2015 MEN’SOCCER GAME NOTES • MATCH 19 VS. WEST VIRGINIA

61st Season • 2010 National Champions • 3 College Cup Appearances • 29 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 11 MAC Championships

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOV. 12, 2015 2015 Schedule and Results AKRON OPENS MAC TOURNAMENT PLAY VERSUS WEST VIRGINIA 13-3-2/4-0-1 MAC No. 4 Akron (13-3-2) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT vs. West Virginia (7-11) Aug. 28 at VCU (1) W, 3-2 (2OT) Friday, Nov. 13 Aug. 30 at No. 24 Old Dominion (1) L, 1-4 FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field (5,000) Sept. 4 at No. 4 Georgetown (2) W, 1-0 Akron, Ohio • 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at No. 6 Maryland (2) W, 3-2 Sept. 11 No. 14 SAINT LOUIS W, 3-2 Live Stats: www.gozips.com Sept. 16 OHIO STATE T, 3-3 (2OT) Webstream: www.gozips.com Sept. 22 No. 8 WAKE FOREST L, 1-2 Sept. 25 at No. 25 UC Santa Barbara W, 2-0 WHAT’S AHEAD Sept. 30 PENN STATE W, 1-0 Top-seeded Akron begins its quest for its 12th Mid-American Conference Championship Oct. 3 at UAB W, 2-1 (OT) title battling fourth-seeded West Virginia on Friday, Nov. 13, in the semifinals of the MAC Oct. 6 SANTA CLARA W, 2-0 Championship. Game time at FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field is set for 7 p.m. and Oct. 9 at Buffalo * W, 2-1 will follow the conclusion of the other semifinal at 4 p.m. pitting second-seeded Western AKRON MEN Oct. 17 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * W, 4-0 Michigan versus third-seeded Buffalo. Oct. 21 MICHIGAN STATE W, 4-1 ZIPS’ MAC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Oct .24 at Western Michigan * T, 1-1 (2OT) Akron maintains an 27-8-5 mark in 40 matches in Mid-American Conference Oct. 28 at West Virginia * W, 2-0 Championship history, including 4-0 under head coach Jared Embick. Nov. 1 No. 25 UCLA L, 2-4 Nov. 8 BOWLING GREEN * W, 4-0 AKRON-WEST VIRGINIA MAC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Nov. 13 WEST VRIGINIA & 7 p.m. The Zips are meeting West Virginia for only the second time in Mid-American Nov. 15 MAC Championship & 1 p.m. Conference Championship play with Akron owning a 1-0 mark in those encounters. The Zips registered a 3-0 victory past the Mountaineers in the semifinals of the 2013 MAC All home matches in bold Championship on Nov. 15, 2013, at FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field. All times listed are Eastern ’

* Denotes Mid-American Conference match Year Location Round Result S SOCCER & Denotes MAC Championship (Highest Seed) 2013 Akron, Ohio Semifinals W, 3-0 (1) denotes VCU Tournament SCOUTING THE MOUNTAINEERS (2) denotes Georgetown Tournament West Virginia (7-11-0) comes into play against Akron on Friday, Nov. 13, on the strength of a 3-2 triumph past Northern Illinois last Friday, Nov. 6. The victory snapped a five-game losing Akron Athletic Communications streak for the Mountaineers. Seniors Ryan Cain and Jamie Merriam have directed the West Cathy Bongiovi, Assistant A.D./Athletics Communications Virginia attack this season each registering a team-high six goals. Sophomore Joey Piatczyc E-mail: [email protected] owns 13 assists, while senior Zak Leedom has added six assists of his own. Sophomore Office Phone: (330) 972-6106 goalkeeper Alec Boerner holds the majority of minutes in goal for the Mountaineers this Sean Palchick, Associate AC Dir. (MSOC Contact) fall recording 42 saves and owning four shutouts and a 1.59 goals against average. As a E-mail: [email protected] team, West Virginia is rated third, third, 22nd, 23rd, 43rd, 55th and 60th, respectively, in Office Phone: (330) 972-2677 the NCAA in assists per game (2.28), total assists (33), total points (101), total goals (30) Chelsea Andorka, Graduate Assistant and scoring offense (1.67), shots per contest (13.61) and points per game (5.61). E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (330) 972-7171 Jonathan Platten, Graduate Assistant WVU AKRON E-mail: [email protected] Overall Record 7-11-0 13-3-2 Office Phone: (330) 972-6584 Conference Record 2-3-0 4-0-1 Goals 30 41 Athletics Communications Office Goals-Shot Attempts 30-245 41-288 Fax: (330) 374-8844 Goals Per Game 1.67 2.28 Assists 41 39 Follow Akron Athletics on our website: Shots 245 288 GoZips.com Shots On Goal 95 122 Shot Percentage .122 .142 Shots On Goal Percentage .392 .424 Shots Per Game 13.6 16.0 FOLLOW AKRON Corner Kicks 95 97 Opponent Corner Kicks 104 67 ATHLETICS ON Penalty Kicks 2-3 5-8 FACEBOOK AND TWITTER Opponent Penalty Kicks 4-4 3-5 SERIES HISTORY Friday evening’s game is the 17th meeting between Akron and West Virginia. The Zips lead the all-time series, 13-2-1. Earlier this season, Akron earned a 2-0 victory past the Mountaineers on Oct. 18, 2015.

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THE COACHES Akron Quick Facts West Virginia: Marlon LeBlanc is in his ninth season as head coach of the West Virginia program, owning a 86-63-26 (.566) record. Overall in 10 years as a head coach, LeBlanc owns a 90-66-26 (.566) mark. Location:...... Akron, Ohio 44325 Akron: In his third year on the Akron sidelines as head coach, and ninth season overall, is Jared Embick, Population:...... 200,000 who has a 43-13-5 mark (.746), including 90-34-15 (.701) overall, in his seventh year as a head coach...... (5th largest in Ohio) AKRON HEAD COACH JARED EMBICK Founded:...... 1870 as Buchtel College ...... 26,000 Jared Embick, who had previously served as the Zips’ associate head coach and recruiting Enrollment: coordinator, officially became the seventh head coach in the history of The men’s Nickname:...... Zips soccer program in December of 2012. Colors:...... Blue (282) & Gold (871) The 2015 campaign marks his third year leading the Zips and the squad has registered a 43-13-5 Conference:...... Mid-American (.746) ledger after going 13-6-2 a season ago...... (East Division) During Embick’s time at Akron, the Zips have posted the highest winning percentage in the nation President:...... Dr. Scott L. Scarborough with an overall record of 153-26-21 (.818), including a 48-2-2 (.942) mark in Mid-American Conference Director of Athletics:...... Larry Williams play, while securing seven conference tournament titles, eight trips to the NCAA Tournament and two Faculty Athletics Rep:...... Dr. Deborah Owens appearances in an NCAA final. Athletics Dept. Phone:...... (330) 972-7080 Akron entered the 2014 season seeking to reload the Zips’ talented foundation with a young squad Ticket Office Phone:....1-888-99-AKRON (-25766) following the departure of six starters from a 2013 team that posted a 17-4-1 record and a No. 7 national ranking. Season of Soccer:...... 61st (1955) Recording their 14th consecutive double-digit victory campaign, the Zips finished the season with All-Time Record:...... 677-249-87 a 13-6-2 ledger, including 4-1-0 mark in the Mid-American Conference. Akron’s efforts were rewarded as the Zips earned the MAC’s regular season and tournament crowns en route to collecting a berth in All-Time MAC Record:...... 114-12-7 the NCAA Tournament for the 29th time in program history. MAC Tournament Titles:...... 11 The Zips became one of just six Division I programs to qualify for the NCAA Tournament in each of ...... [1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, the past eight seasons with their 29th overall selection...... 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014] Led by , Saad Abdul-Salaam, Jake Fenlason and Andrew Souders, who were selected as MAC Regular-Season Titles:...... 18 first-team All-MAC men’s soccer selections, seven Akron student-athletes garnered All-MAC accolades NCAA Tournament Appearances:...... 29 a year ago. Additionally, Stuart Holthusen, Richie Laryea and Victor Souto were recognized as second- NCAA College Cup Appearances:.....3 [1986, 2009, 2010] team selections. S SOCCER

’ NCAA Championshop Appearances: ... 2 [2009, 2010] The Zips came into the campaign maintaining a No. 13 preseason ranking by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) as well as being tabbed preseason No. 14, 15 and 23 by Stadium:...... FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field TopDrawerSoccer.com, College Soccer News and Soccer America, respectively. Capacity:...... 5,000 Akron’s opening night line-up featured seven players making their initial collegiate starts for the Field Dimensions:...... 120 x 77 Zips, while six first-year players took to the field at No. 5 New Mexico...... Natural Grass Individually, Najem, who garnered first-team All-Great Lake Regional honors, ranked fourth, fifth, Surface: eighth, eighth and 24th in the NCAA in goals scored (14), total points (32), goals per game (0.67), AKRON IN THE NATIONAL POLLS points per match (1.52) and game-winning goals (4). Jake Fenlason was equally impressive in goal rating 27th, 32nd and 53rd nationally in goals against average (.785), save percentage (.811) and total saves (73). NCAA RPI...NSCAA...TDS...... CSN In January, 2015, Abdul-Salaam became the 10th Zip to have his name called during the first round Preseason NA...... 25...... RV...... 24 of the MLS SuperDraft with his selection 12th overall in the MLS SuperDraft by Sporting Kansas City. Aug. 31 NA...... NA...... NA...... RV Due in large part to Embick’s recruiting efforts, Akron identified and secured some of the best AKRON MEN Sept. 8 NA...... RV...... NA...... 22 prospects in the country – and around the world – with top-five recruiting classes in each of the past Sept. 15 NA...... 11...... 11...... 7 five seasons. The Zips’ classes of 2012 and 2009 were ranked No. 1 in the country, while the classes of Sept. 22 NA...... 9...... 12...... 6 2011 and 2010 each received a No. 2 designation. Sept. 29 6...... 9...... 7...... 11 More importantly, Akron’s recruits have flourished in the Zips’ system, which features a style of play Oct. 6 5...... 8...... 7...... 10 that is attractive and attack-oriented, yet effective on both sides of the ball. In total, Embick recruited Oct. 13 3...... 6...... 6...... 6 or helped develop 24 players who have gone on to play professionally either in MLS or overseas since 2007. Oct. 20 4...... 5...... 6...... 6 The success of this formula was no more evident than at the 2011 MLS SuperDraft where seven Oct. 27 4...... 6...... 6...... 6 Zips had their names called, including five with the first eight selections overall, to set a pair of MLS Nov. 3 5...... 10...... 7...... 10 records. Nov. 10 3...... 10...... 4...... 9 Embick has also served as a staff coach with the Under-16 and Under-18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s club team for the past five years. NSCAA - National Soccer Coaches Association Prior to joining the Zips, Embick spent four seasons (2003-06) as the head men’s soccer coach at of America; TDS - TopDrawerSoccer.com; CSN - Missouri Baptist University where he led the Spartans to a record of 47-21-8 and the program’s first College Soccer News NAIA regional tournament berth in 2003. In all, Embick spent six seasons at MBU, including two seasons as a graduate assistant (2000-01) and one season as an assistant coach (2002). During his time at Missouri Baptist, Embick also served as assistant coach for River Cities FC of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) whom he helped lead to a 13-2-1 record in its inaugural season and an appearance in the WPSL national final. A 2000 graduate of Indiana Wesleyan, Embick was named an All-American by the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) in 1998 and 1999 as a player. He was also an NAIA honorable mention All-America honoree in 1999 and was twice named to the All-Mid-Central Conference squad.

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HOLTHUSEN DIRECTS ZIPS’ EFFORTS IN 4-0 WIN OVER BOWLING GREEN 2015 MAC Standings A pair of goals from sophomore Stuart Holthusen (Auckland, New Zealand) helped seventh-ranked Akron claim its 18th Mid-American Conference title on the strength of a 4-0 Senior Night triumph past AS OF NOV. 13 Bowling Green on Saturday, Nov. 7, at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field. MAC Overall The Zips recorded a 17-8 advantage over Bowling Green in shots in the affair, including posting a 7-4 Akron 4-0-1 13-3-2 advantage on frame. Holthusen registered a game-high four shots for Akron, while senior Sean Sepe Western Michigan 3-1-1 11-3-4 (West Islip, N.Y.), redshirt sophomore Sam Gainford (Liverpool, England) and sophomore Richie Laryea Buffalo 2-2-1 7-6-4 (Toronto, Ontario (Canada)) added three, three and two shots, respectively. West Virginia 2-3-0 7-11-0 Northern Illinois 1-3-1 7-7-1 Playing in his final regular season home game as a Zip, senior goalkeeperJake Fenlason (San Diego, Bowling Green 1-4-0 9-9-1 Calif.) corralled four saves en route to earning his seventh shutout of the season. Holthusen netted what proved to be the game-winning goal at the 11:53 mark scooping up the Friday, Nov. 13 deflection of Gainford’s blocked shot in the box and blasting a shot that hit the underside of the crossbar No. 3 Buffalo vs. No. 2 Western Michigan and bounded down past the line for his second goal of the year. No. 4 West Virginia at No. 1 Akron Less than a minute later in the 13th minute (12:41), it was Gainford that was the recipient of strong passes from Holthusen and Laryea and he delivered his eighth goal on the campaign to give the Zips a 2-0 lead. Sunday, Nov. 15 Holthusen extended Akron’s advantage to 3-0 at the 20:31 mark collecting his second tally of the night Buffalo/WMU winner vs. WVU/Akron and third of the year. The ball was served into the corner to sophomore Nate Shultz (Mayfield, Ohio) by junior Adam Najem (Clifton, N.J.), where Shultz played the ball into the box to Holthusen, who headed the ball past Landsberger. AKRON MEN The Zips outshot the Falcons in the initial stanza, 11-4, and maintained a 3-0 halftime lead. Inserted into the game as a second-half substitution, redshirt sophomore Tyler Sanda (North Royalton, Ohio) paid dividends to the Akron attack netting his second goal of the year in the 74th minute (73:18). Garnering assists on the tally were Najem and senior Andrew Souders (Amherst, Ohio). PAIR OF SECOND-HALF GOALS LIFTS NO. 25 UCLA OVER NO. 6 AKRON, 4-2 In a battle of two of the more storied men’s soccer programs in the country, a pair of second-half goals lifted No. 25 UCLA to a 4-2 victory over sixth-ranked Akron on Nov. 1, at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field. In a contest that was not indicative of the final score, the Zips and Bruins waged a non-conference showdown in which each side battle back and forth en route to recording 11 shots, with UCLA posting a 5-4 margin in shots on goal.

Adam Najem led all players with four shots for Akron, while Sam Gainford added two shots. ’ Senior Jake Fenlason made one save for the Zips. S SOCCER Trailing 2-1 early in the second half, redshirt junior Goncalo Soares (Lisbon, Portugal) netted the equalizer at the 53:14 mark to square Akron and UCLA at two. Stuart Holthusen beautifully played ball in ball from the corner of the box that Soares curled into the corner of the net from the top corner of the box for his first career goal.

2015 AKRON MEN’S SOCCER ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last School 2 Andrew Souders D 5-11 Sr. 171 Amherst, Ohio (Amherst Steele) 3 Sean Sepe F 5-11 Sr. 152 West Islip, N.Y. (West Islip/St. John’s (N.Y.) 4 Niko De Vera D 5-5 So. 140 Camas, Wash. (Camas) 5 Danilo Radjen D 6-2 Jr. (R) 163 Broadview Heights, Ohio (Brecksville-Broadview Heights/Cleveland State) 6 Richie Laryea MF 5-9 So. 151 Toronto, Ontario (Canada) (Dante Aligheri Academy) 7 Sam Gainford F 6-1 So. (R) 162 Liverpool, England (Liverpool Academy) 8 Victor Souto MF 5-11 Jr. 156 Sao Paolo, Brazil (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista) 9 Stuart Holthusen F 6-0 So. 146 Auckland, New Zealand (Wanderers SC) 10 Adam Najem MF 5-8 Jr. 153 Clifton, N.J. (Paramus Catholic) 11 Jesse Garcia-Aguilar MF 5-6 So. 145 Portland, Ore. (Century) 12 Adi Dakwar F 5-9 So. 161 Fassouta, Israel (Ort Tarshiha) 13 Pau Belana MF 5-11 Fr. 158 Barcelona, Catalonia (Turbula/Universitat de Barcelona) 14 Bryce Cregan D 5-10 So. 161 Dallastown, Pa. (Dallastown Area) 15 Ezana Kahsay D 6-2 Fr. (R) 179 Asmeras, Eritrea (International Prepratory School at Grover) 16 Shane Wiedt D 6-2 Fr. (R) 184 Akron, Ohio (Archbishop Hoban) 17 Anthony Macchione F 6-3 So. 176 Camas, Wash. (Camas) 18 Nate Shultz F 6-0 So. 167 Mayfield, Ohio (Mayfield) 19 Tyler Sanda MF 6-0 So. (R) 181 North Royalton, Ohio (St. Ignatius) 20 Brad Ruhaak D 6-0 Jr. (R) 170 Akron, Ohio (Copley) 21 Skye Harter MF 5-11 Fr. 148 Copley, Ohio (Copley) 22 Robby Dambrot MF/D 6-1 So. (R) 161 Akron, Ohio (St. Vincent-St. Mary) 23 Barth-Luther Mouafo D 5-10 Jr. 193 Potomac, Md. (Montverde Academy (Fla.)/Gardner-Webb) 24 Jake Fenlason GK 6-0 Sr. 175 San Diego, Calif. (Rancho Bernardo) 25 Goncalo Soares MF 5-10 Jr. (R) 182 Lisbon, Portugal (Colégio Maristas de Carcavelos) 26 Alonzo Clarke D 5-9 Fr. 179 New Carrollton, Md. (Parkdale) 27 Elliott Rubio GK 6-5 Fr. (R) 226 Chicago, Ill. (Highland Park) 28 Nick Costa GK 5-11 Fr. 225 North Royalton, Ohio (North Royalton) 29 Dener Dos Santos MF 5-8 Jr. 152 Joinville, Brazil (Dulles (Texas)/UCF)

Head Coach: Jared Embick Assistant Coaches: Leo Chappel and T.J. Kolba Goalkeepers Coach: Ger Coppinger Director of Operations: Oliver Slawson

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2015 Honors Najem narrowly missed giving the Zips their first lead of the evening in the 75th minute (74:13) as his strike the box struck the crossbar. Jake Fenlason, GK The Bruins immediately stole the momentum off of the miss as pushed the ball up the • Second-Team All-MAC Selection field to , who scored his second goal of the game and his 11th of the season, for what proved to be the game-winning tally, at the 74:27 mark. Sam Gainford, F The Zips were whistled for a foul in the box in the 82nd minute (81:08) that resulted in a successfully • Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week (Aug. 31) penalty kick for Jose Hernandez to give UCLA the final 4-2 margin. • First-Team All-MAC Selection Adekoya opened the scoring in the affair converting a defensive turnover into his 10th goal of the year at the 7:14 mark off an assist from Danladi. Stuart Holthusen, F Najem evened the game at one in the 29th minute (28:12) for his eighth of the season. Sophomore • Named by TopDrawerSoccer.com to its National Team Niko De Vera (Camas, Wash.) played the ball up the sideline to Holthusen in the center of the field, who of the Week (Nov. 10). slide a long pass into a streaking Najem for the equalizer. • First-Team All-MAC Selection The Bruins took a 2-1 lead into the intermission on the strength of a 30th minute (29:58) goal from Hernandez. UCLA outshot the Zips in the initial stanza, 5-4. Richie Laryea, MF • First-Team All-MAC Selection A LEAGUE-BEST EIGHT ZIPS GARNER ALL-MAC ACCOLADES • Named by TopDrawerSoccer.com as its National Led by Sam Gainford, sophomores Stuart Holthusen and Richie Laryea, junior Adam Najem, redshirt Player of the Week (Sept. 15). NSCAA junior Brad Ruhaak (Akron, Ohio) and senior Andrew Souders who were selected as first-team All-Mid- • Named by as its National Player of the Week American Conference men’s soccer selections, a conference-best eight Akron student-athletes garnered (Sept. 15 and Oct. 20). All-MAC accolades as announced by the league on Thursday (Nov. 12). • Named by College Soccer News as its National Player of the Week (Oct. 19). Najem and Souders became the first three-time first-team All-MAC recipients for Akron since Chad • Named by College Soccer News to its National Team Barson was tabbed a first-team honoree in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. of the Week (Sept. 14). Seniors Jake Fenlason and Sean Sepe were tabbed second-team recipients. • Named by TopDrawerSoccer.com to its National Team of the Week (Sept. 14 and Oct. 19). HOLTHUSEN EARNS NATIONAL RECOGNITION • MAC Athlete of the Week (Sept. 14, Oct. 12 and Oct. Stuart Holthusen has been named by TopDrawerSoccer.com to its National Men’s Soccer Team of the 19) Week it was announced on Tuesday, Nov. 10. • Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 14) Holthusen turned in a stellar effort for the Zips helping the squad secure its 18th Mid-American • Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Month - October Conference title scoring a pair of goals, including the game-winner, while also adding an assist, in a 4-0

S SOCCER Akron victory over Bowling Green on Nov. 7.

’ Adam Najem, MF He netted what proved to be the game-winning goal in the 12th minute (11:53) off an assist from • First-Team All-MAC Selection Sam Gainford. • Named to 2015 MAC Watch List Less than a minute later at the 12:41 mark, he garnered an assist on a Gainford goal that pushed • Named as the third-most player in men’s college Akron’s advantage to 2-0. soccer by TopDrawerSoccer.com Holthusen then recorded his second goal of the evening in the 21st minute (20:31) heading in a ball • Named by TopDrawerSoccer.com to its men’s soccer from the corner off assists from sophomore Nate Shultz and Adam Najem. The tally gave Holthusen preseason Division I Best XI second-team squad his first multi-goal game of the season. • Named first-team 2015 preseason All-American by On the campaign, Holthusen owns three goals, while contributing five assists for 11 points on 16 College Soccer News shots, including seven on frame. • MAC Athlete of the Week (Sept. 7 and Oct. 5) • Named by College Soccer News to its National Team ZIPS HONOR TRIO ON SENIOR NIGHT of the Week (Oct. 5). The Zips honored seniors Jake Fenlason, Sean Sepe and Andrew Souders prior to Akron’s game • Named as TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of

AKRON MEN versus Bowling Green last Saturday, Nov. 7. the Week (Oct. 6) Fenlason has started all 43 games in which he has appeared in as a Zip, registering 161 saves and 15 • Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 5) • Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Month - September shutouts en route to posting a 29-10-4 mark. He was named a first-team All-MAC selection a year ago after recording 73 saves, seven shutouts and a 0.78 goals against average. He has started all 18 games Brad Ruhaak, D this season and owns 70 saves and seven shutouts. • First-Team All-MAC Selection Sepe has appeared in 38 games as a Zip, including making 28 starts. He has recorded four goals, while adding five assists on 64 shots, including 26 on goal during his career at Akron. This season, he Sean Sepe, F has posted a goal and two assists on 29 shots. • Second-Team All-MAC Selection Souders is a two-time first-team All-MAC honoree and has played in a team-best 78 games as a Zip, including 66 starts. He has registered a goal and two assists on 20 shots, while helping anchor an Akron Andrew Souders, D defensive unit that has posted 32 shutouts during his career, including seven this fall. • First-Team All-MAC Selection AKRON’S NATIONAL AWARD CANDIDATES LEAD THE ZIPS’ ATTACK Victor Souto, MF The Zips have gotten strong performances from their leading All-America candidates this season in • MAC Athlete of the Week (Oct. 26) Sam Gainford, Richie Laryea, Adam Najem, Andrew Souders and Victor Souto as the quintet has led • Named by TopDrawerSoccer.com to its National Team Akron to four wins over ranked opponents. In contests versus ranked foes, Najem, Laryea and Gainford of the Week (Oct. 26). have registered four, three and three goals, respectively. Laryea leads the group with three assists, while Najem and Souto have each collected a helper. Team Defensively, Souders has helped direct the Zips’ defensive unit to shutouts at No. 4 Georgetown (W, 1-0) • Preseason selection to win the 2015 MAC regular- and at No. 25 UC Santa Barbara (W, 2-0). season and tournament championships by the league Through 18 games, the trio of Laryea, Najem and Gainford are among the nation’s scoring leaders coaches. having posted nine, eight and eight goals, respectively, entering Akron’s showdown with West Virginia • Won its 18th regular season Mid-American on Friday, Nov. 13. The group also ranks, first, first and third on the team in assists with Gainford, Najem Conference title. and Laryea having contributed seven, seven and five assists. On the other side of the ball, Souders has anchored a Zips’ defensive unit that has posted seven shutouts on the campaign.

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QUARTET OF ZIPS EARN MID-SEASON RECOGNITION FROM TOPDRAWERSOCCER.COM Four Zips were recognized by TopDrawerSoccer.com for their play at the halfway point of this season 2015 MAC Superlatives (As of Nov.13) with their selections to its mid-season Men’s Top 100 Player and Freshmen lists. TEAM Richie Laryea was the top-rated Akron player coming in at No. 10 nationally, while Adam Najem and All Matches 1st in goals per game...... 2.28 Victor Souto were tabbed 19th and 50th, respectively. 1st in points per game...... 6.72 On the Men’s Freshman Top 100 list, Pau Belana (Barcelona, Catalonia) checked in at No. 23. 1st in saves per game...... 3.94 1st in shots per game...... 16.00 2nd in shutouts...... 0.39 ZIPS TIDBITS 2nd in assists per game...... 2.71 • The Zips have played some of their best soccer at home this season as Akron enters its game versus 3rd in corners per game...... 5.39 3rd in goals allowed...... 1.28 West Virginia on Friday, Nov. 13, with 12 players having contributed points. Leading the way with 16, 14, 3rc in goals against average...... 1.23 12 and 10 points, respectively, is Richie Laryea (six goals and four assists), Sam Gainford (four goals and six assists), (four goals and four assists) and (four goals and two assists). INDIVIDUAL Adam Najem Victor Souto All Matches • The Zips own a 32-6-4 ledger all-time at home in the month of November in regular season contests. Jake Fenlason • Akron is the only school in the NCAA (as of Nov. 12) to have three players owning eight or more goals. 2nd in saves per game...... 3.89 2nd in shutouts...... 0.39 The Zips’ trio of Richie Laryea (9), Adam Najem (8) and Sam Gainford (8) have combined to register 5th in save percentage...... 753 25 goals. 5th in goals against average...... 1.23 Sam Gainford • Stuart Holthusen registered his first career multi-goal performance netting two goals in a 4-0 victory 3rd in assists per game...... 0.39 over Bowling Green on Nov. 7. 4th in goals per game...... 0.44 • Following Stuart Holthusen’s two-goal outburst versus Bowling Green on Nov. 7, Akron has recorded 4th in points per game...... 1.28

8th in shots per game...... 2.50 AKRON MEN seven multi-goal games this season. Stuart Holthusen • Victor Souto’s three-goal explosion against Michigan State represented the first multi-goal game of 8th in assists per game...... 0.31 Richie Laryea his Akron career. 3rd in game-winning goals...... 0.19 • Victor Souto was selected by the Mid-American Conference as the MAC Men’s Soccer Athlete of the 3rd in goals per game...... 0.56 TopDrawerSoccer.com 3rd in points per game...... 1.44 Week, the league announced on Oct. 26. Additionally, he was named by to its 5th in shots per game...... 2.69 National Team of the Week. 8th in assists per game...... 0.31 Adam Najem • On the strength of hat tricks in back-to-back games from Richie Laryea (Northern Illinois) and Victor 3rd in assists per game...... 0.39 Souto (Michigan State), the Zips posted hat tricks in consecutive games from different players for the first 4th in goals per game...... 0.44 time since the 2010 campaign. Oct. 16, 2010, in a 4-0 home win over Buffalo, netted 4th in points per game...... 1.28 5th in game-winning goals...... 0.17 three goals before four days later on Oct. 20, 2010, Kofie Sarkodie recorded three goals of his own in a 6th in shots per game...... 2.61 7-1 home triumph past Michigan. • Richie Laryea’s three multi-goal games this season mark the most in a campaign for a Zip since Darren MAC-Only Superlatives (FINAL)

Mattocks registered six multi-goal efforts during the 2011 season. ’

TEAM S SOCCER • Akron’s seven-game winning streak (Sept. 25 - Oct. 21) was the longest since the Zips rolled off 15 MAC-Only Matches straight wins from Sept. 16 - Nov. 18, 2012. 1st in assists per game...... 3.20 1st in corners per game...... 6.80 • Richie Laryea has established career high marks in goals (9), shots (43), shots on goal (20), points 1st in goals allowed...... 0.40 (23), game-winners (3) and assists (5). 1st in goals per game...... 2.60 1st in goals against average...... 0.38 • Akron’s victory over Northern Illinois marked the 150th win for the Zips since 2007, tops in the nation. 1st in points per game...... 8.40 • Richie Laryea is now Akron’s active leader in multi-goal games owning three in his career, all this season. 1st in shots per game...... 16.00 1st in shutouts...... 0.60 • Akron posted a season-best 13 shots on goal in the Zips’ 4-0 victory over Northern Illinois on Oct. 17. 2nd in saves per game...... 4.60 • The Zips registered a season-high 26 shots in a 2-1 win past Buffalo. • Since 2007, the Zips own a 31-2-3 mark in the month of October in games played at FirstEnergy INDIVIDUAL MAC-Only Matches Stadium - Cub Cadet Field Jake Fenlason • The Zips’ contest at Buffalo marked the opening game in Akron’s five-game conference slate in this the 1st in save percentage...... 917 1st in shutouts per game...... 0.60 Zips’ 23rd season in the MAC. Following a 2-1 victory over the Bulls, Akron owns a 21-1-1 mark. 2nd in goals against average...... 0.38 • Victor Souto’s game-winning tally at Buffalo was the first in his Akron career. 2nd in saves per game...... 4.40 Sam Gainford • The Zips have finished halves strong this season as 15 of Akron’s 41 goals have occurred during the 1st in assists per game...... 0.80 final 15 minutes of the first and second periods. The Zips own eight tallies over the final 15 minutes of 1st in points per game...... 1.60 the first half and seven during the final 15 minutes of regulation. 3rd in goals per game...... 0.40 3rd in shots per game...... 2.60 • Richie Laryea netted his third career multi-goal game knocking in a trio of tallies in Akron’s 4-0 win Stuart Holthusen past Northern Illinois. He earlier added two goals in a 3-2 victory at No. 6 Maryland and in a 2-0 decision 3rd in goals per game...... 0.40 4th in assists per game...... 0.40 over Santa Clara. 4th in game-winning goals...... 0.20 • Over the Zips’ last five contests,Victor Souto (three goal and two assists) and Stuart Holthusen (two 4th in points per game...... 1.20 Richie Laryea goals and four assists) have paced the Akron attack registering eight points apiece, while Sam Gainford 1st in goals per game...... 0.60 and Adam Najem have added three and two tallies, respectively. As a team, the Zips are averaging 2.60 3rd in points per game...... 1.40 goals per game en route to a 3-1-1 ledger. 4th in game-winning goals...... 0.20 Adam Najem • Sam Gainford, Richie Laryea and Adam Najem have played a major role in the offensive exploits of 2nd in assists per game...... 0.60 the Zips this season as the trio has played a scoring role in 33 of Akron’s 41 goals this fall. 5th in points per game...... 1.00 10th in shots per game...... 2.00 • Jake Fenlason, Adam Najem, Brad Ruhaak, Andrew Souders and Victor Souto have started each Brad Ruhaak of Akron’s 18 games this season. 3rd in goals per game...... 0.40 4th in game-winning goals...... 0.20 • Four Zips currently owns starting streaks of 30 or more games in which they have played led by Adam 8th in points per game...... 0.80 Najem (52), Jake Fenlason (43), Andrew Souders (41) and Richie Laryea (36). Goncalo Soares • The Zips are rated 12th nationally in attendance averaging 2,300 fans per contest. 3rd in assists per game...... 0.50 Victor Souto • Adam Najem is currently ranked ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th, respectively, among active NCAA career 3rd in goals per game...... 0.40 leaders in assists per contest (0.33), total assists (20), points per game (1.18) and total points (72). 4th in game-winning goals...... 0.20 • With its win over No. 4 Georgetown on Sept. 4 and No. 6 Maryland on Sept. 7, Akron posted back-to-back 5th in points per game...... 1.00 regular season road victories over top 10 opponents for the first time since defeating No. 4 North Carolina (3-0) and No. 3 Wake Forest (2-0) to open the 2010 National Championship campaign.

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• In Akron’s 13 victories this season, Sam Gainford, Richie Laryea, Adam Najem, Victor Souto and National Rankings Stuart Holthusen have recorded 37, 36, 33, 18 and 15 shots, respectively. • Former Zips Saad Abdul-Salaam was a part of Sporting KC’s victory on Sept. 30, in the U.S. Open Cup [Nov. 10] as his squad prevailed in penalty kicks, 7-6, over the . NSCAA Rank Top Drawer • The Zips have posted a winning record in the month of September in each of the last 13 seasons, Wake Forest 1 Wake Forest including 5-1-1 this season. Clemson 2 Clemson • Jake Fenlason recorded a season-high seven saves in Akron’s 2-1 setback versus Wake Forest. Georgetown 3 Georgetown • Akron has benefited from scoring contributions from 14 players this season, led by 23 points apiece North Carolina 4 Akron Creighton 5 Stanford from Richie Laryea, Adam Najem and Sam Gainford. Stanford 6 Creighton • Sam Gainford has already amassed a career-best eight goals through 18 games this season, and with SMU 7 North Carolina his three assists versus Ohio State, he surpassed set a new career-high for points (11) after collecting nine Denver 8 Notre Dame a year ago. He will enter the showdown with West Virginia owning 23 points. Notre Dame 9 Denver Akron 10 SMU • Richie Laryea’s nine goals and five assists represent career-high marks. Kentucky 11 Seattle • Despite having only registered four shots on the campaign, sophomore Nate Shultz owns a pair of Ohio State 12 Syracuse assists on the year. Syracuse 13 South Florida • The Zips’ game at UC Santa Barbara marked a homecoming for assistant coach Leo Chappel, who South Florida 14 Ohio State Seattle 15 Virginia played a key role in transforming the Gauchos into a national powerhouse serving as an assistant coach UCLA 16 South Carolina from 2001-06 and again from 2009-10. South Carolina 17 Kentucky • Akron returned to the site of its greatest triumph when it battled UC Santa Barbara as the Zips claimed Rutgers 18 Coastal Carolina the 2010 National Championship with a 1-0 victory past Louisville in the championship game of the Virginia 19 UCLA Coastal Carolina 20 Maryland 2010 College Cup at Harder Stadium. Cal Poly 21 Cal Poly • The Zips have scored two or more goals in 15 of the squad’s last 24 matches, including on 14 occasions Indiana 22 Indiana this season. California 23 UC Santa Barbara • registered the Zip’ first multi-goal performance of the season with his two tallies versus UNC Charlotte 24 Dartmouth Sam Gainford Monmouth 25 Radford VCU (Aug. 28). A year ago, only Adam Najem with his three-goal effort against Cleveland State logged a multi-goal game. NCAA RPI Rank Soccer News • The Zips own four victories over ranked opponents this season having defeated No. 4 Georgetown (1-0 Wake Forest 1 Clemson on Sept. 4), No. 6 Maryland (3-2 on Sept. 7), No. 14 Saint Louis (3-2 on Sept. 11) and No. 25 UC Santa Clemson 2 Wake Forest Akron 3 Georgetown Barbara (2-0 on Sept. 25).

S SOCCER North Carolina 4 North Carolina • Najem and Brad Ruhaak have been named as team captains for the 2015 campaign.

’ Stanford 5 Creighton • Najem was selected by United State’s Under-23 men’s national team head coach Andi Herzog to attend Georgetown 6 Stanford a college identification training camp that allowed the coaching staff to evaluate collegiate players as Notre Dame 7 Denver Syracuse 8 SMU the team continues preparations ahead of October qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Seattle 9 Akron Janeiro. The four-day camp ran Aug. 5-8 at the U.S. National Training Center in Carson, California. Creighton 10 Notre Dame • Akron owns a 21-3-2 record in its last 26 home matches. Ohio State 11 Seattle • Since 2007, Akron owns a league record of 48-2-2 (.942) mark in the MAC. Furthermore, the Zips have South Florida 12 Kentucky SMU 13 Ohio State won 10 consecutive MAC regular season championships and seven of the last eight MAC Tournament titles. UCLA 14 South Florida • In all, Akron leads all league members with 18 regular-season and 11 tournament championships since South Carolina 15 Coastal Carolina joining the MAC in 1993, and has won both titles in the same season 10 times after doing so in 2014. Boston College 16 Syracuse • In 23 seasons in the MAC, the Zips have produced 169 All-MAC honorees, including a conference-record UC Santa Barbara 17 Rutgers Denver 18 SIU Edwardsville nine first-team selections in 2010. Coastal Carolina 19 Virginia • In all, the Zips have produced 20 Academic All-American honors in its history, dating back to the 1998 Radford 20 Indiana

AKRON MEN season. Dartmouth 21 Maryland • Akron has long been associated with academic excellence. In addition to posting a team GPA of better Indiana 22 Cal Poly Maryland 23 Monmouth than 3.37 in 2014, the Zips finished second in Division I in 2011-12 with a cumulative mark of 3.44. Louisville 24 South Carolina The remarkable feat follows years that saw the Zips post GPAs of 3.43 in 2010-11 and 3.33 in 2009-10. Kentucky 25 UC Santa Barbara • Najem is Akron’s active career leader in goals (26), assists (20), points (72), shots (140) and shots on goal (67). Andrew Souders leads active Zips on the roster in games played (78) and in contests started (66). Also receiving votes (NSCAA): UC Santa Barbara, Maryland, Boston University, Radford, Dartmouth, American, • Saad Abdul-Salaam became the 10th Zip to have his name called during the first round of the MLS SIU Edwardsville, Elon, Old Dominion, Xavier and Butler. SuperDraft with his selection 12th overall in the MLS SuperDraft by Sporting Kansas City in January. ARV (TD): Elon, Rutgers, Boston College, UNC Charlotte and IN OUR LAST MEETING Boston University. Akron def. West Virginia, 2-0 (Oct. 28, 2015) ARV (NCAA): UNC Charlotte, Elon, Cal Poly, Rutgers and MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - For the then sixth-ranked Akron men’s soccer team it was only fitting that Virginia. team captain Brad Ruhaak netted what proved to be the game-winning goal propelling the Zips to a 2-0 victory at West Virginia on Oct. 28. ARV (CSN): UCLA, Dartmouth, Radford, Xavier, UNC Charlotte, California, Old Dominion, Elon, Florida Gulf The game-winning tally came courtesy of Ruhaak at the 3:00 mark. Adam Najem served the ball into Coast, Boston College, Washington, Butler, Utah Valley, UNC Stuart Holthusen on the play, who flicked the ball to Ruhaak for his second goal of the season. Greensboro, Colgate, Western Michigan and Hofstra. The Zips outshot the Mountaineers on the evening, 9-8, despite being outshoot on goal, 4-3. Victor Souto and Sam Gainford directed Akron’s offensive attack with two shots apiece, while five 2015 Akron opponents in Bold other Zips registered one shot each. Jake Fenlason pulled in a game-best three saves for Akron en route to earning his sixth shutout of the year. The Zips entered the intermission maintaining a 1-0 lead on the strength of outshooting the Mountaineers in the initial stanza, 5-1, including 1-0 on goal. Gainford extended Akron’s margin to 2-0 at the 66:38 mark collecting his seventh goal on the campaign on the Zips’ first shot of the final period. Diaz came out of the box to pull in the cross on the play but slipped allowing Gainford to net the tally off an assists from Souto and Sean Sepe. 6 GoZips.com/ZipsMSOC 2015 MEN’SOCCER GAME NOTES • MATCH 19 VS. WEST VIRGINIA

The Mountaineers nearly spoiled the shutout bid in the 68th minute (67:35) if not for a pivotal defensive play by Andrew Souders, who cleared out Joey Piatczyc’s shot for a team save. 2015 NCAA Superlatives (As of Nov.12) LARYEA GARNERS NATIONAL ACCLAIM Richie Laryea continued to gain recognition for his outstanding play this fall as he was chosen by TEAM College Soccer News and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America on Oct. 19 as their respective All Matches National Player of the Week for the period spanning Oct. 12-18. 4th in points per game...... 6.72 The honor marks the third and fourth time, respectively, this season in which Laryea has been tabbed 6th in scoring offense...... 2.28 as the National Player of the Week after earning accolades from TopDrawerSoccer.com and the NSCAA 6th in total assists...... 39 on Sept. 15. 6th in total points...... 121 Additionally, he was selected by the Mid-American Conference as the MAC Men’s Soccer Athlete of the 8th in assists per game...... 2.17 10th in total goals...... 41 Week on Oct. 19. 12th in winning percentage...... 778 The conference award represented the second straight and third of the season/career for Laryea. 13th in shots per game...... 16.00 Laryea turned in a dominating performance in a battle of MAC league leaders on Oct. 17 as he netted his 19th in shots on goal per game...... 6.78 first career hat trick to lead the Zips to their sixth straight victory, a 4-0 home decision past Northern Illinois. 43rd in shutout percentage...... 0.39

NAJEM EARNS NATIONAL AND CONFERENCE HONORS INDIVIDUAL Akron junior Adam Najem received national recognition for his play as TopDrawerSoccer.com named All Matches him as the National Player of the week, while College Soccer News named him to its National Team of Jake Fenlason the Week on Oct. 5. 35th in total saves...... 70 AKRON MEN t 37th in minutes played...... 1683:35 Najem also earned recognition by he Mid-American Conference named him as its Athlete of the Week 71st in saves per game...... 3.89 as well as being named the Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by The University of Akron, Sam Gainford Ohio’s Polytechnic University. 32nd in total assists...... 7 The conference award is the second of the season and sixth of the career for Najem. The honor marked 34th in total points...... 23 the third weekly conference accolade for a Zip in 2015. 45th in assists per game...... 0.39 Najem led the Zips to victories over Penn State (1-0) and at UAB (2-1, OT) as he played a hand in every 48th in points per game...... 1.28 goal for Akron recording a pair of goals, while adding an assist. 57th in total goals...... 8 70th in goals per game...... 0.44 AKRON NO. 3 IN LATEST RPI REPORT Richie Laryea 25th in points per game...... 1.44 The NCAA released its seventh RPI report of the 2015 campaign on Monday, Nov. 9, and the Zips sit 34th in total points...... 23 at No. 3 nationally. Atop this list is Wake Forest, whom Akron played on Sept. 22 at FirstEnergy Stadium 36th in goals per game...... 0.56 - Cub Cadet Field. The NCAA RPI is one of the strongest indicators used in the selection and seeding for 39th in total goals...... 9 ’ the NCAA Tournament every year. 49th in game-winning goals...... 3 S SOCCER Adam Najem ZIPS EARN NSCAA COLLEGIATE TEAM ACADEMIC RECOGNITION 32nd in total assists...... 7 Akron was one of 215 school nationwide to have its men’s and women’s soccer teams recognized by 34th in total points...... 23 the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) as 2014-15 Collegiate Team Academic Award 45th in assists per game...... 0.39 winners. 48th in points per game...... 1.28 49th in game-winning goals...... 3 The Zips were also one of only two schools in the Mid-American Conference to have both of their 57th in total goals...... 8 respective soccer programs honored. 70th in goals per game...... 0.44 Under third-year head coach Jared Embick was recognized for the eighth consecutive year and ninth time overall after registering a cumulative 3.37 grade point average for the 2014-15 academic year. LARYEA GARNERS NATIONAL ACCOLADES Akron sophomore Richie Laryea continued to garner national recognition for his play as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and TopDrawerSoccer.com named him as their National Player of the Week on Sept. 15. Laryea also earned recognition by College Soccer News as a member of its National Team of the Week. Additionally, the Mid-American Conference named him as its Athlete of the Week. In the Zips’ 3-2 road win over No. 6 Maryland on Sept. 7, Laryea registered two goals, including the game-winner, while adding an assist. He connected on four shots in the contest, with three falling on goal, and played a role in each of Akron’s three goals. Laryea earned the assist on Adam Najem’s 22nd-minute (21:41) tally before giving the Zips a 2-0 lead registering his first goal of the season at the 38:30 mark on what proved to be the game-winning tally. He later extended Akron’s margin to 3-1 on his second goal of the match at the 82:49 mark. In the Zips’ 3-2 come-from-behind win past No. 14 Saint Louis on Sept. 11, Laryea netted a pair of assists, including on Sam Gainford’s game-winning goal in the 71st minute (70:27). His first assist was also on a Gainford goal at the 38:58 mark. A LEGACY OF SUCCESS Since 2007, Akron men’s soccer program has posted the highest winning percentage in the nation (.818) through games of Nov. 11 with an overall record of 153-26-21. The Zips are followed by Creighton, 127-34-23 (.753), Maryland, 140-38-26 (.750), North Carolina, 129-40-30 (.724), Connecticut, 120-35-37 (.721), Wake Forest, 122-44-27 (.702) and New Mexico, 112-46-22 (.683). Akron has made eight straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament (2007-14), earning a first-round bye in six seasons. The Zips have advanced to the NCAA’s Round of 16 in five of the last seven years. Since 1961, the Zips have advanced to the NCAA postseason 29 times, including each of the past eight seasons and 13 of the past 14.

PROTECTING OUR HOUSE Since 2007, the Zips have recorded an 89-7-12 (.880) ledger in home matches at FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field. Akron owns four unbeaten campaigns during that span, including posting home marks of 12-0-1, 13-0-0, 12-0-1 and 10-0-2 during the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 seasons, respectively.

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ZIPS WELL REPRESENTED IN MLS PLAYOFFS Akron was well represented when the MLS Playoffs began on Oct. 28, as 12 former Zips had their teams qualify for the playoffs. Sporting KC (Saad Abdul Salaam) battled Portland (, Michael Nanchoff and Ben Zemanski) to a 2-2 draw in the knockout round before the Timbers advanced on penalty kicks, 7-6. D.C. United (Perry Kitchen and Chris Korb) defeated the ( and ), 2-1, also in the knockout round. D.C. United advanced to battle the New York Red Bulls in the conference semifinal round in a home-and-away, aggregate-goal series, while Vancouver (Darren Mattocks) plays Portland. Montreal (Evan Bush) squared off against Columbus (Wil Trapp and Chad Barson) also in the semifinal round. In the conference semifinals, the New York Red Bulls edged D.C. United, 2-0, Columbus edged Montreal, 4-3, and Portland bettered Vancouver, 2-0. Columbus will battle the New York Red Bulls in the Eastern Conference aggregate-goal finals (Nov. 22 and Nov. 29), while Portland faces FC Dallas in the Western Conference aggregate-goal finals. NAGBE AND YEDLIN ADDED TO USMNT WORLD CUP QUALIFYING ROSTER A pair of former University of Akron men’s soccer standouts in Darlington Nagbe () and DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland) have been added to the 23-man U.S. national soccer team roster for the first two 2018 World Cup qualifiers this month by U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Receiving his first call up to the senior National Team after becoming a United States citizen in September was Nagbe, who is one of 10 players looking to make their debut in World Cup Qualifying competition. Yedlin has appeared in 17 of the 18 MNT matches in 2015 and has tallied four assists. The USA’s first match of 2018 World Cup Qualifying campaign is set for Nov. 13 against St. Vincent & the Grenadines and kicks off at Busch Stadium in St. Louis at 5:30 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2, WatchESPN, UniMas and the Univision Deportes Network. The MNT was drawn into Group C for the Semifinal Round of Qualifying along with St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago and Guatemala. Following the match in St. Louis, the USA will travel to Port of Spain for the away leg with Trinidad, which will be played Nov. 17 and broadcast on beIN Sports and NBC Universo at 6:30 p.m. ET. SERNA AND TRAPP PLAY FOR U.S. NATIONAL SQUAD AT CONCACAF OLYMPIC QUALIFYING A pair of former Akron men’s soccer players in Dillon Serna and Wil Trapp were among the 20 players selected by U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team head coach Andi Herzog for the 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, which was played from Oct. 1-13. The Americans opened tournament play downing Canada, 3-1, on Oct. 1, at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The United States then registered a 6-1 win over Cuba on Oct. 3, also at Sporting Park. The victory, combined with the USA’s tournament opening triumph against Canada secured a top two spot for the team in Group A. The squad concluded group play at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado on Oct. 6, with a 4-0 win against Panama. The United States dropped a 2-0 decision to Honduras in the semifinal round on Oct. 10 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. The United States logged a pair of second-half goals to beat Canada 2-0 in the third-place match on Oct. 13 to keep alive its quest to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The USA now advances to a March playoff against Colombia for the right to attend the 2016 Olympics. S SOCCER

’ NAJEM NAMED TO MAC HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST Adam Najem added another accolade to his growing resume with his selection to the 2015 Missouri Athletic Club’s (MAC) Hermann Trophy Watch List. Najem is one of 30 men tabbed for consideration for the MAC Hermann Trophy, which is the most prestigious individual award in college soccer presented annually to one male and one female athlete. The winners will be announced Jan. 8, 2016, at the trophy presentation banquet at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. Near the end of the collegiate regular season, NCAA Division I coaches whose programs are current NSCAA College Services members will vote on their top choices and the lists will be narrowed down to the top 15 players. College soccer fans will also have the opportunity to participate in the selection process, by voting for their favorite semifinalist in November at the MAC Hermann Trophy website, managed by LockerDome. From that pool of 30, six finalists (three men, three women) will be chosen for the award. The winners will be announced in January. ZIPS PRIMED FOR BIG THINGS IN 2015

AKRON MEN The Zips entered the 2015 campaign looking to build upon an 13-6-2 mark last season, including a 4-1-0 ledger in the Mid-American Conference. Akron is seeking to integrate six newcomers Pau Belana, Alonzo Clarke (New Carrollton, Md.), Nick Costa (North Royalton, Ohio), Skye Harter (Copley, Ohio), Barth-Luther Mouafo (Potomac, Md.) and Goncalo Soares (Lisbon, Portugal) this season onto a roster that boasts nine returning starters from a year ago. Included among the returnees are nine starters from the close of the 2014 campaign is a trio of first-team All-MAC performers in juniorAdam Najem and seniors Jake Fenlason and Andrew Souders. Sophomores Stuart Holthusen and Richie Laryea along with junior Victor Souto were tabbed as second-team All-MAC honorees in 2014. Complimenting that quartet is the return of sophomore Jesse Garcia-Aguilar (Portland, Ore.), junior Brad Ruhaak and senior Sean Sepe, who were each starters in 2014. AKRON TABBED TO CAPTURE MAC REGULAR AND POSTSEASON TITLES Akron was tabbed to capture the Mid-American Conference regular and postseason titles in a preseason poll of six conference coaches. The Zips under third-year head coach Jared Embick, were picked to repeat as conference champions in the MAC Coaches Preseason poll with three first- place votes. Akron (32 points) was followed by Western Michigan (28 points), who received two first-place votes, while West Virginia (28 points) also garnered a first-place tally. Rounding out the rest of the poll was 2014 MAC Tournament runner-up Bowling Green (16 points), Buffalo (13 points) and Northern Illinois (nine points). Also voted on by the coaches was the predicted 2015 MAC Tournament Champion. Akron received three of the six first-place votes. Western Michigan collected two championship votes and West Virginia garnered the final tally. MLS TOP 24 UNDER 24 The annual MLSsoccer.com’s “24 Under 24” list was released on Sept. 22 and a number of familiar names on it, including Wil Trapp () and Perry Kitchen (DC United). The duo was rated fourth and eighth, respectively. Trapp was tabbed as the ninth-best prospect on the 24 under 24 list a year ago, while Kitchen was 18th. Trapp, who was a two-time first-team All-MAC selection in 2011 and 2012 and a third-team NSCAA All-American in 2012, moved up five spots after being tabbed as the ninth-best prospect on the 24 under 24 list a year ago.

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Moving up 10 spots from his No. 18 ranking in 2014 was Kitchen, who as a freshman in 2010, started 25 games, scoring six goals and adding one assist. He earned first-team All-MAC honors and helped Akron to the 2010 National Championship. He scored an unassisted goal on an emphatic right-footed blast from 30 yards out during Akron’s 2-1 win over Michigan in the national semifinal of the College Cup MLS TOP 24 UNDER 24 PREVIEW The annual MLSsoccer.com’s “24 Under 24” list has become an annual staple for soccer enthusiasts. Will Parchman of TopDrawerSoccer.com has revealed his award for the competition and a number of familiar names on it, including the No. 1 selection midfielder Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew), No. 11 Dillon Serna () and No. 14 Perry Kitchen (DC United). As a freshman in 2012, Serna was named by College Soccer News and TopDrawerSoccer.com to its All-Freshmen Teams as well as being chosen as the MAC Player of the Year and first-team all-conference honoree. He was signed as an MLS Homegrown Signee by the Colorado Rapids following the 2012 campaign after registering a pair of goals and adding eight assists on 48 shots to lead the Zips to a 18-1-3 record in 2012. EMBICK RECEIVES CONTRACT EXTENSION Akron men’s soccer head coach Jared Embick received a three-year contract extension, interim Director of Athletics Nathan J. Mortimer announced on July 17. The extension will keep Embick at the helm of the storied program through the 2018 season. ZIPS WELCOME BACK ALUMNI Akron held its annual alumni reunion in conjunction with the Zips’ clash against Saint Louis at FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field on Friday, Sept. 11. Akron head coach Jared Embick and the current Zips welcomed back all of the proud alumni that have contributed to the growth and development of the Akron men’s soccer tradition over the course of the program’s 61 years. AKRON MEN A pre-game tailgate and March to the Match festivities preceded the match. On Sept. 12, the alums gathered to watch team training at 11 a.m. before a Varsity “A” Tailgate. ON THIS DATE IN ZIPS HISTORY The Zips will be playing for the fifth time in program history on Nov. 13 when Akron hosts West Virginia on Friday. The Zips own a 2-1-1 mark in the previous four matches on the date registering victories over Buffalo (3-2 in 1971) and Northern Illinois (1-0 in 2009). ZIPS LIVE RADIO SHOW Every Thursday throughout the season from 7-8 p.m. ET, Akron head coaches can be heard on the weekly radio program Zips Live, presented by Lee Hyder and Associates. The show airs locally on 1350 AM (WARF) and originates from Johnny J’s Pub and Grill in the Valley (1282 Weathervane Lane). A free audio stream is available on SportsRadio1350.com. ’

WHAT IS A ZIP? S SOCCER • One of the unique nicknames in collegiate athletics belongs to The University of Akron. • Originally Zippers, athletic director Kenneth “Red” Cochrane officially shortened the nickname to the Zips in 1950. Twenty-five years earlier a campus-wide contest had been conducted to choose a nickname for the University’s athletics teams. • Suggestions submitted by students, faculty, and alumni included Golden Blue Devils, Tip Toppers, Rubbernecks, Hillbillies, Kangaroos, and Cheveliers. • The winner, freshman Margaret Hamlin, received a prize of $10 for Zippers, a $6 pair of rubber overshoes and a brand name of the BF Goodrich Company. • The evolution of Zippy, UA’s mascot, began 40 years ago when the student council decided the University needed a mascot. • “Zippy” the kangaroo was officially declared the school’s mascot on May 1, 1953. The first known printed reference to the mascot as “Zippy” was a 1965 Zip football press brochure. The Buchtelite’s first use of the name “Zippy” came Sept. 24, 1965, in an identification of a photo of the cheerleaders listing “Mascot - ‘Zippy’ - Charles Huettner.” • In 2007, Zippy was named the Capital One National Mascot of the Year.

DID YOU KNOW? • Redshirt sophomore MF/D Robby Dambrot (Akron, Ohio) is the son of Zips’ men’s basketball coach Keith Dambrot. • Akron men’s soccer has produced 20 Academic All-Americans since 1998. • Nine Zips have had their names called during the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, including a league record five selections in the first eight picks in 2011 following the Zips’ national championship season. • Akron broke a second MLS record that day as seven Akron players were chosen in the first two rounds, the most from a single team in draft history. • Zippy is just one of five female-gendered college mascots in Division I athletics. Do you know the other four? (YoUDee, the Delaware Blue Hen; Mrs. Wuf of N.C. State; Lucy Lobo of New Mexico; and Wilma Wildcat of Arizona).

UP NEXT A victory by the Zips propels Akron into the championship game on the Mid-American Conference Championship on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 1 p.m.

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DeAndre Yedlin Perry Kitchen

AKRON, Ohio - Former University of Akron men’s Evan Bush – Montreal Impact Darren Mattocks – Vancouver Whitecaps soccer standouts have found success this season Has started all 31 matches in which he has appeared Owns starts in nine of the 22 matches he has as more than 20 former Zips are currently playing for Montreal...owns 99 saves and nine shutouts appeared in...ranked fifth on the squad with three professional soccer both in the United States and this season...Montreal will play Columbus in the goals, while adding an assist...is rated seventh S SOCCER

’ abroad. semifinals of the MLS Playoffs in a home-and-away, in shots on goal (9) and in shots (24)...Vancouver aggregate-goal series on Nov. 1 and Nov. 8…made will play the Portland Timbers in the MLS Playoff MLS four saves in a 2-1 victory over Toronto (Oct. 25)… semifinals in a home-and-away, aggregate-goal Saad Abdul-Salaam – Sporting KC recorded two and three saves, respectively, in 1-0 series on Nov. 1 and Nov. 8…played 15 minutes in Appeared in 23 matches for Sporting KC recording shutout victories over New England (Oct. 17) and reserve duty in a 0-0 draw versus Dallas (Oct. 7). five shots...started and played all 120 minutes Colorado (Oct. 10)…collected five stops in a 2-1 loss in Sporting KC’s 2-2 knockout round draw versus against New York Red Bulls (Oct. 7)…made on save Darlington Nagbe – Portland Timbers Portland (Lost in PK’s 7-6) in the MLS Playoffs on in a 2-1 setback versus Orlando (Oct. 3). Has started all 33 matches for the Timbers Oct. 29…played all 90 minutes in a 2-1 victory over registering five goals and five assists...ranks second LA Galaxy (Oct. 25), while starting and going the Scott Caldwell – New England Revolution on the team in goals (5), third in assists (5) and in distance in a 2-0 setback versus Colorado (Oct. 21)… Started 32 of 34 matches for the Revolution this shots (50), including 16 on net...started and played came off the bench to play 26 minutes in reserve season owning two goals, while ranking fourth all 120 minutes in Portland’s 2-2 knock-out round in a 1-0 loss at San Jose (Oct. 16)…registered one on the squad with five assists...recorded 14 shots, draw versus Sporting KC (Won in PK’s 7-6) in the

AKRON MEN shot in a 1-0 win against Seattle (Oct. 3)…helped including five on goal...started and played 87 MLS Playoffs on Oct. 29…Portland will play the Sporting KC to third U.S. Open Cup championship minutes in the Revolution’s 2-1 knock-out round MLS Vancouver Whitecaps in the MLS Playoff semifinals since 2004 and the team’s third major title in the Playoff setback versus DC United (Oct. 28)…started in a home-and-away, aggregate-goal series on past four seasons prevailing 7-6 in an eight-round all three games for New England in October…went Nov. 1 and Nov. 8…started in each of Portland’s penalty kick shootout after a 1-1 draw with the all 90 minutes in a 3-1 victory past New York FC (Oct. four matches in October and played all but four Philadelphia Union on Sept. 30. 25)…played 79 and 75 minutes, respectively, in minutes…scored a pair of goals and assisted on starts against Montreal (Oct. 17), a 1-0 setback, and another registering three shots in a 4-1 victory over Chad Barson – Columbus Crew in a 3-1 loss at Chicago (Oct. 3). Colorado (Oct. 25)…netted goal in a 5-2 win past Has appeared in 10 matches, including four starts LA Galaxy (Oct. 18)…registered two and four shots, entering the Columbus Crew’s MLS Playoff home- Perry Kitchen – D.C. United respectively, in a 1-0 triumph versus Real Salt Lake and-away, aggregate-goal semifinals on Nov. 1 and Has started 31 of the 33 matches he has appeared in (Oct. 14) and Sporting KC (Oct. 3). Nov. 8 versus Montreal. for D.C. United and is fifth on team in goals (3), while adding an assist on 14 shots, including six on goal... Michael Nanchoff – Portland Timbers Teal Bunbury – New England Revolution started and played all 90 minutes in D.C. United’s Portland will play the Vancouver Whitecaps in Appeared in 30 matches for the Revolution, 2-1 knock-out round MLS Playoff victory past New the MLS Playoff semifinals in a home-and-away, including 20 starts and owned four goals and five England (Oct. 28)…D.C. United will play the New aggregate-goal series on Nov. 1 and Nov. 8 after assists...registered 26 shots, with 10 falling on net... York Red Bulls in a home-and-away, aggregate-goal besting Sporting KC in penalty kicks, 7-6, in a 2-2 ranked fourth on the squad in assists (5) sixth in semifinals on Nov. 1 and Nov. 8…started and played knock-out round draw in the MLS Playoffs on Oct. goals (4), sixth in shots (26) and seventh in shots on all 90 minutes in all three of the United’s matches in 29…after missing nearly four months for Portland goal (10)...came off the bench to play 39 minutes in October…recorded one shot in a 2-1 win over New after hernia surgery, played 15 minutes of reserve the Revolution’s 2-1 knock-out round MLS Playoff York City FC (Oct. 2). action in a 5-0 setback at Los Angeles (June 24)... setback versus DC United (Oct. 28)…started and came off the bench to contribute seven minutes in a played all 90 minutes, recording a pair of shots, in Chris Korb – D.C. United 3-0 setback at Philadelphia (July 11)...only previous a 3-1 win over New York FC (Oct. 25)…came off the Started 17 of the 18 matches in which he has appearance of the campaign came in the season bench to play 31 minutes in a 3-1 setback against appeared in for D.C. United before an ACL injury opener versus Real Salt Lake on March 4 where he Chicago (Oct. 3). ended his campaign in August. contributed four minutes in reserve duty.

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Saad Abdul-Salaam

Sstarted 15 of the 16 matches he appeared in for Under-23 Men’s National Team will face off with scoring a goal in a 3-1 victory over Jacksonville (Oct. Houston contributing an assist on four shots... Colombia in a home-and-away playoff in March of 21)…recorded a pair of shots in a 2-2 draw against started and played 45 minutes in a 2-0 setback at 2016 for the final berth in the 2016 Olympic Games Tampa Bay (Oct. 10)…netted a pair of goals on three Philadelphia (Sept. 20). in Rio de Janeiro. shots in playing all 90 minutes in a 2-0 win past FC Edmonton (Oct. 4).

Dillon Serna – Colorado Rapids Ben Zemanski – Portland Timbers ’

Appeared in 15 matches for the Rapids this season, Is out for the season for the Timbers after tearing his USL S SOCCER including eight starts...ranked fourth on the team ACL in the preseason. Robbie Derschang – Arizona United with three goals...was among the 20 players Appeared in 16 matches for Arizona, including seven selected by U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team head International starts and registered a goal on six shots. coach Andi Herzog for the 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Anthony Ampaipitakwong – Bangkok United (Thailand) Qualifying Championship, which was played from Has appeared in 18 matches for Bangkok United, Blair Gavin – Portland Timbers 2 Oct. 1-13...started and played 90 minutes in a 4-0 including 12 starts and recorded one goal. Started 20 of the 24 matches in which has appeared, triumph past Panama (Oct. 6) at 2015 CONCACAF and was tied for the team lead in assists (3) and Olympic Qualifying Championship…went all Reinaldo Brenes – Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica) ranked third on the team in goals (4)...owned 22 90 minutes in a 2-0 setback to Honduras in the Has appeared in reserve duty in two matches for shots, including nine on goal. semifinals (Oct. 10)…started and played 73 minutes Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica. in a 2-0 win over Canada in the third-place match – Louisville FC (Oct. 13)… the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team – FK Bodø/Glimt (Norway) Signed a contract with Louisville on May 11... will face off with Colombia in a home-and-away Has appeared in 22 matches for FK Bodø/Glimt, started all 23 matches with Louisville and played playoff in March of 2016 for the final berth in the including 21 starts and has registered three assists. all 90 minutes in 20 of those contests...played all 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 120 minutes in a 2-0 double-overtime victory over DeAndre Yedlin – Tottenham (England) Charleston (Oct. 3) in the opening round of the USL Wil Trapp – Columbus Crew Loaned on Sept. 1 to fellow Premier League side Playoffs registering a match-high six shots…started Has started 17 of the 19 matches in which he has Sunderland...made his Sunderland debut in a 4-1 and played 79 minutes and posted a shot in a 1-0 appeared and has tallied three assists on eight setback versus Manchester City (Sept. 22)...collected playoff setback at Rochester (Oct. 10)…owned two shots...Columbus will open the MLS Playoffs start in a 3-0 triumph past Newcastle United (Oct. goals and a pair of assist en route to posting 38 hosting Montreal on Nov. 1…has started each of 25)…started in a 1-0 setback versus West Bromwich shots. the Crew’s last 14 matches helping Columbus to Albion (Oct. 17)…earned the start in a 2-2 draw with a 9-3-2 mark...registered an assist in a 5-0 win West Ham United (Oct. 3). Others over DC United (Oct. 25), playing all 90 minutes… Steve Zakuani – Retired recorded a pair of shots in a 2-0 triumph at Toronto NASL Eric Stevenson – Is out for year with hip surgery (Oct. 17)…was among the 20 players selected by David Meves – Fort Lauderdale Strikers Bryan Gallego – retired U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team head coach Andi Has started nine contests in goal for Fort Lauderdale Herzog for the 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying and has made 30 saves. Championship, which was played from Oct. 1-13... earned the start as the United State’s team captain Zach Portillos ¬– Tampa Bay Rowdies and tallied his first assist of the year on a Jordan Started each of the two games he appeared in for Morris 73rd-minute goal in a 3-1 victory over Canada Tampa Bay before suffering a season-ending injury (Oct. 1)…started and played all 90 minutes in a 6-1 on April 15. win versus Cuba (Oct. 3)…went all 90 minutes in a 2-0 setback to Honduras in the semifinals of the Sinisa Ubiparapovic – Ottawa Fury Olympic Qualifying Championship (Oct. 10)… Has appeared in 24 games for Ottawa, including 20 started and played all 90 minutes in a 2-0 win over starts and owns five goals and a team-best seven Canada in the third-place match (Oct. 13)…the U.S. assists...started and played 87 minutes en route to #ZipsGameday 11 #RiZeUP! 2015 MEN’SOCCER GAME NOTES • MATCH 19 VS. WEST VIRGINIA ZIPS’ SUPERLATIVES

ZIPS CAREER GAME-WINNING GOALS Tyler Sanda (1) Adam Najem (9) 2015 2013 at UAB (2-1 OT) (98:18) (Najem) Oct. 3 at Buffalo (1-0) (107:54) Oct. 18 at Cleveland St. (2-1) (69:42) Oct. 9 Nate Shultz (1) 2014 2015 at Northern Illinois (2-1) (82:01) Nov. 1 at Georgetown (1-0) (62:54) (Najem) Sept. 4 vs. Cleveland State (5-0) (5:40) Oct. 28 at Bowling Green (1-0) (15:54) Oct. 11 Goncalo Soares (1) vs. UAB (1-0) (65:07) Oct. 4 2015 2015 vs. Northern Illinois (4-0) (32:58) (Laryea) Oct. 17 at Georgetown (1-0) (62:54) Sept. 4 vs. Penn State (1-0) (76:18) Sept. 30 Andrew Souders (1) at UAB (2-1 OT) (98:18) Oct. 3 2014 vs. UAB (1-0) (65:07) (Najem) Oct. 4 Stuart Holthusen (3) 2014 AKRON CAREER MULTIPLE-GOAL GAMES vs. Michigan (3-0) (6:34) Oct. 14 Richie Laryea (3) vs. Tulsa (3-0) (12:28) Sept. 20 2015 2015 at Maryland (3-2) (38:30) (82:49) Sept. 7 vs. Bowling Green (4-0) (11:53) Nov. 7 vs. Santa Clara (2-0) (39:04) (82:09) Oct. 6 vs. Northern Illinois (4-0) (32:58) (59:23) (61:02) Oct. 17 Richie Laryea (3) 2015 Sam Gainford (2) at Maryland (3-2) (82:49) Sept. 7 2015 vs. Santa Clara (2-0) (39:04) Oct. 6 at VCU (3-2, 2OT) (54:48) (77:12) Aug. 28 vs. Northern Illinois (4-0) (32:58) Oct. 17 vs. Saint Louis (3-2) (38:58) (70:27) Sept. 11 Sam Gainford (2) Adam Najem (2) 2015 2013 vs. Saint Louis (3-2) (70.27) Sept. 11 at Cleveland State (2-1) (19:10) (69:42) Oct. 9 at UC Santa Barbara (2-0) (34:29) Sept. 25 2014 vs. Cleveland State (5-0) (5:40) (17:08) (41:17) Oct. 28 Anthony Macchione (2) 2014 Stuart Holthusen (1) vs. Bowling Green (2-1) (78:10) Nov. 16 2015 2015 vs. Bowling Green (4-0) (11:53) (20:31) Nov. 7 at VCU (3-2, 2OT) (107.09) Aug. 28 Victor Souto (1) Victor Souto (2) 2015 2015 vs. Michigan State (4-1) (24:59) (33:55) (57:47) Oct. 21 at Buffalo (2-1) (83:05) Oct. 9

S SOCCER vs. Michigan State (4-1) (24:59) Oct. 21 AKRON CAREER HAT TRICKS

’ Richie Laryea (1) Brad Ruhaak (1) 2015 2015 vs. Northern Illinois (4-0) (32:58) (59:23) (61:02) Oct. 17 at West Virginia (2-0) (3:00) Oct. 28 Adam Najem (1) Sean Sepe (1) 2014 2014 vs. Cleveland State (5-0) (5:40) (17:08) (41:17) Oct. 28 at Ohio State (3-1) (34:26) Sept. 24 Victor Souto (1) Nate Shultz (1) 2015 2014 vs. Michigan State (4-1) (24:59) (33:55) (57:47) Oct. 21 vs. West Virginia (3-2) (51:29) Oct. 17 THE LAST TIME ZIPS CAREER GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Akron scored... Adam Najem (8) 4 goals W 4-0 vs. Bowling Green Nov. 7, 2015 2013 5 goals W 5-0 vs. Cleveland State Oct. 28, 2014 vs. West Virginia (3-0) (44:42) (Stevenson) Nov. 15 6 goals W 6-0 vs. Bowling Green Sept. 26, 2009 at Western Michigan (2-1) (104:00) (Derschang) Nov. 9 7 goals W 7-1 vs. Michigan Oct. 19, 2010 AKRON MEN vs. Northern Illinois (2-1) (75:58) (Derschang) Oct. 26 8+ goals W 8-0 vs. Wright State Oct. 15, 2008 vs. San Diego St. (2-1) (104:07) (Stevenson) Sept. 15 vs. Ohio State (1-0) (6:12) (Portillos) Sept. 24 Akron allowed... 2014 3 goals T 3-3 vs. Ohio State Sept. 16, 2015 vs. Buffalo (4-0) (12:25) (Caso) Nov. 8 4 goals L 4-2 vs. UCLA Nov. 1, 2015 2015 5 goals L 5-0 vs. UC Santa Barbara Aug. 25, 2006 at VCU (3-2, 2OT) (107.09) (Macchione) Aug. 28 6 goals L 6-0 at SIU Edwardsville Oct. 14, 1978 at West Virginia (2-0) (3:00) (Ruhaak) Oct. 28 7+ goals L 7-0 at Saint Louis November 1970 Stuart Holthusen (3) Akron won by... 2014 4 goals 4-0 vs. Bowling Green Nov. 7, 2015 at Ohio State (3-1) (34:26) (Sepe) Sept. 24 5 goals 5-0 vs. Cleveland State Oct. 28, 2014 2015 6 goals 7-1 vs. Michigan Oct. 19, 2010 vs. Santa Clara (2-0) (39:04) (Laryea) Oct. 6 7+ goals 8-0 vs. Wright State Oct. 15, 2008 at West Virginia (2-0) (3:00) (Ruhaak) Oct. 28 Akron won in overtime... Bryce Cregan (1) 3-2 (2OT) at VCU Aug. 28, 2015 2014 vs. Hartford (2-0) (30:54) (Abdul-Salaam) Sept. 14 Akron lost in overtime... 2-1 (2OT) at South Florida Sept. 4, 2014 Robby Dambrot (1) 2014 GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS vs. West Virginia (3-2) (51:29) (Shultz) Oct. 17 Team 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT 2OT Total Akron 4 6 8 6 8 7 1 1 41 Sam Gainford (1) Opp. 4 5 0 5 5 4 0 0 23 2015 vs. Bowling Green (4-0) (11:53) (Holthusen) Nov. 7 MISCELLANEOUS 2015 Zips Opponents Jesse Garcia-Aguilar (1) Quickest Goal: Ruhaak (3:00) Brown (2:22) 2014 10/28 at West Virginia 9/11 vs. Saint Louis vs. UCF (2-1) (32:54) (Abdul-Salaam) Sept. 12 Game-Winning Goals after 75’: Macchione (107:09) NA 8/28 at VCU Richie Laryea (1) Game-Tying Goals after 75’: Najem (76:43) Castillo (87:41) 2015 9/16 vs. Ohio State 8/28 at VCU vs. Saint Louis (3-2) (70.27) (Gainford) Sept. 11 Own Goals: - -

12 GoZips.com/ZipsMSOC 2015 Akron Soccer Akron Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 07, 2015) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 13-3-2 6-2-1 7-1-1 0-0 CONFERENCE 4-0-1 2-0 2-0-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 9-3-1 4-2-1 5-1 0-0

Date Opponent Score Att. ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att Aug 28 at VCU Wo2 3-2 1237 6 LARYEA, Richie 16 9 5 23 43 . 2 0 9 20 . 4 6 5 3 0 - 0 Aug 30 at #24 Old Dominion L 1-4 348 10 NAJEM, Adam 18 8 7 23 47 . 1 7 0 21 . 4 4 7 3 1 - 3 Sep 04 at #4 Georgetown W 1-0 1137 7 GAINFORD, Sam 18 8 7 23 45 . 1 7 8 19 . 4 2 2 2 0 - 1 Sep 07 at #6 Maryland W 3-2 4003 8 SOUTO, Victor 18 5 3 13 20 . 2 5 0 7 . 3 5 0 2 4 - 4 Sep 11 #14 SAINT LOUIS W 3-2 2734 9 HOLTHUSEN, Stuart 16 3 5 11 16 . 1 8 8 7 . 4 3 8 1 0 - 0 Sep 16 OHIO STATE T o 2 3-3 3889 19 SANDA, Tyler 11 2 2 6 6 . 3 3 3 3 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 22 #8 WAKE FOREST L 1-2 2516 20 RUHAAK, Brad 18 2 0 4 1 3 . 1 5 4 4 . 3 0 8 1 0 - 0 Sep 25 at #25 UC Santa Barbara W 2-0 7283 17 MACCHIONE, Anthony 12 2 0 4 7 . 2 8 6 5 . 7 1 4 1 0 - 0 Sep 30 PENN STATE W 1-0 2103 3 SEPE, Sean 18 1 2 4 2 9 . 0 3 4 1 0 . 3 4 5 0 0 - 0 Oct 03 at UAB Wot 2-1 632 25 SOARES, Goncalo 13 1 2 4 1 0 . 1 0 0 4 . 4 0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 06 SANTA CLARA W 2-0 1813 18 SHULTZ, Nate 17 0 3 3 4 . 0 0 0 3 . 7 5 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct 09 at Buffalo W 2-1 512 2 SOUDERS, Andrew 18 0 1 1 1 1 . 0 0 0 3 . 2 7 3 0 0 - 0 * Oct 17 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 4-0 1719 13 BELANA, Pau 17 0 1 1 7 . 0 0 0 3 . 4 2 9 0 0 - 0 Oct 21 MICHIGAN STATE W 4-1 2062 4 DE VERA, Niko 14 0 1 1 5 . 0 0 0 3 . 6 0 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct 24 at Western Michigan T o 2 1-1 971 22 DAMBROT, Robby 16 0 0 0 1 5 . 0 0 0 8 . 5 3 3 0 0 - 0 * Oct 28 at West Virginia W 2-0 371 15 KAHSAY, Ezana 10 0 0 0 5 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 01 #25 UCLA L 2-4 2169 11 GARCIA, Jesse 12 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 - 0 * Nov 07 BOWLING GREEN W 4-0 1691 24 FENLASON, Jake 18 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 14 CREGAN, Bryce 3 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 TEAM STATISTICS AKR OPP 5 RADJEN, Danilo 9 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 SHOT STATISTICS 26 CLARKE, Alonzo 7 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Goals-Shot attempts 41-288 23-199 16 WIEDT, Shane 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Goals scored per game 2.28 1.28 12 DAKWAR, Adi 3 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Shot pct. .1 4 2 .1 1 6 Total 18 41 39 121 288 . 1 4 2 122 . 4 2 4 13 5 - 8 Shots on goal-Attempts 122-288 94-199 Opponents 18 23 19 65 199 . 1 1 6 94 . 4 7 2 3 3 - 5 SOG pct. .4 2 4 .4 7 2 S h o t s / G a m e 16.0 11.1 ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho CORNER KICKS 97 67 24 FENLASON, Jake 18 1683:35 23 1.23 70 . 7 5 3 13-3-2 7/0 PENALTY KICKS 5-8 3-5 Total 18 1683:35 23 1.23 71 . 7 5 5 13-3-2 7 PENALTIES Opponents 18 1683:35 41 2.19 81 . 6 6 4 3-13-2 0 Yellow cards 27 33 Red cards 0 0 Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ATTENDANCE Akron 18 21 1 1 41 T o ta l 20696 16494 Opponents 9 14 0 0 23 Dates/Avg Per Date 9/2300 9/1833 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Akron 129 144 10 5 288 Opponents 86 104 3 6 199

Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Akron 29 38 2 2 71 Opponents 28 48 3 2 81

Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Akron 41 50 4 2 97 Opponents 28 35 2 2 67

Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Akron 111 120 2 1 234 Opponents 111 110 1 3 225 Soccer Box Score (Final) 2015 Akron Soccer #6 Akron vs West Virginia (Oct 28, 2015 at Morgantown, W.Va.)

Akron12-2-2 (3-0-1 MAC) vs. Goals by period 1 2 Total West Virginia6-10-0 (1-3-0 MAC) Akron 1 1 2 Date: Oct 28, 2015 • Attendance: 371 West Virginia 0 0 0 Weather: Rain, low 60s Akron West Virginia Pos# Player ShSOG G A Fo Pos# Player ShSOG G A Fo gk 24 FENLASON, Jake - ---- gk 0 Diaz, Daniel - ---- d2SOUDERS, Andrew 1 ---- d2Thomas, Louis - ---- d5RADJEN, Danilo - ---- d4Henry, Francio - ---- mf 6 LARYEA, Richie 1 ---- mf 6 Elliott, Jack 1 1 - - - f7GAINFORD, Sam 2 1 1 - - d11Leedom, Zak - ---- mf 8 SOUTO, Victor 2 1 - 1 - mf 12 Merriam, Jamie 3 1 - - - f9HOLTHUSEN, Stuart 1 - - 1 - mf 14 Desiderio, Mike - ---- mf 10 NAJEM, Adam - - - 1 - f15Piatczyc, Joey 2 2 - - - f18SHULTZ, Nate - ---- f17Stephenson, Tucker - ---- d20RUHAAK, Brad 1 1 1 - - f19Honold, Heath - ---- mf 22 DAMBROT, Robby 1 ---- d26Bennett, Haydon ------Substitutes -- -- Substitutes -- 3 SEPE, Sean - - - 1 - 8 Angerer, Felix - ---- 4 DE VERA, Niko - ---- 9 Cain, Ryan 1 ---- 11 GARCIA, Jesse - ---- 10 Arslan, Jad 1 ---- 13 BELANA, Pau - ---- 20 Larmond, Rushawn - ---- 19 SANDA, Tyler - ---- 22 Hester, Colin - ---- 26 CLARKE, Alonzo - ---- 24 Peprah, Michael - ---- Totals 9 3246 28 Cabral, Ivo - ---- Totals 8 4007

# Goalkeepers Min GA Saves # Goalkeepers Min GA Saves 24 FENLASON, Jake 90:00 0 3 0 Diaz, Daniel 90:00 2 1 TM TEAM 0:00 0 1

Shots by period 1 2 Total Saves by period 1 2 Total Akron 5 4 9 Akron 0 4 4 West Virginia 1 7 8 West Virginia 0 1 1

Corner kicks 1 2 Total Fouls 1 2 Total Akron 2 1 3 Akron 4 2 6 West Virginia 1 2 3 West Virginia 5 2 7

Scoring summary: No. Time Team Goal scorer Assist Description 1. 3:00 AKR RUHAAK, Brad (2) HOLTHUSEN, Stuart NAJEM, Adam 2. 66:38 AKR GAINFORD, Sam (7) SOUTO, Victor GK came out of the net to get the cross, but SEPE, Sean slipped, forcing empty ne

Cautions and ejections: YC-AKR #6 (12:55); YC-AKR #TM (12:55); YC-WVU #10 (32:43); YC-WVU #11 (73:55); YC-WVU #2 (86:30)

Win-FENLASON, Jake (12-2-2). Loss-Diaz, Daniel (2-6-0). Stadium: Dick Dlesk Stadium Officials: Referee: Peter Dhima; Asst. Referee: Paul Deverse; Lucas Feathers; Alt. Official: Sean Regan; Timekeeper: Amy Salvatore; Scorer: Charlie Healy; Offsides: Akron 1, West Virginia 3. Official's signature