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UCLA MEN'S SOCCER WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE • NOVEMBER 21, 2005 UCLA Sports Information • PO Box 24044 • Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044 SID Contact: Liza David • Phone: 310/206-8140 • Fax: 310/825-8664 • Email: [email protected] Website: www.uclabruins.com UCLA OPENS NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY AGAINST SMU Fifth-seeded Bruins host second-round game on Nov. 22. UCLA VS. SMU ̶ The No. 5 seeded UCLA men's soccer team (12-4-3) begin NCAA Tournament play 2005 UCLA SCHEDULE/RESULTS on Tuesday, Nov. 22 against SMU (11-5-3). The second round matchup will take place on Frank W. Date Opponent Time/Result Marshall Field at Drake Stadium at 7 pm. 8/19 vs. #1/1 Indiana (ex.) T 1-1 FOLLOW THE BRUINS ON THE INTERNET ̶ A free, live broadcast of Tuesday's game will be available 9/2 vs. #13/21 Santa Clara* L 2-3 on internet radio at www.uclabruins.com. Danny Lee and Tayt Ianni will call the action. Live stats will 9/4 #4/2 MARYLAND W 4-0 be available on the uclabruins.com website. 9/11 at Loyola Marymount W 4-0 HOW THEY GOT HERE ̶ As the fi fth seed, UCLA received a fi rst round bye. The Bruins qualifi ed for 9/16 at Penn State† W 1-0 their 23rd consecutive NCAA Tournament by winning the Pac-10 Conference for the fourth consecu- 9/18 vs. Ohio State† L 1-2 tive year. SMU received an at-large bid into the tournament and won its fi rst-round game against San 9/25 UNLV W 3-0 Francisco, 2-1. Freshman Paulo da Silva scored both goals for the Mustangs, who shut out the Dons 9/30 #3 CALIFORNIA W 2-0 for 89:58, the only goal coming with two seconds left and the keeper playing up. 10/2 STANFORD W 2-0 BRUINS REACH TOURNAMENT FOR 23RD STRAIGHT YEAR ̶ UCLA's selection into the NCAA Tourna- 10/7 at Washington W 1-0 ment is its 23rd consecutive and 33rd overall. UCLA's NCAA streak is the second-longest active streak 10/9 at Oregon State L 0-1 in the nation, and the 33 NCAA appearances are second only to Saint Louis' 42. UCLA has won national 10/14 at #23 CS Northridge T 0-0 championships in 1985, 1990, 1997 and 2002. The Bruins' all-time NCAA record is 55-29. 10/16 #19/25 SAN DIEGO ST. T 0-0 UCLA VS. TOURNAMENT FIELD ̶ The Bruins went 5-2-3 versus the tournament fi eld in the regular 10/20 #22/23 UCSB W 1-0 season. UCLA's victories came against No. 1 seed Maryland (4-0), No. 11 seed Penn State (1-0), No. 7 10/28 OREGON STATE W 1-0 seed California (2-0), UC Santa Barbara (1-0) and San Diego State (1-0 in double overtime). The Bruins 10/30 WASHINGTON W 1-0 also have ties against California (1-1), No. 15 seed Cal State Northridge (0-0) and San Diego State (0-0). 11/4 at Stanford W 1-0, ot UCLA's losses came against Ohio State (2-1) and Santa Clara (3-2). 11/6 at #15/10 California T 1-1 POTENTIAL THIRD ROUND MATCHUP ̶ The winner of Tuesday's game will move on to play the winner 11/10 at San Diego L 2-4 of the Virginia Tech/UNC-Greensboro second round game. If UCLA wins its second round game, the 11/13 at #18 San Diego St. W 1-0, 2ot third round game will take place at Drake Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 7:00 pm. Ticket prices for 11/22 #14 SMU 7:00 pm that game will be $9 for adults and $7 for youth/students. BRUINS IN NATIONAL RANKINGS ̶ UCLA fi nished the regular season ranked No. 7 by the NSCAA and * - at Cal State Fullerton; † - at Penn State Nike No. 8 by Soccer America, Soccer Times and College Soccer News. Classic. Home games are in BOLD CAPS. All times are local to game site. Rankings are Soccer REED, BRUIN DEFENSE AMONGST NATION'S LEADERS ̶ Goalkeeper Eric Reed and the Bruin defense America/NSCAA. are proving they are amongst the best in the country. Reed ranks fourth in the nation in goals against average (0.46) and second in shots on goals save percentage (0.877). The Bruin team ranks No. 1 in 2005 UCLA QUICK FACTS the nation in shutout percentage (0.74), No. 5 in team goals against average (0.55) and No. 4 in shots on goals save percentage (0.857). The Bruin defense is led by Jordan Harvey, Brandon Owens, Marvell Head Coach .......................... Jorge Salcedo Wynne, Brad Rusin and Kiel McClung, along with defensive midfi elders Patrick Ianni and Greg Folk. Alma Mater .....................................UCLA '02 These seven players no doubt have experience on their side - they have been capped by U.S. National Coaching Record ...............26-8-5 (2 years) Teams a combined total of 123 times and have played a combined total of 365 games for UCLA. Asst. Coaches ..................Peter van de Ven ....................................................... Paul Bravo UCLA WINS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE PAC-10 TITLE ̶ The Bruins were the ................................. Jose Lopez (volunteer) fi rst team to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament after they clinching the 2005 STAT LEADERS Pac-10 title with a 1-0 win over Stanford and a 1-1 tie against Cal. The Pac-10 Home Field .......... Frank W. Marshall Field Goals title was UCLA's fourth consecutive, making seniors Jordan Harvey, Evan Capacity ...............................................11,700 Kamani Hill - 7 Conference ................................... Pacifi c-10 Corey, Nate Pena and Ryan Valdez the fi rst players in UCLA history to win Jonathan Bornstein - 5 2005 Record ....................................... 12-4-3 a conference championship all four years. Maxwell Griffi n - 4 2005 Conf. Record/Finish ........... 7-1-2/1st ZIZZO NAMED PAC-10 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR ̶ Midfi elder/forward Sal Assists 2004 Record ....................................... 14-4-2 Zizzo became the third UCLA player in six years to be awarded the Pac-10 Kamani Hill - 8 2004 Conference Record/Finish ....6-2/1st Freshman of the Year. The U.S. Under-18 National Team player from San Sal Zizzo - 5 2004 NCAA Finish .......................3rd Round Diego ranked second on the UCLA team with fi ve assists and totaled seven Marvell Wynne - 3 Lettermen Returning/Lost ..................20/8 points in all. Zizzo also earned second-team All-Pac-10 acclaim, the only Points Starters Returning/Lost .........................7/4 freshman in the conference to make the fi rst or second team. Kamani Hill - 22 NCAA Championships ................................4 Jonathan Bornstein - 12 IANNI, WYNNE NAMED SEMIFINALISTS FOR M.A.C. HERMANN TROPHY ..............................(1985, 1990, 1997, 2002) Maxwell Griffi n - 10 ̶ Junior midfi elder Patrick Ianni and sophomore defender Marvell Wynne have been selected as semifi nalists for the 2005 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy. GAA Eric Reed - 0.46 Ianni, the 2004 Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year, earned fi rst-team all-conference Saves honors for the second consecutive year. He has scored two goals and two Eric Reed - 57 assists this season, both career highs. One of his goals was the game-winner at Washington, and he also assisted on Wynne's game-winner against third-ranked Cal on Sept. 30. SOCCER AMERICA RANKINGS - 11/14 Wynne's goal against the Golden Bears was the fi rst of his career. He has totaled one goal and three assists while also earning fi rst-team All-Pac-10 acclaim. He has twice been named to the Top Drawer 1. Akron (17-1-2) Soccer National Team of the Week. 2. Connecticut (15-3-1) 3. New Mexico (15-1-2) Defensively, the two players have been instrumental in UCLA's 14 shutouts this year and helped limit a high-scoring Maryland team to zero shots on goal. The Bruin defense has held its opponents to single- 4. Duke (12-4-3) digit shot totals in eight games and ranks No. 1 in the nation with a 0.74 shutout percentage. The Bruin 5. Penn State (12-6-2) duo were starters on the U.S. Under-20 National Team that advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2005 6. Maryland (15-4-1) World Youth Championships. Their defense helped the U.S. shut out all three of its opponents in group 7. Indiana (13-2-6) play. Wynne also had an assist on the game-winning goal against Argentina. 8. UCLA (12-4-3) 9. Old Dominion (15-3-2) NINE BRUINS HONORED BY PAC-10 ̶ Nine UCLA players were selected to the All-Pac-10 Conference 10. North Carolina (15-3-3) team, including a conference-high four fi rst-team players. Making the fi rst team were forward Kamani 11. California (13-3-2) Hill, midfi elder Patrick Ianni, goalkeeper Eric Reed and defender Marvell Wynne. Receiving second-team 12. Clemson (11-5-3) honors were midfi elder Jonathan Bornstein, defender Jordan Harvey, defender Brandon Owens and midfi elder/forward Sal Zizzo. Freshman defender Brad Rusin earned honorable mention acclaim. 13. Virginia (12-4-2) 14. Virginia Tech (10-5-4) FIVE BRUINS EARN ACADEMIC HONORS ̶ Junior defender Luke Mehring has been named to the ESPN 15. UNC Greensboro (15-5-0) The Magazine Academic All-District 8 men’s soccer team, as selected by the College Sports Information 16. Creighton (12-4-3) Directors of America (CoSIDA).