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THE BADGERS UPCOMING EVENTS 2001 Overall Record ...... 10-8-1 Monday Aug. 26 Exhibition game vs. Select Team 12 p.m. 2001 Big Ten Record...... 3-3 (T3rd) Friday Aug. 30 Rocky Rococo - Wisconsin Soccer Classic Series vs. NIU...... 13-6-0 Game 1 Western vs. Florida Atlantic 5 p.m. Game 2 Wisconsin vs. Iona 7:30 p.m. Head Coach ...... Jeff Rohrman Sunday Sept. 1 Rocky Rococo - Wisconsin Soccer Classic Alma Mater ...... UW-Milwaukee, 1986 Record at UW ...... First Year Game 3 Western Michigan vs. Iona 12 p.m. Overall Record ...... First Year Game 4 Wisconsin vs. Florida Atlantic 2:30 p.m. Assistant Coach...... Jon Szczepanski Wednesday Sept. 4 Jeff Rohrman live chat on UWBADGERS.com 12 p.m. Alma Mater ...... UW-Milwaukee, 2001 Assistant Coach ...... Nick Pasquarello PRACTICE TIMES Alma Mater ...... Wisconsin, 1994 During the 2002 pre-season, the Badgers’ practice schedule varies throughout the week. Team Manager ...... Phil Ayoub All practices are open to the media and interviews can be conducted after practice ses- Captains...... Valentine Anozie and John McGrady sions are completed. All media members are asked to contact Jessica Burda of the Wisconsin Sports STORYLINES Information Office to obtain practice schedules and arrange interviews with the UW • Wisconsin opens its first season under coach coaches and players. Jeff Rohrman and assistant coaches Jon Szczepanski and Nick Pasquarello. GAME TICKET INFORMATION • The Badgers ended 2001 with an overall Game tickets for the 2002 Wisconsin Men’s Soccer home games will be available at the record of 10-8-1, the best finish in five years for McClimon Soccer Complex ticket booth one hour before all home games. General former head coach Kalekeni M. Banda. admission tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for youth/students/seniors. • Wisconsin returns six seniors to lead the For fans interested in attending several Wisconsin athletic events, Badger Bundle Badgers in 2002 including co-captains Valentine tickets are $3 for adults, and $1 for UW students, youths (2-17) and senior citizens (55- up), with a minimum of 15 admissions purchased. Badger Bundle tickets are discounted Anozie and John McGrady, in addition to Mike up to 50% off the regular varsity sport ticket price. Badger Bundle tickets may be pur- Epp, Christian Poppert, Aymar Sinaise and Perry chased at the gate or in advance through the UW Athletic Ticket Office. Smith. For more information, log on to UWBADGERS.com. • Led by sophomore Nick Van Sicklen with three points (one goal, one assist), Wisconsin won ONE DOWN, NINETEEN-PLUS TO GO... its first pre-season exhibition game of 2002. The Wisconsin opened up the 2002 pre-season Saturday, Aug. 17 with a 2-1 exhibition win Badgers defeated Northern 2-1 at the over the Northern Illinois Huskies at the McClimon Soccer Classic. McClimon Soccer Complex on Saturday, Aug, 17. In the modified three-period game, UW sophomore Nick Van Sicklen scored three • Three Badgers played in this summer’s 2002 points for the Badgers with an assist and a goal. After a scoreless first period, the Huskies U.S. Amateur Soccer Association National Cup took a 1-0 lead, but Van Sicklen launched the ball across the field to set up midfielder tournament. Wisconsin sophmore David Martinez Noah Goerlitz for the Badgers’ first goal in the second period and 1-1 game. Van Sicklen, a graduate of Madison West High School, picked up his own goal off and his club, the Kansas City Athletics, won the of an assist from team co-captain Valentine Anozie during the final moments of the third men’s Under-20 national title, while senior period. Christian Poppert and sophomore Joe Anderson both played for the Milwaukee Kickers club team EXHIBITION TEAM CHANGE FOR PRE-SEASON GAME VERSUS RAMPAGE than won the regional U-23 title. Due to changes in the season schedule, the Wisconsin men's soccer • Wisconsin ushers in the 2002 regular season team will play a Milwaukee, Wis., select team in today's exhibition contest in place of the as the Badgers host their 13th annual Rocky Rampage. Game time remains 12:00 p.m. at the Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex. Rococo-Wisconsin Soccer Classic this coming week- The Rampage, a professional A-League team, adjusted their schedule Saturday end, Friday Aug.30 - Sunday, Sept. 1. The Badgers to play the MLS Kansas City Wizards in the quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open have won seven tournament titles in addition to Cup. Consequently, two other games were moved into this week's lineup and the sweeping the tournament title and MVP honors Rampage face the Cincinnati Riverhawks at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night in Milwaukee. The (both offensive and defensive) five times. Badgers will play their exhibition game against Rampage reserve players and select soc- cer players from the Milwaukee area. BADGERS HOST ROCKY ROCOCO- WISCONSIN SOCCER CLASSIC THIS WEEKEND Wisconsin kicks off its regular season with the Rocky Rococo Wisconsin Soccer Classic, Friday, August 30 - Sunday, September 1 at the McClimon Soccer Complex. On Friday, Western Michigan University will play Florida Atlantic University at 5 p.m. The Badgers take the field at 7:30 p.m. against the Iona College Gaels. The tournament continues Sunday afternoon as Western Michigan plays Iona at 12 p.m. and the Badgers face the Florida Atlantic Owls at 2:30 p.m. A tournament awards ceremony will take place following the Wisconsin game Sunday afternoon.

HITTING THE ROAD After playing their own Rocky Rococo - Wisconsin Soccer Classic, the Badgers travel west to the Gonzaga Invite in Spokane, Wash. UW will face the host Bulldogs Sept. 6 at 3 p.m. (CT), then play the Oregon State Beavers Sunday, Sept. 8 at 12 p.m. (CT). In total, Wisconsin travels for 10 games this season including a trip to in-state rival Marquette, along with road games at Big Ten Conference rivals State, Michigan State and defending Big Ten Champion . On their home turf, the Badgers welcome six teams to the McClimon Soccer Complex throughout the season as Eastern Illinois, UW-Milwaukee and Dartmouth face Wisconsin in non-conference competition, in addition to Big Ten matches against Penn State, Michigan and Northwestern.

WISCONSIN HEAD COACH JEFF ROHRMAN Returning home to the Midwest, first-year head coach Jeff Rohrman brings his extensive experience as both a coach and player to the Wisconsin men’s soccer program. He spent seven years as the top assistant coach at nationally-respected Maryland before taking the reins of the Badgers this past spring. During his tenure at Maryland, Rohrman worked with Maryland head coach Sasho Cirovski to lead the Terrapins into national prominence and six of the last seven NCAA tournaments, including a final four appearance in 1998. While on the East Coast, Rohrman’s ties to the Midwest remained strong in his home state of , in addition to the promi- nent soccer communities of Wisconsin and Illinois. He worked to build these ties over time and began recruiting some of the Midwest’s top athletes to Maryland, including 1997 ACC Player of the Year Leo Cullen, a Burnsville, Minn., native. Rohrman played for two seasons at Bethany Lutheran, a two-year private college at that time. While at Bethany Lutheran, he was named an All-American and the team’s MVP as a sophomore. He played his final two years at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee where he earned MVP and all-state honors as a Panther and served as team captain. Following his collegiate career, he partici- pated in the 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival in Houston and played professionally from 1986-87 for the of the American League. He also played professional soccer with Real Santa Barbara of the Western Soccer League in 1989 and was on the Minnesota men’s state team that won the 1990 national amateur championship. Rohrman received his bachelor of science degree in biological sciences from UW-Milwaukee in 1986 and a master’s degree in sport administration from Mankato State (now Minnesota State, Mankato) in 1991.

2002 Wisconsin Men’s Soccer Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Yr./El. Ht. Wt. Hometown (HS/Previous School) 0 Michael Jelenic* GK Fr./Fr. 6-1 175 Bay Village, Ohio (Bay) 1 Eric Hanson GK Jr./So. 6-3 170 Madison, Wis. (LaFollette) 2 Noah Goerlitz* MF So./So. 5-9 145 Neenah, Wis. (Neenah) 3 Nick Van Sicklen* F So./So. 6-0 165 Madison, Wis. (West) 4 Aymar Sinaise*** MF/D Sr./Sr. 5-10 155 Desruisseaux, St. Lucia (Benilde-St. Margaret’s) 5 Mike Epp*** D/MF Sr./Sr. 6-3 185 Toronto, Ontario (Father Henry Carr) 7 Joe Anderson* D So./So. 5-10 150 Racine, Wis. (Washington Park) 8 Erol Goknur** MF Jr./Jr. 5-9 155 Madison, Wis. (Memorial) 9 David Martinez* MF Jr./So. 5-9 155 Shawnee, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 10 Valentine Anozie (C)*** F/MF Sr.#/Sr. 5-9 150 Imo State, Nigeria (St. Basil-the Great College-Toronto) 11 Perry Smith*** D Sr./Sr. 5-11 170 Beaumont, Texas (Monsignor Kelly) 12 John McGrady (C)* D/MF Sr./Sr. 6-0 170 West Bend, Wis. (Brookfield East) 13 Ryan Nord MF/D So./So. 6-1 175 Evanston, Ill. (Evanston Township) 14 Watson Vaughn Prather** MF Jr./Jr. 6-1 175 Potomac, Md. (Winston Churchill) 15 Phil Doeh F Fr./Fr. 5-11 155 Dixon, Ill. (Dixon) 16 Alec Neal D/MF Fr./Fr. 5-10 165 Edina, Minn. (Minneapolis South) 17 Seth Byers F/MF Fr./Fr. 6-0 170 Cincinnati, Ohio (Colerain) 18 Phil Jones MF/F Fr../Fr. 5-9 145 Evanston, Ill. (Evanston Township) 19 Nicolas Aguilar* F/MF So./So. 5-8 165 Lisle, Ill. (Benet Academy) 20 Erik Insko MF Fr./Fr. 5-10 160 Winnebago, Ill. (Hononegah) 21 Pat Cronan F Fr./Fr. 6-3 180 Edina, Minn. (Edina) 22 C.J. Lipinski D Fr./Fr. 5-11 180 New Berlin, Wis. (West) 24 Christian Poppert*** MF/D Sr.#/Sr. 6-1 185 Wauwatosa, Wis. (Milwaukee Lutheran) 27 Adam Jelinek GK Fr./Fr. 6-3 215 Fairfax, Va. (Centreville) Legend:* indicates letters won; (C) indicates team captains; # indicates fifth-year senior 2002 SCHEDULE

DAY DATE EVENT TIME/RESULT RECORD Saturday Aug. 17 NORTHERN ILLINOIS# W, 2-1 0-0-0, 0-0-0 Big Ten Monday Aug. 26 at Milwaukee Select Team# 12:00 p.m. Rocky Rococo Classic, Madison, Wis. Friday Aug. 30 Western Michigan vs. Florida Atlantic 5:00 p.m. Friday Aug. 30 IONA 7:30 p.m. Sunday Sept. 1 Western Michigan vs. Iona 12:00 p.m. Sunday Sept. 1 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2:30 p.m. Gonzaga Invitational, Spokane, Wash. Friday Sept. 6 at Gonzaga 3:00 p.m. Sunday Sept. 8 vs. Oregon State 12:00 p.m. Friday Sept. 13 at Valparaiso 5:00 p.m. Sunday Sept. 15 at Illinois- 2:00 p.m. Wednesday Sept. 18 at UW-Green Bay 7:30 p.m. Friday Sept. 20 EASTERN ILLINOIS 7:30 p.m. Friday Sept. 27 at Ohio State* 6:30 p.m. Sunday Sept. 29 at Xavier 12:00 p.m. Sunday Oct. 6 PENN STATE* 12:00 p.m. Friday Oct. 11 at Indiana* 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 16 UW-MILWAUKEE 7:30 p.m. Friday Oct. 18 DARTMOUTH 7:30 p.m. Sunday Oct. 20 MICHIGAN* 2:30 p.m. Sunday Oct. 27 at Michigan State* 12:00 p.m. Saturday Nov. 2 NORTHWESTERN* 1:00 p.m. Saturday Nov. 9 at Marquette 1:00 p.m. Big Ten Conference Tournament, University Park, Pa. Thursday Nov. 14 Big Ten First Round TBA Friday Nov. 15 Big Ten Semifinals TBA Sunday Nov. 17 Big Ten Championship Game TBA 2002 NCAA Tournament Qualifying Rounds, Campus Sites Fri.-Sun. Nov. 22 - 24 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBA Fri.-Sat. Nov. 29 - 30 NCAA Third Round TBA Fri.-Sun. Dec. 6 - 8 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA 2002 NCAA Tournament Finals, Dallas, Texas Friday Dec. 13 NCAA Semifinals TBA Sunday Dec. 15 NCAA Championship Game TBA All times are CENTRAL Home games in CAPS are held at the McClimon Soccer Complex # indicates exhibition games * indicates Big Ten games For ticket information call 1-800-GO-BADGERS 2001 RESULTS

Overall Record: 10-8-1; Big Ten Record: 3-3-0 (Home: 6-3-1; Away 4-4-0; Neutral: 0-1-0)

Date Opponent (Ranking) Att. W/L Score Shots CKs Fouls Overall Big Ten UW Goals (GW) 08/31 St. Francis* 629 W 3-0 17 3 15 1-0-0 0-0-0 Aguilar, DaPra, DaPra 09/01 Alabama A&M* 592 W 3-1 10 3 12 2-0-0 0-0-0 DaPra, DaPra, DaPra 09/05 UW-Green Bay 490 W 2-1 14 2 20 3-0-0 0-0-0 Lauber, Lauber 09/07 at Howard n/a W 1-0 15 0 8 4-0-0 0-0-0 DaPra 09/09 at UM-BC 663 W 4-2 11 0 20 5-0-0 0-0-0 Lauber, DaPra, DaPra, Kalua 09/14 Iona (cancelled) 09/21 vs. SMU# 252 L 0-6 8 2 15 5-1-0 0-0-0 ----- 09/23 at TCU# 307 W 2-0 16 5 9 6-1-0 0-0-0 Lauber, Martinez 09/26 Marquette 660 T 2-2 (2ot) 17 6 22 6-1-1 0-0-0 Lauber, DaPra 10/03 Illinois-Chicago 314 L 1-3 15 6 21 6-2-1 0-0-0 DaPra 10/05 at UW-Milwaukee 1035 L 1-3 10 6 23 6-3-1 0-0-0 DaPra 10/07 at Penn State 603 L 0-2 3 1 9 6-4-1 0-1-0 ----- 10/12 Indiana 946 L 0-4 1 2 24 6-5-1 0-2-0 ----- 10/19 IUPUI 416 W 4-2 13 4 17 7-5-1 0-2-0 DaPra, Lauber, Repa, Van Sicklen 10/21 at Michigan 219 L 1-2 11 6 14 7-6-1 0-3-0 Martinez 10/26 at Northern Illinois 101 L 2-3 23 9 15 7-7-1 0-3-0 DaPra, Martinez 10/28 Michigan State 423 W 5-3 16 4 17 8-7-1 1-3-0 Martinez, Martinez, Van Sicklen, DaPra, DaPra 11/01 at Northwestern 75 W 5-2 11 5 19 9-7-1 2-3-0 Lauber, Lauber, Lauber, Lauber, Van Sicklen 11/04 Ohio State 432 W 1-0 8 3 17 10-7-1 3-3-0 Lauber 11/08 Michigan^ 328 L 0-1 16 9 4 10-8-1 3-3-0 -----

* - Rocky Rococo - Wisconsin Soccer Classic, Madison, Wis. # - Texas Christian University Tournament, Fort Worth, Texas ^ - Big Ten Conference Tournament, Madison, Wis. 2001 HONORS

Cosida/Verizon Academic Big Ten Defensive Player Of The Week Men’s Soccer Athletic Board Scholar All-America First Team Scott Repa (Oct. 2) Aaron Lauber Aaron Lauber Big Ten Offensive Player Of The Week Aaron Lauber (Nov. 6) Team Most Valuable Player - Offensive Cosida/Verizon Academic Dominic DaPra All-America District V Academic All-Big Ten Aaron Lauber Valentine Anozie Team Most Valuable Player - Defensive Phil Ayoub Scott Repa All-Great Lakes Mike Congiu Region Second Team Leron Gabriel William Reddan Dominic DaPra Eric Hanson “Spirit of Soccer” Award Scott Repa Aaron Lauber Aaron Lauber John McGrady All-Big Ten First Team Christian Poppert Team Most Improved Player Dominic DaPra Scott Repa Noah Goerlitz Scott Repa Eric Smentowski Team Most Outstanding Freshman Big Ten All-Tournament Team Rocky Rococo - Wisconsin Soccer Joe Anderson Dominic DaPra Classic All-Tournament Team Dominic DaPra (Offensive MVP) Wisconsin Coaches Team Service Award Big Ten Player Of The Week Moriba Atiba Baker (Defensive MVP) Eric Hanson Dominic DaPra (Sept. 3) Scott Repa Joe Anderson 2001 STATISTICS

Overall Record: 10-8-1; Big Ten Record: 3-3-0 (Home: 6-3-1; Away: 4-4-0; Neutral: 0-1-0)

2001 Team Statistics Scoring Statistics WIS OPP Game Statistics WIS OPP Attendance Statistics WIS OPP Goals-Shot Attempts 37-236 36-233 Corner Kicks 74 90 Total 5149 2784 Shot Percentage .157 .155 Penalty Kicks 4-5 2-3 Game Dates 10 8 Goals Per Game 1.9 1.9 Fouls 303 356 Average Per Date 515 348 Shots Per Game 12.4 12.3 Yellow Cards 30 47 Neutral Sites 1 -- Assists 30 33 Red Cards 2 3 Average at Neutral Site 252 --

2001 Scoring By Periods 1st 2nd OT-1 OT-2 Total Wisconsin 17 20 0 0 37 Opponents 22 15 0 0 37

2001 Scoring Career Scoring No. Player GP GS G A Pts Sh GW GP GS G A Pts 07 Dominic DaPra 19 18 15 4 34 64 4 39 38 30 10 70 16 Aaron Lauber 18 18 11 0 22 55 4 57 19 16 3 35 12 David Martinez 16 7 5 3 13 26 0 16 7 5 3 13 19 Nick Van Sicklen 18 17 3 5 11 19 0 18 17 3 5 11 14 Scott Repa 18 18 1 5 7 19 1 42 38 2 5 9 22 Nicolas Aguilar 17 17 1 2 4 13 1 17 17 1 2 4 04 Aymar Sinaise 16 1 0 3 3 1 0 45 20 1 4 6 13 Matt Kalua 9 0 1 0 2 1 0 22 0 2 0 4 08 Erol Goknur 19 11 0 2 2 9 0 38 24 0 4 4 09 John McGrady 17 11 0 2 2 5 0 17 11 0 2 2 21 Ryan Nord 19 19 0 1 1 5 0 19 19 0 1 1 20 Watson V. Prather 15 8 0 1 1 5 0 30 13 1 3 5 11 Perry Smith 12 1 0 1 1 2 0 25 3 0 1 1 02 Noah Gerlitz 14 7 0 1 1 1 0 14 7 0 1 1 18 Ryan Baker 11 5 0 0 0 3 0 30 18 1 0 2 24 Christian Poppert 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 33 7 0 0 0 23 Leron Gabriel 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 46 16 5 1 11 17 Mike Congiu 15 14 0 0 0 2 0 52 48 1 2 4 06 Eric Smentowski 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 03 Joe Anderson 14 14 0 0 0 1 0 14 14 0 0 0 15 Brian Feyrer 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 10 0 0 0 05 Mike Epp 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 9 0 0 0 Total 19 37 30 104 236 10 Opponents 19 37 33 105 233 6

Legend: GP - Games played; GS - Games started; Sh - Shots; G - Goals; A - Assists; GW - Game-winning goals

2001 Goalkeeping Career Goalkeeping Player GP GS Minutes Shots GA Saves SO W-L-T GAA GP GS Minutes Saves SO Moriba Atiba Baker (Overall) 20 20 1798:49 229 27 91 2 10-8-1 1.35 42 38 3405:59 170 6 (Big Ten) 6 6 541:33 88 10 40 0 3-3-0 1.66 Phil Ayoub (Overall) 3 0 58:34 7 2 3 0 0-1-0 3.07 6 0 80:04 7 0 Overall Totals 20 - 1857:23 244 29 95 4 10-9-1 1.41 Totals against Big Ten 6 - 541:33 88 10 40 0 3-3-0 1.66 Opponent Totals 20 - 1857:23 256 34 87 5 9-10-1 1.65 Big Ten Opponent Totals 6 - 541:33 75 9 29 2 3-3-0 1.50

Legend: Min - Minutes played; Sh - Shots faced; GA - Goals against; Sv - Saves; SO - Shutouts; GAA - Goals-against average