2018 Men's Soccer Game Notes @VUMSO #Onevalpo
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2018 Men’s Soccer Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.771.7504 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2018 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (2-5-1, 0-1-0 MVC) Date Opponent Time/Result Saturday, Sept. 29 – at Bowling Green (1-5-2, 0-0-0 MAC) – 6 p.m. CT Aug. 24 IUPUI W 1-0 (2ot) Monday, Oct. 1 – vs. Oral Roberts (5-3-1, 0-0-0 Summit) – 6 p.m. CT *records entering Saturday Aug. 26 at Marquette L 3-1 Sept. 1 vs. Northwestern% L 1-0 This Week in Valpo Soccer: The Valparaiso University men’s soccer team will have Sept. 3 at Wisconsin% L 1-0 a busy weekend with two games in three days starting on Saturday night at Bowling Sept. 7 at Milwaukee W 1-0 Green. After Valpo squares off with the Falcons in Ohio, it will face a quick turnaround Sept. 15 Western Illinois T 0-0 for a home date with Oral Roberts on Monday at Brown Field. Sept. 22 at Missouri State* L 1-0 Sept. 25 SIU Edwardsville L 3-2 Previously: Valpo engaged in a back-and-forth second half on Tuesday night in Porter Sept. 29 at Bowling Green 6 p.m. County that culminated with Jorge Gonzalez scoring the match-winner for SIU Ed- Oct. 1 Oral Roberts 6 p.m. wardsville in the 86th minute to give the Cougars a 3-2 win over Valpo. The game didn’t Oct. 6 Loyola* 7 p.m. reach its conclusion until 11 p.m. after beginning on a lengthy lightning delay. Rafael Oct. 10 at Eastern Illinois 3 p.m. Mentzingen (penalty kick) and Jonas Engler both scored their first goals of the season Oct. 13 at Bradley* 7 p.m. in the second half of Tuesday’s fixture. The game against SIU Edwardsville came on Oct. 20 Central Arkansas* 7 p.m. the heels of a 1-0 loss to open Missouri Valley Conference play at defending regular Oct. 27 at Evansville* 5 p.m. season champion Missouri State on Sept. 22. Nov. 3 Drake* 7 p.m. Nov. 7-11 MVC Tournament# TBD Following Valpo: Live video of Saturday’s game will be available courtesy of Bowling Green Athletics via YouTube Live. Monday’s home fixture will be broadcast on ESPN+. All times Central. Dave Huseman (play-by-play) and Ben Ariano (color commentary) will have the call on Home matches in bold and played at Brown Field. Monday. Links to live video and stats are available on ValpoAthletics.com. * - indicates Missouri Valley Conference match # - indicates in Evansville, Ind. Scouting the Opponent – Bowling Green: Bowling Green went on the road and reg- % - indicates University of Wisconsin Tournament istered a point at Big Ten foe Ohio State on Tuesday, Sept. 11, earning a 1-1 draw. The Falcons also faced Western Illinois (Sept. 2) and picked up a 3-2 victory against a team that played to a scoreless draw at Valpo. Bowling Green’s most recent game was a 3-2 overtime loss at Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 22) against a Mastodons team that Valpo beat 1-0 in overtime on opening night. Bowling Green is led in points by Tate Robertson, Missouri Valley Conference who has five points on five assists. Ebenezer Ackon leads the squad with two goals. Anthony Mwembia has played every minute at goalkeeper this season and owns a 1.77 Standings GAA to go along with 20 saves. The Bowling Green head coach is Eric Nichols, who Team MVC Overall is in his 10th year in charge. Missouri State 1-0-0 (3) 5-0-2 Central Arkansas 1-0-0 (3) 4-3-1 Scouting the Opponent – Oral Roberts: The Golden Eagles will play at Western Illinois Drake 0-0-1 (1) 5-3-1 on Saturday before making their way to Brown Field for a Monday fixture. Entering Loyola 0-0-1 (1) 3-4-1 the game against the Leathernecks, Dante Brigida leads the team with six goals and Bradley 0-1-0 (0) 5-1-2 13 points, while Junior Chavez has added four goals and a team-high four assists. The Valparaiso 0-1-0 (0) 2-5-1 lone goalkeeper who has seen action this year is freshman Miles Motakef, who owns Evansville 0-0-0 (0) 1-4-3 a 1.04 GAA and has 57 saves. Oral Roberts has already played three Missouri Valley Conference teams this season. The Golden Eagles beat Drake 1-0 in overtime on Aug. 24 before falling 2-1 at Bradley (Aug. 26) and 3-0 vs. Central Arkansas (Sept. 25). Oral Roberts is guided by sixth-year head coach Ryan Bush, who leads a team that has 11 returning players and 19 newcomers this season. Series Notes – Bowling Green: This will be the first meeting between these two teams since 2010. Valpo won both prior meetings, picking up a 2-0 victory on Oct. 6, 2009 in @VUMSO Ohio and another 2-0 triumph on Sept. 19, 2010 in Indiana. Series Notes – Oral Roberts: This will be the 14th time Valpo and Oral Roberts have #oneVALPO faced off, but the first since 2011. Oral Roberts came to Valpo and prevailed 3-2 in that most recent meeting, causing Valpo to drop to 3-7-3 in the all-time series. This will be just the second nonconference clash between these two teams since Valpo exited the Mid-Continent Conference, where Valpo and Oral Roberts shared conference affiliation 2018 Men’s Soccer Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.771.7504 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 from 1997-2006. Valpo’s last win over Oral Roberts was on Sept. 15, 2006 at Brown Field, Valpo When... a 2-0 triumph. At home 1-1-1 On the road 1-3-0 Senior in the Spotlight: Instead of one senior day, the Valpo men’s soccer program is Neutral site 0-1-0 continuing its unique tradition of honor a select senior (or seniors) at each home game throughout the season. On Monday, Alex Richt will take center stage as the Senior in the During the day 0-2-1 Spotlight. He made his collegiate debut last season against SIU Edwardsville, holding the At night (5 p.m. or later local) 2-3-0 Cougars off the scoreboard through regulation. He earned his first career victory on Oct. 3, 2017 at Northern Illinois. Richt is in his second season with the program after transferring Scoring first 2-0-0 from Graceland. Opponent scores first 0-5-0 PK Conversion: Rafael Mentzingen scored his first goal of the season and the 10th of his Playing overtime 1-0-1 Valpo career in the 67th minute of the game against SIU Edwardsville on Sept. 25. It came on a penalty kick, Valpo’s first converted PK and just its second PK try this season. This Leading at halftime 0-0-0 was the first PK attempt of Mentzingen’s Valpo career. Trailing at halftime 0-3-0 Tied at halftime 2-2-1 Engler on the Board: Shortly after Mentzingen scored his first goal of the season, Jonas Engler joined the goal-scoring club by becoming the fifth different Valpo player to score a Outshooting opponents 1-3-0 goal this year. He lifted his season total to three points and his career goal total to four as Out-shot by opponents 1-2-1 only a sophomore. The Engler goal came in the 81st minute to equalize the fixture against SIU Edwardsville at two. Scoring fewer than two goals 2-3-1 Scoring two or more goals 0-1-0 Flipping the Script: Valpo broke through with multiple goals in the same game for the first time this season on Sept. 25 against SIU Edwardsville. The five total goals in the match went against the trend of the season as the majority of Valpo’s matches this year have been low scoring. That was the most total goals in a Valpo match since last year’s season finale, a 4-2 MVC Tournament loss to Drake. Shots Upon Shots: Valpo has averaged 14.62 shots per game this season, second in the Among MVC Leaders Missouri Valley Conference. The team is led in that area by Rafael Mentzingen, who paces Individual Field Players (within Top 10) the MVC with 4.50 shots per game and 36 total shots. Mentzingen’s 4.5 shots per game Player Category Value Rank rank sixth nationally. Rafael Menztingen Shots 36 1st Michael Marchionna Shots 16 9th Scholar-Athlete Spotlight: Valpo senior Rafael Mentzingen was recognized by the Missouri Rafael Mentzingez Shots/G 4.50 1st Valley Conference for his well-roundedness as part of the MVC Scholar-Athlete Spotlight presented by Enterprise Bank and Trust Company on Sept. 19. An economics major with a Individual Goalkeepers (within Top 5) theology minor, Mentzingen boasts an impressive 3.87 grade point average. He has served Nacho Miras GAA 1.07 5th the community through his work with the Detroit Fieldhouse, the #oneValpo diversity Nacho Miras Save Percentage .720 5th campaign, St. Baldrick’s, They Often Cry Outreach and the Valpo Parks Department. He is active on campus as a member of the Valpo Economics Club and the Valpo International Team (within Top 3) Student Organization.