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2016 SCHEDULE (2-9, 0-2) Date Opponent Time UC Irvine Anteaters Aug. 26 at Notre Dame & L, 0-4 Aug. 28 vs. Indiana & L, 1-3 Sept. 2 Grand Canyon W, 1-0 Record: 2-9-0 Home: 1-5-0 Sept. 4 Florida Gulf Coast L, 1-2 Sept. 10 at Santa Clara L, 0-1 Big West: 0-2 Away: 1-3-0 Sept. 14 Loyola Marymount L, 0-1 Top 25: 0-2 Neutral: 0-1-0 Sept. 17 New Mexico L, 1-3 Sept. 22 at Oregon State W, 1-0 Sept. 25 at Portland L, 1-4 Sept. 29 * Sacramento State L, 1-2 Oct. 1 * UC Davis L, 2-3 FIRST KICKS Oct. 6 * at UC Santa Barbara 7:30 PM Oct. 8 * at Cal Poly 7:00 PM  UCI dropped its first two conference matches for the third time since 2000 (2004, 2012) Oct. 12 * at UC Riverside 7:00 PM  Since the Big West split into divisions, UCI is 1-5-2 in its weekends against UCSB and CP includ- Oct. 15 * CSUN 7:00 PM ing 0-3-1 on the road with three of four matches heading into OT Oct. 19 * at Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM  UCI is winless in its last three conference matches at UCSB. The programs are split in their last Oct. 22 * at CSUN 7:00 PM 19 matches in at 9-9-1 Oct. 26 * UC Riverside 7:00 PM  The 3-1 loss in 2016 was the first matchup to be decided by more than one goal since 2011 Oct. 29 * Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM  Conference matchups have gone into overtime 10 times with UCI winning once in 1996 Nov. 5 Big West First Round # TBD  UCI and Cal Poly have drawn in each of their last two matches, both by a score of 1-1 Nov. 9 Big West Semifinals # TBD  The nine draws all-time between UCI and CP are the most for UCI vs. any opponent Nov. 12 Big West Final # TBD  UCI is 6-8-5 all-time in Spanos Stadium with eight matches going to overtime

Home matches in BOLD  Only two of the 19 matches have been decided by more than one goal - a 2-0 loss in 1985 and Neutral matches in italics a 3-0 win in 2002 & - Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament  Cal Poly eliminated UCI in the Big West Tournament’s first round in 2015, 1-0, despite UCI’s 14 * - match corner kicks that tied a program record # - Big West Tournament  A Cal Poly win would give it back-to-back wins over UCI for the first time since 2004 All times listed for Pacific Time Zone  2015 was the first time UCI and CP met twice in the same season since 2011. Prior to that, the programs had met twice each season from 2001-11 Broadcast Information  The Anteaters’ non-conference schedule has been deemed the 10th-toughest in the nation, overall their schedule ranks 16th-toughest including its early conference matches Online  Luis Leon notched his second career two-goal match on Saturday matching his Sept. 24 per- UCI’s matches at UCSB and Cal Poly will be formance vs. LMU. His six career goals lead all active Anteaters. His six shots vs. Sac State tie a streamed live over the internet. All links can career high in a match also set in that LMU match be found at ucirvinesports.com BREAKDOWN Live Stats Live stats are available for every Anteater UC Santa Barbara Gauchos soccer game through ucirvinesports.com and Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 7:30 PM Saturday, October 8, 2016 - 7:00 PM the UCI Front Row app. Harder Stadium - Santa Barbara, Calif. Spanos Stadium - San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Follow Us Record 5-5-1 Record 2-6-1 Be sure to follow UCI Athletics and UCI men’s Home 2-3 Home 2-0-1 soccer on all of the official social media ac- Road 2-1-1 Road 0-5 counts to stay up-to-date on daily news, and Last 5 1-3-1 Last 5 2-2-1 gameday and in-game information. Series UCSB leads 32-17-3 Series UC Irvine leads 16-13-9 Last meeting 2015 - L, 3-1 at home Last meeting 2015 - L, 0-1 at Cal Poly in BWT Ranking NR Ranking NR Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg (18th Season) Head Coach Steve Sampson (2nd Season) Conference Big West Conference North Conference Big West Conference North FIELD PLAYER NOTES ## Player Note Height / Weight—Year—Position Hometown—Previous College—High School—Club team—Major Games (starts) - Goals - GWG - Assists - Points 3 Jorge Lara Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week on October 27 6-0 / 165—Sophomore—Defender Turlock, Calif.—Turlock HS—SJ Earthquakes Academy—Major: Criminology, Law, and Society 17 (12) - 2 G - 1 GWG - 0 A - 4 PTS 4 Matthew Tilley All 3 career goals have come on headers (2 in BWT matches) 6-1 / 170—RS-Senior—Defender Lichfield, England—Irvine HS—LA Galaxy Academy—Major: Criminology, Law, and Society 65 (58) - 3 G - 1 GWG - 2 A - 8 PTS 5 Corey Schramm Played in 1 match - 5-1 win over UC Riverside in October 2015 5-7 / 150—RS-Sophomore—Midfielder Lakewood, Calif.—Artesia HS—Pateadores Academy—Major: Education Science 1 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 6 Armon Ojuola Played less than 82 minutes in a start for the first time vs. UCD 6-1 / 170—Freshman—Midfielder Oakland, Calif.—Bishop O’Dowd HS—San Jose Earthquakes Academy—Major: Undeclared 9 (8) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 7 Giovanni Godoy Registered first Anteater assist in loss vs. Sacramento State 6-0 / 155—Junior– Midfielder Watsonville, Calif.—CSU Bakersfield—Watsonville HS—Santa Cruz Breakers—Major: Sociology 10 (5) - 2 G - 1 GWG - 1 A - 4 PTS 8 Luis Leon Recorded second career 2-goal game in loss vs. UCD 5-7 / 175—Sophomore—Midfielder Santa Ana, Calif.—Santa Ana HS—Pateadores Academy—Major: Undeclared 30 (22) - 6 G - 1 GWG - 3 A - 15 PTS 9 Registered first career assist in loss vs. Sacramento State 5-9 / 145—Sophomore—Midfielder Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.—The Webb Schools—FC Golden State—Major: Undeclared 27 (14) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 1 A - 1 PTS 10 Mario Ortiz Named to 2014 TDS Top 100 Preseason (34) and Midseason (44) lists 5-7 / 130—RS-Junior—Midfielder , Calif.—CSU Bakersfield—Leuzinger HS—Chivas Academy—Major: Sociology 32 (16) - 4 G - 3 GWG - 3 A - 11 PTS 11 Alda Perez Played 2 seasons at Taft College - 5 goals, 6 assists in 2015 6-0 / 165—Junior—Midfielder Shafter, Calif.—Taft College—Shafter HS—Roadrunner Bakersfield— Major: Crim. Law & Society 8 (1) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 12 Felipe Silva Entered as a sub in 5 matches this season; 4 as defender, 1 as forward 5-10 / 160—RS-Sophomore—Forward Corona, Calif.—Servite HS—West Coast FC—Major: Education Science 16 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 13 Jose Ortiz Younger brother to Mario 5-9 / 130—Freshman—Forward Los Angeles, Calif.—Leuzinger HS—California Rush—Major: Undeclared 11 (2) - 1 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 2 PTS 14 Edgardo Molina Scored a game-winner on only career shot vs. Loyola-Chicago in 2015 5-10 / 185—Senior—Forward East Palo Alto, Calif.—Foothill CC—Menlo-Atherton HS—Juventus Monarcas—Major: SP & PS 6 (0) - 1 G - 1 GWG - 0 A - 2 PTS 15 Thomas Janjigian Logged first career goal in loss at Sacramento State 6-3 / 175—RS-Senior—Defender Pleasanton, Calif.—Amador Valley HS—De Anza Force Academy—Major: Business Economics 66 (66) - 1 G - 0 GWG - 9 A - 11 PTS 16 Logan Wyner Played 11 seasons with Real So Cal soccer club 5-10 / 160—Freshman—Midfielder North Ranch, Calif.—Oak Park HS—Real So Cal Academy—Major: Undeclared No UC Irvine stats 17 Christian Carrillo 18 goals, 12 assists in 2 years at Cerritos College 6-0 / 166—Freshman—Forward Santa Ana, Calif.—Cerritos JC—Katella HS—Pateadores Academy—Major: Public Health Policy 8 (3) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 19 Randall McDermott Made an appearance in all 11 matches, 5 starts (3 at home) 5-8 / 163—RS-Junior—Midfielder/Defender Palmdale, Calif.—Knight HS—Antelope Valley Futbol Club—Major: Education Science 31 (8) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 20 Andrew Guerrero Led team in shots and shots on goal in season-opener vs. Notre Dame 6-0 / 178—RS-Freshman—Midfielder Colton, Calif.—Rialto HS—Fullerton Rangers—Major: Undeclared 4 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 21 Noah Gaines Has missed 35 matches due to injury (17 in 2015, 18 in 2013) 5-10 / 160—RS-Senior—Defender Oakland, Calif.—Oakland Tech HS—De Anza Force Academy—Major: Political Science 47 (31) - 1 G - 0 GWG - 2 A - 4 PTS 22 Manny Acosta In 2014, scored 30 goals in 13 club games and 28 goals in HS season 5-10 / 155—Sophomore—Forward Stanton, Calif.—Magnolia HS—West Coast FC—Major: Undeclared No UC Irvine stats 23 Michael Sperber Becomes 11th Anteater to start 70 career matches with next start 5-7 / 150—RS-Senior—Midfielder Coachella, Calif.—Xavier Prep HS—Academy Arsenal FC—Major: Education Science 72 (69) - 1 G - 1 GWG - 4 A - 6 PTS 25 Ivan Canales Led all returners this season with 15 points in 2015 (5 goals, 5 assists) 5-9 / 148—Sophomore—Midfielder Santa Ana, Calif.—Junipero Serra HS—West Coast FC—Major: Undeclared 30 (27) - 5 G - 0 GWG - 5 A - 15 PTS 27 Christian Gutierrez Saw time in 8 of 11 matches this season totaling 123 minutes 5-5 / 160—Freshman—Midfielder Bell, Calif.—Bell HS—Arsenal FC—Major: Criminology, Law, and Society 8 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 30 Ignacio Ramirez Competed against Man U, Tottenham, Cruz Azul, Corinthians academies 6-2 / 185—RS-Sophomore—Defender Anaheim, Calif.—Western HS—Strikers FC—Major: Psychology and Social Behavior 1 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS

KEEPER NOTES 0 Greg Patenaude NSCAA All-West Region in 2015 with 0.91 goals-against-average 6-1 / 190—Junior—Goalkeeper Folsom, Calif.—Yavapai CC—Folsom HS—San Juan Academy—Major: Political Science No UC Irvine stats 1 Alex Waldron Stopped game-tying PK in first career win, shutout at Oregon State 6-3 / 185—RS-Freshman—Goalkeeper Orangevale, Calif.—Bella Vista HS—San Juan Academy—Major: Undeclared 5 (4) - 1-3-0 - 1 SHO - 13 SV - 2.11 GAA 18 Elliot Farmer Both career wins and one career draw all by way of shutout 6-5 / 185—RS-Senior—Goalkeeper Albuquerque, New Mexico—St. Pius X HS—Real Salt Lake Academy—Major: Business Economics 16 (14) - 2-10-1 - 3 SHO - 45 SV - 1.39 GAA

STAFF NOTES Head Coach Chris Volk Spent 17 seasons as assistant coach at UC Irvine 3rd season (23-26-7) Assistant Coach Keith Costigan Also does play-by-play announcing for Seattle Sounders FC 3rd season Assistant Coach Mike Ditta Academy Staff Coach of Pateadores soccer club 8th season Goalkeeper Coach Brent Reis Played for , Anaheim Bolts, San Diego Sockers 1st season QUICK FACTS LAST TIME OUT GENERAL The Anteaters stumbled out of the gate to start Big West play allowing two goals to Sacramen- School ...... UC Irvine (, Irvine) to State in the first 36 minutes on Thursday and trailing 2-0 at the half. Thomas Janjigian’s 57th Location ...... Irvine, Calif. -minute strike cut the deficit to 2-1, but the Hornets’ James Del Curto stopped 14 shots in net Nickname ...... Anteaters (‘Eaters) to tie single-game high this season in the NCAA to steal a 2-1 win from UCI. Colors ...... Blue and Gold Founded (Opened) ...... 1962 (1965) Saturday night, UCI and UC Davis bounced back and forth starting with a ninth-minute Aggie Enrollment ...... 32,000 goal. UCI responded with 33rd and 34th minute goals from Luis Leon to take the lead and carry Chancellor ...... Howard Gillman, Ph.D. through into halftime. UCD scratched back with goals in the 61st and 67th minutes to regain Athletic Director...... Mike Izzi the lead, and Armando Quezada with help from a pair of team saves held the advantage for Home Field (Capacity) ...... (2,500) the 3-2 keeping UCI winless on the weekend. Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I Conference ...... Big West SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS UC Irvine completes play against the Big West North starting Thursday night at UC Santa Bar- HISTORY bara. The Gauchos are 5-5-1 taking out schools like Ohio State and USD, but went on a tough First season ...... 1984 five-match losing stretch to ranked squads like Butler, Akron, UCLA, and Cal. Kevin Feucht’s All-time record ...... 282-301-67 eight goals top the conference and are ninth in the nation. Kevin DePuy was named a Presea- NCAA Tournament berths / Last ...... 5 / 2014 son All-American and has five goals to date. UCSB matches average a total of 3.8 goals in Big West titles- Season / Tourney ...... 4 / 4 them, and they have featured a shutout just three times with two to their name in front of MAC Hermann Semifinalists ...... 1 (Iwasa) freshman keeper Titouan Le Roux. UCSB is coming off its third straight OT match while earning All-Americans ...... 6 four points in the opening weekend of Big West play All-Far West Region ...... 18

Big West Players of the Year ...... 14 Trip to Cal Poly will come Saturday after the Mustangs fell in each of its first two conference Academic All-Americans ...... 1 matches. CP ran through the No. 1 non-conference schedule in the nation taking on four pro-

COACHING STAFF grams in the top 11 including a win over No. 6 UCLA. CP is 2-0-1 at home this season paced by Head Coach ...... Chris Volk (3rd season, 20th overall) Justin Dhillon with five of the team’s seven goals and leads the Big West with 1.56 shots on Alma Mater ...... San Diego State (1991) goal per game. CP’s 9.9 fouls per match are the least in the conference, and they also ranked Career record ...... 21-17-7 last all major offensive categories in the Big West. Assistant Coach ...... Keith Costigan (3rd season) GAME-BY-GAME STATS Assistant Coach ...... Mike Ditta (8th season) Director of Operations ...... Dallas Jaussi (2nd season) Opponent Result Shots/SOG Saves Corners Goals Office phone ...... (949) 824-1096 at (9) Notre Dame L, 0-4 7/1 8 1 - vs. (15) Indiana L, 1-3 8/4 3 2 J. Ortiz (64’) MEDIA RELATIONS Grand Canyon W, 1-0 5/5 4 3 Godoy (24’) Associate AD / Media Relations ...... Bob Olson FGCU L, 1-2 12/6 4 4 Leon (78’) Assistant Director / Men’s Soccer contact ...... Alex Croteau at Santa Clara L, 0-1 8/3 1 5 - Mailing Address ...... Intercollegiate Athletics Building LMU L, 0-1 15/9 3 6 - ...... Irvine, CA - 92697-4500 New Mexico L, 1-3 10/4 5 7 Tilley (57’) Office Phone ...... (949) 824-8934 at Oregon State W, 1-0 10/4 4 6 M. Ortiz (55’) Cell ...... (714) 397-6310 at Portland L, 1-4 12/3 3 3 Godoy (PK 81’) Email ...... [email protected] Sac State L, 1-2 27/16 3 12 Janjigian (57’) UC Davis L, 2-3 15/7 3 3 Leon (33’, 34’) at UCSB at Cal Poly at UC Riverside SCHEDULE OUTLOOK CSUN

at CS Fullerton RPI .4710 RPI Nat’l Rank 130th at CSUN SOS Nat’l Rank 16th NC SOS Nat’l Rank 10th UC Riverside

CS Fullerton School Result RPI Notre Dame L 1 Indiana L 27 AROUND THE BIG WEST New Mexico L 40 2016 Standings Thursday CSUN Oct. 15 / Oct. 22 46 North Points Big West Overall Preseason Poll UC Riverside at UC Davis Cal State Fullerton at Sac State Florida Gulf Coast L 69 1 UC Santa Barbara 4 1-0-1 5-5-1 1st UC Santa Barbara Oct. 6 73 CSUN at Cal Poly 2 Sacramento State 3 1-1-0 5-4-1 4th UC Irvine at UC Santa Barbara Loyola Marymount L 74 3 UC Davis 3 1-1-0 5-4-2 3rd Saturday UC Riverside Oct. 12 / Oct. 26 76 4 Cal Poly 0 0-2-0 2-6-1 2nd Cal State Fullerton at UC Davis Sacramento State L 88 UC Riverside at Sac State CSUN at UC Santa Barbara UC Davis L 89 South Points Big West Overall Preseason Poll Cal State Fullerton Oct. 19 / Oct. 29 93 UC Irvine at Cal Poly 1 CSUN 6 2-0-0 5-4-1 T2nd Sept. 29 Cal Poly Oct. 8 96 2 UC Riverside 4 1-0-1 6-4-1 4th Cal Poly 1-2 Cal State Fullerton Oregon State W 103 3 Cal State Fullerton 3 1-1-0 5-6-0 1st UC Davis 1-2 CSUN Santa Clara L 105 Sacramento State 2-1 UC Irvine 4 UC Irvine 0 0-2-0 2-9-0 T2nd UCSB 2-2 UC Riverside Portland L 112 Oct. 1 Grand Canyon W 163 Preseason All-Big West: Cal Poly 0-1 UC Riverside Sacramento State 0-1 CSUN MF Michael Sperber, D Thomas Janjigian UC Davis 3-2 UC Irvine Matches: Home Away Neutral UCSB 2-1 (OT) Cal State Fullerton BY THE NUMBERS NOTEBOOK SCORING BY MINUTE Overall 2-9-0 Getting Jiggy With It 1’ - 46’ - Home 1-5-0 The strongest individual performance from the week came from senior 2’ - 47’ - Thomas Janjigian. His newfound position as a winger led to his first Away 1-3-0 3’ - 48’ - Neutral 0-1-0 career goal in the 57th minute against Sacramento State. He came back 4’ - 49’ - Outside California 1-3-0 with two assists in the loss to UC Davis giving him a hand in all three goals on the weekend. The two-assist match was the second of his career 5’ - 50’ - with the first coming Nov. 9, 2013 vs. CSUN, and his nine career assists vs. Big West 0-2-0 6’ - 51’ - make him the active Anteater leader. 7’ - 52’ - vs. Non-conference 2-7-0 vs. ACC 0-1-0 Shot Callers 8’ - 53’ - vs. Big Ten 0-1-0 The ‘Eaters put up 16 shots on goal in Thursday’s loss vs. Sac State. It’s 9’ - 54’ - vs. WAC 1-0-0 the fourth time in the last five seasons with 16+ shots on goal. It fired 10’ - 55’ 1 vs. Atlantic Sun 0-1-0 exactly 16 vs. LIU Brooklyn in 2012, vs. Iona in 2013, and at Sac State in 11’ - 56’ 1 vs. WCC 0-3-0 2015. The 2015 ’Eaters also put up 17 shots on goal in a 5-1 win at UCR. 12’ - 57’ 1 vs. Conference USA 0-1-0 13’ - 58’ - vs. Pac-12 1-0-0 Down South UC Irvine was unable to earn a point in the Big West opening weekend as 14’ - 59’ - vs. Ranked teams 0-2-0 it sits in fourth in the Big West South. Since the Big West was split into 15’ - 60’ - divisions, the lowest number of points to make the Big West Tournament 16’ - 61’ - August 0-2-0 has been none from UC Riverside in 2012. The average number of points September 2-6-0 from a third place team has been 12.1 over the four years. 17’ - 62’ - October 0-1-0 18’ - 63’ - Day 1-3-0 Over Timing 19’ - 64’ 1 Night 1-5-0 UCI has yet to reach overtime in 2016 despite eight overtime matches in 20’ - 65’ - 2015. UCI’s first 11 matches this season have all ended in regulation. The Midweek 2-3-0 21’ - 66’ - Weekend 0-6-0 2003 Anteaters did not play an OT match until its 12th match. The 1993 Anteaters with 18 matches until it played overtime. The only other 22’ - 67’ -

squads to go 10+ games into a season without over have been 1999 and 23’ - 68’ - Wearing white 0-3-0 2010, but reaching OT in the 10th match. 24’ 1 69’ - Wearing blue 1-3-0 Wearing grey 1-3-0 THROW-INS 25’ - 70’ -  Alex Waldron made his collegiate debut Saturday vs. UNM. Thurs- 26’ - 71’ - In one-goal matches 2-5 day was his first start earning his first win, save, and shutout to 27’ - 72’ - defeat Oregon State on the road, 1-0 28’ - 73’ - When scoring in 1st Half 1-1-0  Alex Waldron’s penalty kick save in the 75th minute marks the 29’ - 74’ - When scoring in 2nd Half 1-5-0 second PK save in the last three chances for UCI keepers - Elliot 30’ - 75’ - Farmer saved a PK attempt vs. CSUN in the 89th minute of their When leading at halftime 1-1-0 31’ - 76’ - When tied at halftime 1-2-0 match at UC Irvine in 2015  32’ - 77’ - When trailing at halftime 0-6-0 Michael Sperber’s next start will be his 70th career and make him the 11th Anteater with 70 or more starts in a career 33’ 1 78’ 1 Overtime matches 0-0-0  UCI earned 12 corner kicks in Thursday’s loss to Sacramento State, 34’ 1 79’ - Goals off corners ...... 1 the most at home since it earned 12 on Sept. 2, 2012 vs. Detroit 35’ - 80’ - Goals off free kicks ...... 0  UCI was called offside 10 times at Oregon State, the most in the last 36’ - 81’ 1 three years eclipsing the nine vs. CSUF in 2013 Kicked goals ...... 7 37’ - 82’ -  Six of the Anteaters’ nine goals this year have come in the second Header goals ...... 2 38’ - 83’ - Inside the box ...... 8 half. Under Volk, the team has scored just 21 of their 69 goals in the 39’ - 84’ - Outside the box ...... 1 first half. All nine goals have come in a different minute in the match 1v1 goals ...... 0 40’ - 85’ -  Giovanni Godoy scored his first career goal on a penalty kick vs. Penalty kick attempts ...... 1-1 41’ - 86’ - Portland, it was the first successful PK goal for the ‘Eaters since 42’ - 87’ - October 22, 2014 scored by Eduardo Calzada Forwards ...... 4  The squad’s 178 fouls committed lead the Big West and rank second 43’ - 88’ - Midfielders ...... 3 in the nation (George Washington - 182) 44’ - 89’ - Defenders ...... 2  UCI and UCSB will meet Thursday as two of the three schools that 45’ - 90’ - commit the most fouls Seniors ...... 2  Janjigian and Mario Ortiz are each tied for fifth in the Big West with 1st OT 2nd OT Juniors ...... 3 three assists Sophomores ...... 3 None None Freshmen ...... 1 STATS

GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Opponent Keeper Defense Midfield Forwards at (9) Notre Dame Farmer Janjigian Ojuola Lara Gaines Leon M. Ortiz Ojuola Canales Godoy Carrillo vs. (15) Indiana Farmer Janjigian Tilley Lara Gaines Leon Perez Crisostomo M. Ortiz Canales Carrillo Grand Canyon Farmer Janjigian Tilley Lara Gaines Leon Sperber M. Ortiz Crisostomo J. Ortiz Godoy FGCU Farmer Janjigian Tilley Lara Gaines Leon Sperber M. Ortiz Crisostomo McDermott Carrillo at Santa Clara Farmer Janjigian Tilley Sperber Gaines Leon Ojuola M. Ortiz Crisostomo Canales J. Ortiz LMU Farmer Janjigian Tilley Ojuola Gaines Canales Sperber M. Ortiz Crisostomo Leon McDermott New Mexico Farmer Janjigian Tilley Ojuola Gaines M. Ortiz Sperber Crisostomo Canales McDermott Godoy at Oregon State Waldron Janjigian Tilley Ojuola Gaines Leon Sperber Canales Crisostomo McDermott Godoy at Portland Waldron Janjigian Tilley Ojuola Gaines Leon Sperber Canales Crisostomo McDermott Godoy Sac State Waldron Ojuola Tilley Lara Janjigian Sperber Canales Crisostomo Gaines Leon M. Ortiz UC Davis Waldron Ojuola Tilley Lara Janjigian Sperber Canales Crisostomo Gaines Leon M. Ortiz at UCSB at Cal Poly at UC Riverside CSUN at CS Fullerton at CSUN UC Riverside CS Fullerton Chris Volk returns as the Anteaters’ head coach for a third year. He began VOLK WORKSHEET his reign with an impressive rookie season going 16-6-3 and taking the CHRIS program to the NCAA Tournament for a fifth time and 3rd Sweet Sixteen. Season School Overall Big West 2015 UC Irvine 5-11-4 3-5-2 Volk assumed the head coaching position in 2014 after 17 seasons as lead 2014 UC Irvine 16-6-3 4-5-1 assistant and goalkeeper coach for the Anteaters. Volk has been a central Totals 2 seasons 21-17-7 7-10-3 VOLK figure in the rise of UC Irvine men's soccer which has become a perennial

HEAD COACH contender. Postseason School Record Finish THIRD SEASON 2014 UC Irvine 2-1-0 NCAA 3rd Rd He has been a part of the program's four Big West regular season and Totals 1 season 2-1-0 tournament titles along with it's five NCAA Tournament berths in 2008, THE VOLK FILE 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2014. The squad returned to the Sweet Sixteen in 2014 joining its 2008 and 2013 runs. EDUCATION College: San Diego State University, 1991 In 2008, Volk was named the NSCAA Far West Region Assistant Coach of the Year. Volk came to UCI after spending the 1996 season as a goalkeeper ATHLETICS NOTES COACHING EXPERIENCE with the Anaheim Splash, and serving as an assistant coach at San Diego UCI has won 28 national championships in 1992-96 Grossmont High School (Head Coach) State, his alma mater, from 1995-96. nine different sports, the most recent in men’s 1994 Mesa College (Assistant - Men / Women) in 2013 1995-96 San Diego State (Assistant Coach) Coach Volk served as the women's assistant coach at Mesa College in 1994 1996-2013 UC Irvine (Assistant Coach) and as the goalkeeper coach for the men`s team that same year. He also UCI has finished in the top five in the Division I 2014- UC Irvine (Head Coach) served as Grossmont High School's head coach for the girls` team from -AAA Athletics Directors Association All-Sports 1992-96, taking them to the CIF playoffs every year. rankings of the 95 Division I schools that do AWARDS not sponsor football six of the last seven 2008 NSCAA Far West Region Volk played collegiately at San Diego State University from 1987 to 1991. years, including runner-up showings three Assistant Coach of the Year The Aztecs were NCAA Division I runners-up in 1987. In 1990, he received the Most Inspirational Player Award. times and first in 2007

COACHING STAFF On the professional level, Volk was the goalkeeper coach for the F.C. Bratz UC Irvine has captured 80 conference regular season titles since moving to NCAA Division I Assistant Coach: Keith Costigan in 1996 and a head coach for the Scripps Ranch Soccer Club from 1992- 1996. He was a member of the 1994 Continental Indoor Soccer League in 1977 3rd season (CSU Bakersfield, 2000) Email: [email protected] Championship team, the Las Vegas Dustdevils as well as a member of the 1998 A-League Orange County Zodiac. Since 1980, 97 UCI student-athletes have been named Conference Athlete of the Year in Assistant Coach: Mike Ditta Volk holds a USSF National 'A` License as well as a National Youth License. addition to 89 Conference Coaches of the Year 8th season (Azusa Pacific, 2004) Email: [email protected] Volk was an assistant coach with the National Champion California State UCI student-athletes have accounted for 499 Amateur team that won the Donnelly Cup in 2003, 2004 and 2005. All-America honors Director of Operations: Dallas Jaussi The University has had 57 representatives Office Phone: (949) 824-1096 Volk and his wife, Amy, have a son, Kevin and a daughter, Katie. participate in the Olympics and Paralympics NEXT LEVEL ‘EATERS

Brad Evans - Defender - Seattle Sounders FC - Midfielder - León FC (Mexico)

Evans captained the Sounders to MLS Supporters Miguel Ibarra has had a whirlwind calendar year going Shield and its fourth U.S. Open Cup titles in 2014. He from the NASL Golden Ball Award winner as the has recorded 28 goals and 30 assists in his career league’s MVP to a call-up to the U.S. Men’s National spanning 10 seasons and over 215 matches in Major Team, the second player ever to earn a call-up from a League Soccer lower division, and first since 2005, in October. He earned his first cap as a sub against Honduras on Oct. Evans earned a spot on the 30-man preliminary 14, 2014 and first start shortly following against Pana- roster for the U.S. national team headed to the 2014 ma, Feb. 8, 2015. World Cup. Despite not making the World Cup roster, he has proven to be invaluable stepping in at most His storybook, four-year run with Minnesota United FC any midfield or defensive position. took another turn on June 10, 2015 when he was signed by Club León of Liga MX, Mexico’s top league. His lone international goal came on a stoppage time- tally to defeat Jamaica, 2-1, in a 2013 World Cup He is beginning his second season with León where he’s Qualifier. He was present in the unprecedented comeback wins over Netherlands and put up 4 goals in 20 matches played, and connected on Germany last summer including flicking on the game-winning assist to Bobby Wood in the his first goal Aug. 5, 2015 in a 3-3 draw with Atlético San Luis in a Copa MX match. Prior to 87th minute to down Germany in friendlies in 2015 the transfer, he put up 18 goals and 25 assists in 92 NASL matches with Minnesota United.

Current professional players

Cameron Iwasa - Forward - Sacramento Republic FC (USL-Pro) / Montreal Impact (MLS) Christopher Santana - Forward - Orange County Blues FC (USL-Pro) Career: 50 matches - 35 starts - 13 goals (11 in 2016) Career: 51 matches - 37 starts - 5 goals

Marco Franco - Midfielder- Indy Eleven (NASL) / Chicago Fire (MLS) / OC Blues (USL-Pro) Mats Bjurman - Midfielder - Orange County Blues FC (USL-Pro) Career: 58 matches - 50 starts | Entered for Chicago in 77th minute vs. Tottenham Career: 22 matches - 16 starts - 1 goal

Tarek Morad - Defender - Louisville City FC (USL-Pro) / OKC Energy FC (USL-Pro) Irving Garcia - Forward - Portland Timbers II (USL) / Rosario FC (Guatemala) / L.A. Blues Career: 64 matches - 56 starts - 3 goals (USL-Pro) / Antigua GFC (Guatemala) / New York Red Bulls (MLS)

Recent professional players Amani Walker - Forward - Orange County Blues FC (USL-Pro) / Jimmy Turner - Defender - Orange County Blues FC (USL-Pro) (NASL) / Minnesota United FC (NASL) | Career: 74 matches - 33 starts - 15 goals Enrique Cardenas - Midfielder- Orange County Blues FC (USL-Pro) / Atlante FC (Mexico) Andrew Fontein - Keeper - Minnesota United FC (NASL) / Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) / Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS) Gor Kirakosyan - Midfielder- (PDL)