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PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 360 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107 // PAC-12.COM // 415.580.4200 For Immediate Release // August 26, 2014 Contact // Jon Olivero ([email protected]) 2014 PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS Conference Overall TP W L T PCT HOME AWAY W L T PCT HOME AWAY NEUT STREAK California 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- Oregon State 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- San Diego State 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- Stanford 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- UCLA 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- Washington 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- The Conference champion is determined by highest number of points (TP); Win = 3 pts, Tie = 1 pt, Loss = 0 pts. PAC-12 MEN’S SOCCER PICKS UP WHERE IT LEFT OFF FOR NEW SEASON All six Pac-12 men’s soccer teams open the 2014 season Saturday off of a 2013 campaign where four teams made the NCAA Tournament and two teams reached the quarterfinals. This year the Conference picks up where it left off with four teams ranked in the NSCAA,College Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer preseason polls. Four of the Conference’s six teams begin the year on the road. UCLA and CALIFORNIA open with back-to-back games against ranked teams at North Carolina and at Wake Forest, while STANFORD travels to Nebraska to play Creighton and Nebraska-Omaha. WASHINGTON stays in state for an away matchup with Gonzaga, while SAN DIEGO STATE and OREGON STATE begin their seasons at home. AROUND THE LEAGUE UPCOMING SCHEDULE • CALIFORNIA enters the 2014 campaign without its two All-American de- Fri., Aug. 29 fenders from last season, Steve Birnbaum and Christian Dean, who were CALIFORNIA at North Carolina ......................................................7 p.m. ET selected second and third overall in the 2014 MLS Superdraft. Head coach UCLA at Wake Forest ...............................................................7:30 p.m. ET Kevin Grimes hopes to fill that gap with incoming recruit Jorge Miranda, who WASHINGTON at Gonzaga ........................................................... 5 p.m. PT spent time playing the U17 U.S. National Team, and transfer Trevor Haberkorn. CSU Bakersfield at SAN DIEGO STATE ......................................... 7 p.m. PT The Bears will have an experienced attack as MF Seth Casiple and F Stefano STANFORD at Creighton .............................................................. 7 p.m. PT Evansville at OREGON STATE ...................................................7:30 p.m. PT Bonomo both return for their senior seasons after earning second team All- Pac-12 honors last year. Sun., Aug. 31 Buffalo at SAN DIEGO STATE ..................................................... 12 p.m. PT • OREGON STATE brings back second team all-Conference GK Matt Bersano UCF at OREGON STATE .................................. P12N ................. 12 p.m. PT who led the league in saves and ranked 11th nationally with 101 (Oregon State UCLA at North Carolina .................................................................7 p.m. ET single-season record). Bersano also finished 23rd nationally with an .821 save CALIFORNIA at Wake Forest .........................................................7 p.m. ET percentage. In 2013 Bersano helped the team record five shutouts and al- STANFORD at Nebraska-Omaha .................................................. 7 p.m. PT lowed just 1.14 goals per game. The Beavers also get back F Khiry Shelton, P12N indicates televised game on Pac-12 Networks. Times local to site. who scored four goals before being knocked out with an injury, and bring back the core of last year’s defense as seniors Brenden Anderson and Will Seymore both return after statring all 19 games. PAC-12 IN THE WEEKLY RANKINGS • SAN DIEGO STATE bids farewell to leading goal-scorer Jordan Ongaro, as well as four other top goal scorers from last season. The only goal scorers that This Week (Preseason) return are senior MF Henrik Synnes (2 goals) and sophomore MF Alec Petit (1 NSCAA: 4 goal). The Aztecs welcome in 19 new faces to Montezuma Road for the 2014 College Soccer News: 4 campaign, including F Forrayah Bass, D Zach Neibeger and GK Nedin Tuca- Top Drawer Soccer: 4 kovic who round out a class that is ranked 37th best by College Soccer News. Tuckovic competed for the U17 Serbian National Team. CAL OSU SDSU STAN UCLA WASH PRE 7/10/25 nr/nr/nr nr/nr/nr 20/14/11 4/4/2 6/5/5 • STANFORD may have lost four-year starter and 2013 first team All-Pac-12 8/26 MF JJ Koval, but the Cardinal bring back leading goal scorer Zach Batteer and 9/2 the nation’s sixth-ranked recruiting class by College Soccer News. The team 9/9 will rely on sophomore Jordan Morris, who returns after scoring six goals and 9/16 tallying seven assists as a freshman. Defensively, Stanford brings back second 9/23 team All-Pac-12 honoree Brandon Vincent to anchor the back line. The Cardi- 9/30 nal look to build on the momentum of a 2013 squad that advanced to the third 10/7 round of the NCAA Tournament. 10/14 10/21 • UCLA secured College Soccer News’ No. 1-ranked recruiting class for the 10/28 second-consecutive season and looks to build on last year’s squad that ad- 11/4 vanced to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed. On offense, the FINAL Continued on page 2. PAC-12 VS. Bruins bring back All-American, Pac-12 Player of the Year and the Conference’s leading goal-scorer Leo OTHER CONFERENCES Stolz for his senior season, and pick up F Larry Ndjock, a transfer from LMU who scored 25 goals in his two-year career there. On defense, UCLA returns team captain and GK Earl Edwards Jr., who was between the posts for every match last season and recorded seven shutouts, and Freshman All-American D Michael America East ....................................... 0-0-0 Amick. American Athletic ................................ 0-0-0 Atlantic Coast ...................................... 0-0-0 • In 2013 WASHINGTON brought in 12 fresh faces and won seven Conference games to clinch its first Atlantic 10 .......................................... 0-0-0 Pac-12 title since 2000. Led by freshman-of-the-year award winner Cristian Roldan (19 points, 7 goals), Big East .............................................. 0-0-0 the Dawgs entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed and advanced to the quarterfinals. This year, Big Ten ............................................... 0-0-0 the Huskies lose MF and 2013 Pac-12 assist leader Michael Harris to graduation, but Pac-12 Coach of the Big 12 ................................................. 0-0-0 Year Jamie Clark gets back first team all-Conference F Darwin Jones, who along with Roldan, led the team with seven goals. Big West ............................................. 0-0-0 Colonial Athletic Association ................ 0-0-0 Conference USA ................................. 0-0-0 Ivy League .......................................... 0-0-0 PAC-12 COACHES Mid-American ..................................... 0-0-0 CAL ........................................KEVIN GRIMES STAN......................................JEREMY GUNN Missouri Valley .................................... 0-0-0 .......................................150-92-35/15th Season .............................................21-13-3/3rd season Mountain West .................................... 0-0-0 ...........................Career: 150-92-35/15th Season ............................. Career: 264-39-17/8th season Southeastern ....................................... 0-0-0 .......................................NCAA Appearances: 10 .......................................NCAA Appearances: 10 Southern ............................................. 0-0-0 Sun Belt .............................................. 0-0-0 OSU ....................................STEVE SIMMONS UCLA .................................. JORGE SALCEDO ...........................................31-47-10/6th Season .......................................128-49-32/11th Season Western Athletic .................................. 0-0-0 .........................Career: 154-130-26/17th Season ...........................Career: 128-49-32/11th Season West Coast .......................................... 0-0-0 .........................................NCAA Appearances: 2 .......................................NCAA Appearances: 10 Independent ....................................... 0-0-0 Total-All ............................... 0-0-0 (.000) SDSU .................................... LEV KIRSHNER WASH .......................................JAMIE CLARK .....................................101-119-46/15th Season ............................................ 40-11-9/3rd Season Total-Div. I ........................... 0-0-0 (.000) ..........................Career:101-119-46/15th Season ...............................Career: 79-26-11/7th Season .........................................NCAA Appearances: 2 .........................................NCAA Appearances: 5 MEN’S SOCCER SIDS California ..................................www.calbears.com UCLA VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN COACHES POLL .........................................................Jordan Stepp ............................................. [email protected] SAN FRANCISCO - UCLA was selected in a poll of the 2014 PAC-12 COACHES POLL ...................................................... 510-642-5363 Conference’s six men’s soccer coaches as the preseason favorite to capture the 2014 Pac-12 title, the Conference 1. UCLA (4) 24 Oregon State