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MARSHALL MEN’S SOCCER 2013 GAME NOTES Contact: Andrew Piper, Sports Information Graduate Assistant | Office: 304-696-5276 | Cell: 954-592-5158 | | Email: [email protected] | MATCHUP 2013 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE OPPONENT TIME Marshall AUGUST (0-0-1) (2-10-6, 0-5-3 C-USA) 20 at No. 9 Akron ^ L, 4-1 Streak: Lost 2 23 Marshall Soccer Alumni ^ W, 2-0 30 at Appalachian State T, 0-0 (2OT) SEPTEMBER (2-5-2) 1 at Davidson L, 2-0 6 at Wright State L, 3-2 (OT) 8 at Cleveland State L, 2-1 No. 17 UAB Qdoba Invitational (Huntington, W.Va.) (11-4-1, 4-3-1 C-USA) 13 Oakland L, 2-1 Streak: Lost 2 15 IPFW W, 1-0 17 VMI W, 2-0 22 Northern Kentucky T, 1-1 (2OT) 27 Bowling Green T, 1-1 (2OT) 30 No. 25 New Mexico * L, 3-1 OCTOBER (0-4-3) 6 at FIU * L, 4-0 9 at Florida Atlantic * T, 0-0 (2OT) 15 at No. 4 Maryland L, 5-0 19 South Carolina * T, 1-1 (2OT) 23 at Old Dominion * L, 3-0 26 No. 23 Tulsa * T, 1-1 (2OT) GAME INFORMATION 30 Kentucky * L, 2-0 NOVEMBER (0-1-0) City: Huntington, W.Va. 2 at Charlotte * L, 3-0 Site: Hoops Family Field at 8 No. 17 UAB * 7:00 PM Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex Live Stats: HerdZone.com ^ Exhibition game Live Audio: Marshall.edu/WMUL * Conference USA game Live Video: HerdZone.com Twitter: @HerdMSoccer LAST TIME OUT The Herd at ‘the Vet’: 2-3-4 In its final road match of the season, Marshall suffered All-Time vs. UAB: 2-7-1 its second-straight shutout, while failing to win a road game in nine tries, in a 3-0 loss at Charlotte at Transa- merica Field on Saturday night. When the final whistle blew, Charlotte had recorded more shots (19-11), shots on goal (8-4) and corners (5-4) than Marshall to go with its three-goal win. 2013 Marshall Men’s Soccer No. 17 UAB at Marshall| November 8, 2013 General Information Media Guidelines School .........................................Marshall University All requests for interviews, whether in person or over the Founded............................................................... 1837 phone, must go through Marshall’s Sports Information Office. Location ........................................ Huntington, W.Va. To request a meeting with Coach Gray or a particular player, contact Andrew Piper. Please note that players and coaches Enrollment ........................................................ 13,971 have limited availability on game days and will be made Nickname ........................................ Thundering Herd available at the conclusion of all home games in a designated Mascot ........................................ Marco, The Buffalo spot at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex. Colors .....................................Kelly Green and White Facilities ............Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex Game Day Seating Capacity ................................................ 1,006 Seats in the press box are limited and will be designated on Surfaces ......................................... AstroTurf GT Plus a first come, first served basis. To ensure seating, request a Conference ...................................... Conference USA seating assignment in advance by contacting Andrew Piper Affiliation ....................................... NCAA Division I through the contact information listed. President ..................................... Dr. Stephen J. Kopp Director of Athletics ............................ Mike Hamrick For More on Marshall Men’s Soccer Download the Marshall Thundering Herd Athletics Application Coaching Staff from CBS Interactive Inc. for free in the iTunes App Store or Head Soccer Coach .................................. Bob Gray scan the QR code below with your mobile device to be directly taken to the Marshall men’s soccer website. Alma Mater .................... Alderson-Broaddus, ‘74 Overall Record ................... 424-238-54 (37 years) Record at Marshall ............. 169-162-29 (19 years) Assistant Coach ............................... Thomas Olivier Assistant Coach ................................... Alex Fatovic Volunteer Assistant Coach .................. Chris Bohach Marshall Men’s Soccer History First Year of Competition .................................. 1979 All-Time Record .....................................264-326-49 SENIOR SENDOFF All-Time Conference USA Record ...........81-118-23 Co-captains Zach Hunter (Marietta, Ga.) and Travis Brent Conference Championships .................................... 1 (Virginia Beach, Va.) are set to be recognized prior to ........... Regular Season MAC Co-Champions (2000) their final game for Marshall, along with Tyler Atwell (Hurst, Texas), Cody Partyka (Venetia, Pa.) and Antho- Sports Information ny Virgara (Pittsburgh). The quintet has combined for Men’s Soccer Contact ........................ Andrew Piper 198 starts entering the contest and a total of 248 games Email ............................... [email protected] played. On the offensive end, the group has scored a Cell .................................................. (954) 592-5158 combined 15 goals and eight assists in their time in kelly Office ............................................... (304) 696-5276 green. Fax................................................... (304) 696-2325 THE GRAY AREA Mailing Address Marshall coach Bob Gray (Postgame – Nov. 2) 1801 Third Avenue “Our guys played hard, but it is just the same old story for us, we don’t have anyone that can put the ball in the net.” Cam Henderson Center, Room 2036 Huntington, W.Va. 25703 “It is going to be our Senior Night on Friday and we are going to face a team that is currently ranked 10th in the country, so we are going to just go out and try to get that signature win we have been trying to get all year. We will have to give our best effort and play the role of spoiler, hopefully.” 2 @HerdMSoccer | HerdZone.com 2013 Marshall Men’s Soccer No. 17 UAB at Marshall| November 8, 2013 SCOUTING THE BLAZERS son), Canada Andrew Ferguson and Daniel Jodah), England Having initially climbed the C-USA standings, UAB has (Curtis Gallagher), Chile and (Felipe Thompson*) New struggled recently. The Blazers are in a two-match losing Zealand (Nick Edginton). streak (to New Mexico and South Carolina). A 4-3 loss to the Gamecocks dropped UAB to fourth in C-USA with one * - Marshall freshman Felipe Thomson hails from Santiago, contest remaining. Chile, but spent his senior year of high school at Hurricane HS in Hurricane, W.Va. Thompson bridges two gaps as he The Blazers have bolstered a high-powered offensive spent most of his life outside of the United States, before attack, averaging 2.5 goals per game. Freddy Ruiz has been relocating to West Virginia. the leader of the UAB offensive attack, with 11 goals and added three assists for 25 points. STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE The Herd will take on nine teams in 2013 that made the UAB leads the series 7-2-1. The Blazers have won three 2012 NCAA Tournament, the first of which took place at straight against Marshall, which has not topped UAB since Akron (Aug. 20) in an exhibition. 2009. In 2012, six of those nine teams either finished or received RELOADING & REBUILDING votes in the final NCAA top 25, three in the top 10. One of The 2013 squad has 14 returning from 2012 and 14 new- the opponents, Maryland (Oct. 15), were national semifinal- comers to the program. Those who accounted for 14 of the ists. 30 Marshall goals (53.3%) will be back for the Herd, along with those who accounted for 11 of 21 assists (52.4%) and PRESEASON C-USA HONORS 43 of 81 points (53.1%). Five of the 10 first place votes went to squads that are entering year one in C-USA (New Mexico with four and HOME SWEET HOME Charlotte with one). Marshall failed to place anyone from As part of the Marshall University Vision Campaign for its 2013 squad on the All-Conference USA team, making Athletics, Hoops Family Field at Veterans Memorial Soccer them one of the three programs to do so as they joined FIU Complex took two years and $8 million to construct for the and new C-USA member, Florida Atlantic. Marshall men’s and women’s soccer programs. Marshall was picked to finish ninth by C-USA coaches in The complex opened on Aug. 23 with the men having the ten-team conference as the Herd collected a total of 23 downed a team of MU Alumni, 2-0, before a crowd of points the the poll. First place favorite Tulsa received 92 1,433. A total of 85 men’s soccer alumni attended the fes- points, while tenth place pick Florida Atlantic collected 10 tivities, including former Marshall coaches. points in the poll. YOUNG BLOOD SENIOR LEADERS The 2013 squad is loaded with young talent as 20 of the 28 The 2013 Herd squad has four seniors on the roster, five roster spots are filled by freshmen and sophomores. 15 of fewer than the nine that were on the 2012 Marshall roster. those slots are taken up by freshmen, 12 of which are true Among those nine were 2012 Conference USA Co-Player freshmen. The squad is the youngest Bob Gray has ever of the Year Daniel Withrow and Tom Jackson, who ranks coached during his 19-year tenure at Marshall. fifth all-time in goals among the Marshall record books with 26. HOME GROWN Not lacking on hometown talent, the Herd have six natives of the state of West Virginia, all of which are underclass- A TOUGH FINISH TO 2012 men heading into the season. (Ian Lovern, Logan Powell, With the construction of Veterans Memorial Soccer Com- Brady Reymond, Trevor Starcher, Felipe Thompson* and plex, Marshall was forced to play all but one of its 2012 Tommy Trupo) home matches away from Huntington. After having start- ed the 2012 season 10-1-1, the Herd struggled down the INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR stretch as they finished 1-4 in the last five matches of the Just like in years past, the squad has a dose of international season. flavor as six members of the 2013 team are from outside of the United States. Countries include: Jamaica (Jahvon Alli- A NEW AGE FOR C-USA @HerdMSoccer | HerdZone.com 3 2013 Marshall Men’s Soccer No.