2012 Metro State Roadrunners Men's Soccer
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2012 Metro State Roadrunners Men’s Soccer Metropolitan State University of Denver • Department of Athletics • Fax: 303-556-2720 Sports Info. Director: Andy Schlichting, O: 303-556-3431, C: 303-362-3219, [email protected] Mail: Campus Box 9 • P.O. Box 173362 • Denver, CO 80217 www.GoMetroState.com Ship: 1201 5th St. • Campus Box 9/Ste. 420 • Denver, CO 80204 Sept. 5, 2012 www.facebook.com/metro.state.roadrunners @MetroStSports www.youtube.com/MetroStateAthletics 2012 SCHEDULE Weekly Men’s Soccer Notes August 31 Fri. at Upper Iowa W 3-0 WHAT’S INSIDE September New notes............................................................................................................ Pages 1-2 2 Sun. vs. Univ. of Mary (N.D.) W 3-0 RMAC standings, NSCAA top-25 poll....................................................................... Page 2 7 Fri. Texas A&M International 3:30 p.m. 2012 Roster, team/individual season highs .............................................................. Page 3 8 Sat. St. Martin’s (Wash.) 3:30 p.m. RMAC and NCAA statistical rankings ....................................................................... Page 4 14 Fri. Regis University* 3:30 p.m. The last time it happened..., team record when..., career performances ................. Page 5 16 Sun. at UC-Colorado Springs* 11:30 a.m. Head coach Ken Parsons bio ................................................................................... Page 6 21 Fri. at Colorado Mines* 5 p.m. Player career highs................................................................................................... Page 7 23 Sun. Colorado State-Pueblo* 2:30 p.m. Team and individual statistics ............................................................................ Pages 8-10 28 Fri. Fort Lewis* 3:30 p.m. Situational statistics ..........................................................................................................11 30 Sun. Colorado Mines* 2:30 p.m. Career statistics ...........................................................................................................12-15 October 3 Wed. at Colorado Christian* 3:30 p.m. 5 Fri. at Colorado State-Pueblo* 7 p.m. Twitter Talk: (#GetRowdy, #GoMetro, • Shailer Thomas has made five total saves in two 7 Sun. at Regis University* 3:30 p.m. #RMACMS) shutouts to open the season. • Danny Arrubla is 1st Metro State freshman to 12 Fri. Colorado Christian* 3:30 p.m. score 2 goals in a game since Steven Emory in • 2011 All-America defender Andrew Mejia re- 19 Fri. at Colorado Mesa* 4 p.m. 2007 turned from a preseason injury to record an assist 21 Sun. at Adams State* 3:30 p.m. against University of Mary (N.D.) on Sept. 2. 23 Tue. Adams State* 1 p.m. • Danny Arrubla is 1st Metro State freshman to 28 Sun. UC-Colorado Springs* 2:30 p.m. score 2 goals in 1st career game since Phillip • Metro State last recorded three consecutive shut- 31 Wed. RMAC Tournament# TBA Owen in 2004 outs in 2011 (1-0, Oct. 14 at No. 1 Fort Lewis; 6-0, Oct. 16 vs. UC-Colorado Springs; 3-0, Oct. 21 at • Metro State has opened the season with 2 shut- No. 23 Colorado Mines). * RMAC games outs for 3rd time since 1986 (2000, 2003 & 2010) # RMAC Tournament • Metro State last recorded four consecutive shut- • Metro State is picked to finish 4th RMAC in pre- outs in 2007 (2-0, Oct. 14 at Fort Lewis; 5-0, Oct. season coaches poll 19 vs. UC-Colorado Springs; 3-0, Oct. 23 vs. Colorado State-Pueblo; 4-0, Oct. 26 vs. Colorado QUICK FACTS • Metro State is receiving votes in #NCAAD2 pre- Christian). Name ...........................Metropolitan State University of Denver season poll (26th) City, Zip .................................................... Denver, Colo. 80204 Preseason Outlook: Founded ........................................................................... 1965 • Andrew Mejia and Marc Herschberger are pre- 2011 record: 14-7-1, 10-4-0 RMAC (3rd place) Enrollment ..................................................................... 24,000 season All-RMAC 2011 postseason: NCAA Tournament first round Nickname............................................................. Roadrunners Starters returning/lost: 7/4 Colors ............................................................Navy Blue & Red • Andrew Mejia is RMAC preseason defensive Letterwinners returning/lost: 11/7 Affiliation ........................................................NCAA Division II POY Conference ............................................................................... Metro State is coming off one of its best seasons ........................... Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) • Metro State returns 7 starters from LY in school history after making its fifth NCAA Tour- Year Joined RMAC........................................................... 1996 nament appearance in school history. In addition Region ...........................................................................Central Follow Metro State soccer players on Twitter to the postseason appearance, the Roadrunners President ................................................... Dr. Stephen Jordan Dustin Berg .......................................@d_berg19 went 14-7-1 overall and 10-4-0 in the Rocky Moun- Athletic Director.............................................Joan McDermott Issa Bissau .......................................@IBfresh25 tain Athletic Conference. Included in the wins was Associate AD for Compliance ............................ Scott Groom Josh Buysse .................................. @JBuysse19 a 1-0 victory at national champion Fort Lewis, the Assistant AD for Marketing .......................... John Kietzmann Jacob Candelaria..........................@Jaccande21 only blemish on the Skyhawks’ nearly-perfect re- Sports Info. Director ......................................Andy Schlichting Carlos Mendez ...................@CarlosMendez174 cord. Business Manager .............................................. Elaine Becks Trevor Obering .........................@TrevorObering Head Athletic Trainer ................................... Stephanie Begley Head coach Ken Parsons must replace four Assistant Athletic Trainer ...... Drew Powers, Drew Markhardt Recent Notes: starters, including two All-America players. Scott Faculty Athletic Rep. ...................................... Clay Daughtery • Danny Arrubla is the first Metro State freshman to Grode was named RMAC Player of the Year and Athletics Website .............................. www.GoMetroState.com score two goals in a game since Steven Emory in All-America after scoring 17 goals last year, but he 2007, and the first to do so in his first career game graduated. His heir apparent T.J. Thiebaut, who since Phillip Owen in 2004 was named RMAC Freshman of the Year, chose to transfer closer to home after the season as • Metro State has opened the 2012 season with well. However, the cupboard is not barren atop the back-to-back shutouts for just the third time since Roadrunners’ lineup. Marc Herschberger is back 1986 (2000, 2003 and 2010 are the other years) for his senior campaign after being named RMAC Academic Player of the Year in 2011. He finished • Arrubla and Andy Lopez accounted for all three the year with seven goals and eight assists. Sev- goals in the season-opening win at Upper Iowa on eral freshmen will also be looked upon to contrib- Aug. 31 ute to the scoring, including Arizona Player of the Year Danny Arrubla. • Lopez has scored a goal in both games this sea- son and Dustin Berg has an assist in both games In the midfield, Metro says goodbye to Chris Yo- Metro State Athletics • Page 1 of 15 der, who was named honorable mention All-America last • 2011 second team All-RMAC year, and Scott Crawford, who was a region all-academic • 2011 RMAC Academic Player of the Year RMAC STANDINGS player. Senior Brenden Hughes scored four goals and • 2010 Capital One first team Academic All-District RMAC Overall had four assists last year as a starter. Junior Kevin Poca- • 2010 Academic All-RMAC first team 1. Metro State ................... 0-0-0 ...... 2-0-0 lyko scored three goals and had four assists in 11 starts. Colorado Mines .............. 0-0-0 ...... 2-0-0 Returning to the outside is redshirt sophomore Carlos Brenden Hughes: Fort Lewis ...................... 0-0-0 ...... 2-0-0 Mendez, who was injured in the third game of the sea- • 2011 RMAC All-Tournament Regis .............................. 0-0-0 ...... 2-0-0 son in 2011 after scoring two goals. Sophomores Michael Colorado Mesa .............. 0-0-0 ...... 1-0-1 Schellenbaum and Jake Beerman combined for six starts Andrew Mejia: Colorado State-Pueblo .. 0-0-0 ...... 1-1-0 last season. • 2012 RMAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Colorado Christian ......... 0-0-0 ...... 1-2-0 • 2012 Preseason All-RMAC Adams State .................. 0-0-0 ...... 0-2-0 The Roadrunners say goodbye to Dele Johnson, who • 2011 Daktronics third team All-America UC-Colorado Springs ..... 0-0-0 ...... 0-2-0 was an anchor in the middle of the back line and earned • 2011 NSCAA first team All-Central Region through Sept. 3 second team All-RMAC honors. However, Andrew Mejia • 2011 Daktronics first team All-Central Region is back for his junior season and was named third team • 2011 RMAC All-Tournament All-America as a sophomore. Back in the middle is Jer- • 2011 first team All-RMAC emy Brooks, who battled several injuries, but started 18 • 2011 CollegeSoccer360 Primetime Performer (Oct. 26) NSCAA TOP-25 POLL games. Sophomore Josh Buysse, who split time between • 2010 Daktronics second team All-Central