Ryan Madondo converted a penalty kick last Tuesday vs. Bradley to help Valpo get on the board first in the Missouri Valley Conference contest. He helped Valpo improve to 2-for-2 on PKs this season after Cole Rainwater knocked one in on Sept. 2 vs. IU Northwest. As a team, Valpo has converted four PKs in a row dating 2019 Men’s Soccer Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.771.7504 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 back to Sept. 15, 2018. Valpo When... At home 2-2-0 Multi-Goal Scorers: Madondo’s goal in the Oct. 1 game against Bradley allowed him to On the road 0-5-1 join the group of Valpo players with multiple goals this season. He’s one of four along with Neutral site 0-0-0 Cole Rainwater (3), Mason Marcey (3) and Michael Cushing (2). The last time Valpo had more than four multi-goal scorers in a season was 2016, when the team boasted six players During the day 1-3-0 with more than two goals. At night (5 p.m. or later local) 1-4-1 Series History: Valpo and Loyola have a long history against one another that dates back Scoring first 1-1-1 to the first season of men’s soccer at Valpo in 1983. The Brown & Gold stand at 5-14-8 Opponent scores first 1-6-0 against their foes from the Windy City. This will mark the 13th consecutive year the two teams have played one another, making the Ramblers the only team that Valpo has played in Playing overtime 0-2-1 every year of Mike Avery’s head coaching tenure. Seven of the last eight meetings between the two teams have gone to overtime, most recently a scoreless draw a year ago at Brown Leading at halftime 1-1-1 Field. The only time since 2011 that Valpo and Loyola have played a match decided in 90 Trailing at halftime 1-5-0 minutes was Sept. 1, 2017, when Valpo knocked off a nationally-ranked Ramblers side 2-1 Tied at halftime 0-1-0 in the program’s first Missouri Valley Conference match. Outshooting opponents 2-0-0 Scouting the Opposition: Loyola has seen each of its last three matches go to extra time, Outshot by opponents 0-7-1 with the team winning on a golden goal over Drake, falling on a golden goal to national- Tied in Shots 0-0-0 ly-ranked Missouri State and playing to a scoreless draw against Bradley. The Ramblers are led offensively by Justin Sukow (four goals, 10 points) and Aidan Megally (four goals, Scoring fewer than two goals 0-7-1 nine points), while goalkeeper Marcel Kampman has played every minute and owns a 1.06 Scoring two or more goals 2-0-0 GAA. Neil Jones is in his seventh season as head coach for Loyola, a team picked to finish second in this year’s MVC Preseason Poll. A pair of Ramblers were Preseason All-MVC choices – Megally and fellow midfielder Giann Magno. On the Road Again: Leading into the start of Valley play, Valpo faced fierce competition during a four-game road journey. SMU was ranked as high as 16th at the time of the meet- Among MVC Leaders ing and afterward vaulted into the Top 10 in most national polls. Missouri State is also a Individual Players (within Top 5) Top 25 side. The combined records of SMU, Missouri State, UIC and Oral Roberts at the Player Category Value Rank time of the meetings with Valpo was 21-2-0. This week marks the continuation of another Mason Marcey Shots 20 T-5th challenging road trip as this time the team plays five straight away from the confines of Mason Marcey Shots/G 2.50 5th Brown Field. This will mark Valpo’s longest string of road games since opening the 2017 Edvin Holst Save Percentage .712 3rd season with six straight away from home. Edvin Holst Saves 37 1st Edvin Holst Saves/G 5.29 1st Working Overtime: Two of Valpo’s losses have come in extra time this season as the team holds a 0-2-1 mark in games that go behind the regulation 90 minutes. Valpo has permitted Team (Top 2) golden goals in the second OT session against Oral Roberts (Sept. 15) and Bradley (Oct.