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OF EVANSVILLE MENʼS SOCCER NOTES State Farm MVC Tournament Quarterfinals • Wednesday, Nov. 10 • 3:00 CST • Peoria, Ill. #6 ACES (7-9-1, 3-4-0) vs. #3 MISSOURI STATE BEARS (7-6-3, 4-1-2) UEʼS MVC TOURNEY HISTORY Robby Lynch (5-3-13), Tom Irvin (3-5-11), Tyler Kincaid Evansville is looking for its first MVC Tournament title since (4-2-10) and Blake Schneider (1-8-10). defeating Creighton 3-2 in overtime in the 1996 finals. The Aces advanced to the title game last year for the first time TWO ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA FINALISTS Seniors Robby Lynch and Mike Luttrull were chosen last week since their championship season of 1996, but fell to host as finalists for the ESPN Academic All-America Division I Menʼs Drake 2-1. Under fifth-year coach Mike Jacobs, the Aces have finished fifth, third, fourth and second in the MVC Soccer Team by earning first team all-District 5 honors. The Aca - demic All-America Team will be announced later this month. Luttrull Tournament. Seven players who started in the 2009 finals was a second team Academic All-American last year, and Lynch are expected to be in the starting lineup Wednesday against made the NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-America Team. Only twice Missouri State. They include defenders Aaron Henkle , Jarrett Robbins and Blake Schneider , midfielders Robby previously (softball 1987, baseball 1991) have two players from the same University of Evansville team been chosen as Academic Lynch and Tad Kreamalmeyer , and forwards Tyler Kincaid All-Americans in the same year. and Tom Irvin . THE MISSOURI STATE MATCH-UP 2010 HONOREES Evansville is 2-0 against Missouri State in MVC Tournament Senior midfielder Robby Lynch was chosen Sept. 20 as one play during Mike Jacobs ' first four years as head coach, but of the top 100 players in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer. neither victory came easily. The Aces won a shootout in the He was also one of 30 finalists for the Loweʼs Senior CLASS 2007 quarterfinals, 5-3, following a 2-2 tie through 110 min - Award. Lynch was the Defensive MVP at the Portland Nike utes. Last year, Tom Irvin scored the golden goal to give Invitational Sept. 5, and one week later earned the same fourth seed UE an OT semifinal victory against MSUʼs honor at the ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic. Top Drawer regular season champions. Missouri State dealt UE its most Soccer chose defender Brandon Causey and midfielder lopsided loss this season, 3-0, on Oct. 20 at Springfield. Ger - Ryan Buda as two of the nation's top 100 freshmen. Causey ard Barbero scored in the 24th minute on a PK, and Heath was picked #65 and Buda #84. Mike Luttrull was Offensive Melugin and Jordan Hoffman added goals in the final seven MVP of the ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic after scoring four minutes. The Bears had a slight advantage in shots, 15-14, goals and making an assist in the two matches. Also making and All-MVC goalkeeper Alex Riggs made five saves. the all-tournament team from UE were forward/midfielder Tad Kreamalmeyer and defender Jarrett Robbins . AGAINST THE REST If the Aces win Wednesday, theyʼll face #2 SIU Edwardsville STILL COULD KEEP THE STREAK ALIVE The Aces need to win the MVC Tournament and win one in the semifinals Friday. Evansville is the only team that beat NCAA Tournament match in order to extend their streak to SIUE in league play, 1-0 at UEʼs McCutchan Stadium back on five consecutive winning seasons. Under fifth year coach Oct. 13 on a header by Robby Lynch in the 53rd minute. UE Mike Jacobs , Evansville has produced four straight winning lost 2-1 at home in OT to #1 Creighton, lost 2-1 at #4 Drake, seasons for the first time since 1989 through 1992. and lost 2-1 at number five seed Bradley. EVANSVILLEʼS PROUD HISTORY IRVIN, LUTTRULL AT TOP OF SCORING LIST Two of the top three active career scoring leaders in the MVC Evansville competed in 11 NCAA Tournaments under head are Purple Aces. Senior Tom Irvin ranks number one in the coach Fred Schmalz from 1982-1996, including Cup Valley with 17 goals and 30 assists for 64 career points, one Final Four appearances in 1985 and 1990. Twelve of his players earned All-America honors. Rob Paterson earned more than Creighton's Ethan Finlay. In third place with 26 the 1989 Adi Dassler Memorial Award, given each year by goals and 10 assists for 62 points is Evansville senior Mike Adidas to the nationʼs top player. One year later, David Weir Luttrull . Fifth best is Evansvilleʼs Robby Lynch with 18 led the nation in goals with 24 and was a first team All-Ameri - goals and 17 assists for 53 points. can. Weir, a native of Scotland, later became the first Ameri - FIVE IN DOUBLE FIGURES can collegiate player to compete for a European team in the Thirteen players have scored goals for Evansville this year, World Cup. The 40-year-old is still going strong with Rangers and five have at least 10 points going into the tournament. FC of Glasgow. The double figure scorers include Mike Luttrull (6-3-15), 2010 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE ROSTER (statistics are through Nov. 9) Goalkeepers Min GA Saves Avg. Sho. 1 Robert Randant GK 5-11 165 So. Collinsville, Illinois (Collinsville) 680:29 9 21 1.19 3 18 Phil Boerger GK 6-2 190 Jr. Jamestown, N.D. (Jamestown) 892:14 12 29 1.21 2 25 Ethan Brunk GK 6-4 170 Fr. Ellisville, Missouri (Lafayette) 00 00.00 0 GP GATP 2 Brandon Causey D 6-1 170 Fr. Prospect, (North Oldham) 16 146 3 Aaron Henkle D 5-10 165 Jr. Carmel, (Carmel) 16 033 4 Ryan Buda M 5-7 150 Fr. Stevens Point, Wisconsin (Stevens Point) 16 000 5 Blake Schneider D 5-11 165 Jr. Wildwood, Missouri (Whitfield) 17 1810 6 Joel Nash M 5-7 150 Fr. Ellicott City, Maryland (Learning Community Intl.) 8 113 7 Robby Lynch M 6-0 165 Sr. Carmel, Indiana (Carmel) 17 5313 8 Sam Carenza M/D 6-1 165 Fr. Ballwin, Missouri (Christian Bros. College HS) 00 00 9 Philip Manga F 6-1 160 Fr. Lexington, Kentucky (Henry Clay) 17 215 10 Tad Kreamalmeyer F/M 5-9 160 Jr. Troy, Illinois (Collinsville Christian Academy) 17 306 11 Mike Luttrull F 5-8 170 Sr. Indianapolis, Indiana (Avon) 17 6315 12 Justin Sass D 6-1 190 Jr. New Palestine, Indiana (New Palestine) 30 00 13 Tom Irvin F 6-3 210 Sr. Collinsville, Illinois (St. Louis U. High) 14 3511 14 Alex Kapsalis M 6-0 165 Fr. Fishers, Indiana (Fishers) 14 000 15 Daniel Cortez D/M 5-10 170 Fr. Houston, Texas (Klein Forest) 20 00 16 Ryan Robinson M 5-9 150 Fr. Independence, Missouri (Blue Springs) 30 00 17 Taylor Parker F 6-1 175 Fr. Prospect, Kentucky (Saint Xavier) 80 11 19 Gavin Chura F 5-9 165 So. Fort Wayne, Indiana (Canterbury) 17 339 20 Jesse Sharp F 5-8 165 So. Warsaw, Indiana (Warsaw Community) 15 124 21 Trevor Schmidt D/M 6-1 195 Fr. Avon, Indiana (Avon) 41 02 22 Jarrett Robbins D 6-7 185 Jr. Louisville, Kentucky (Male) 17 204 23 Tyler Kincaid F 5-10 170 Sr. Avon, Indiana (Avon) 17 4210 Head Coach: Mike Jacobs (Pace ʻ93) Associate Head Coach: Marshall Ray (Evansville ʻ00) Assistant Coach: Chris Loftus (Duke ʻ06) Director of Operations: Steve McCullough (Marquette ʻ96) Trainer: Terry Collins Strength Coach: Joe Hermes

Pronunciations Carenza...kuh-REN-zuh Kapsalis...kap-SALL-us Manga...MANG-guh Boerger...Burger Chura...CHUR-uh Kreamalmeyer...KREM-ul-myer Randant...ran-DANT Buda...BOO-duh Henkle...HENK-ull Luttrull...LUT-trull

Evansville Active Career Leaders Scoring Games Played Tom Irvin (#1 MVC) Robby Lynch 76 17 goals, 30 assists –64 points Tom Irvin 70 Mike Luttrull (#3 MVC) Mike Luttrull 66 26 goals, 10 assists –62 points Tad Kreamalmeyer 56 Robby Lynch (#5 MVC) Blake Schneider 56 18 goals, 17 assists –53 points Jarrett Robbins 54 Tad Kreamalmeyer Justin Sass 40 12 goals, 5 assists –29 points Phil Boerger 35 Blake Schneider 2 goals, 17 assists –21 points Games Started Robby Lynch 75 Goalkeeping Tom Irvin 70 Phil Boerger Mike Luttrull 57 2946:25 Minutes Played; 39 goals al - Justin Sass 39 lowed; 1.19 Goals-Allowed Average; Tad Kreamalmeyer 44 105 Saves; 17-14-2 Won-Loss Blake Schneider 41 Record; 8 Shutouts Phil Boerger 33 2010 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE STATISTICS U. of Evansville Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 06, 2010) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 7-9-1 6-2-1 0-7 1-0 CONFERENCE 3-4 3-1 0-3 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 4-5-1 3-1-1 0-4 1-0

Date Opponent Score Att.          09-03-10 vs Washington W 2-1 375          09-05-10 at #19 Portland L 1-2 1536            09-10-10 ALABAMA A&M W 9-0 466               09-12-10 EAST TENN. STATE W 2-0 554  ! " #             09-15-10 BELMONT W 4-1 391  $ # %"         09-17-10 XAVIER T o2 0-0 710 & '"("     &       09-19-10 at Western Illinois L 1-3 304  ! " "   "#         09-26-10 KENTUCKY L o 2 1-2 1007  '") %"#          09-29-10 at Indiana L 0-1 1676 & "*" +  ,         10-05-10 at #12 L 1-2 493   )-"             * 10-09-10 at Drake L 1-2 812  $",- ))         * 10-13-10 SIU EDWARDSVILLE W 1-0 303 .")-            * 10-16-10 CREIGHTON L o t 1-2 793  /   0"      * 10-20-10 at Missouri State L 0-3 403  $ #              * 10-24-10 at Bradley L 1-2 610  +"  "     * 10-29-10 EASTERN ILLINOIS W 3-0 587  !",)" )0 1          * 11-06-10 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W 5-0 386  %#""         )"           TEAM STATISTICS UE OPP  $"))-)      SHOT STATISTICS  ' 23"            Goals-Shot attempts 33-284 21-204 "       &   Goals scored per game 1.94 1.24 4,, )         &  Shot pct. .116 .103 Shots on goal-Attempts 109-284 73-204            SOG pct. .384 .358  "#"   5& & &      Shots/Game 16.7 12.0  % * +   &5   &     CORNER KICKS 103 70 "   5      &  PENALTY KICKS 0-0 1-1 4,, )   5  &  & &   PENALTIES Yellow cards 20 17    ! " "!   Red cards 2 0 678")       ATTENDANCE 4,, ) &     Total 5197 5834 Dates/Avg Per Date 9/577 7/833   ! " "!   Neutral Site #/Avg 1/375 678")       4,, )   

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#5 #3 Blake #2 #22 Aaron Schneider Brandon Jarrett Henkle Jr. Defender Jr. Defender Wildwood, Mo. Causey Robbins Carmel, Ind. 1-8-10 Fr. Defender Jr. Defender 0-3-3 Prospect, Ky. Louisville, Ky. 1-4-6 2-0-4 #1 Robert Randant So. GK Collinsville, Ill. 21 saves, 1.19 Avg. EVANSVILLEʼS MVC TOURNAMENT HISTORY Overall Tournament Record: 6-12 MVC Tourney Record vs. Bradley: 0-1 (Bradley 0, UE 0–BU won shootout 5-4 –in 2008) Years In Championship Final: Three (lost to Creighton 2-1 in 1995 at Evansville; defeated Creighton 3-2 in OT MVC Tourney Record vs. Creighton: 1-5 (Creighton 3, in 1996 at Omaha, Neb.; lost to Drake 2-1 in 2009 at Des UE 2 in 1994; Creighton 2, UE 1 in 1995; UE 3, Moines, Iowa) Creighton 2 in 1996; Creighton 5, UE 3 in 2001; Creighton 3, UE 1 in 2004; Creighton 2, UE 0 in 2007) MVC Tourney Record vs. Missouri State: 3-1 (UE 1, Missouri State 0 in 1996; Missouri State 1, UE 0 in 1999; MVC Tourney Record vs. Drake: 0-3 (Drake 2, UE 0 in UE 2, Missouri State 2 –UE won shootout 5-3 – in 2007; 1997; Drake 2, UE 0 in 2006; Drake 2, UE 1 in 2009) UE 2, Missouri State 1 OT in 2009) MVC Tourney Record vs. SIU Edwardsville: 0-0

Evansville Year By Year In The MVC Tournament 1994 2002 Creighton 3, Evansville 2 (UE finishes 3rd) SMU 4, Evansville 0 (UE finishes 5th)

1995 2003 Evansville 4, Tulsa 0 Western Kentucky 2, Evansville 0 (UE finishes 5th) Creighton 2, Evansville 1 (UE finishes 2nd) 2004 1996 Creighton 3, Evansville 1 (UE finishes 5th) Evansville 1, Missouri State 0 (OT) Evansville 3, Creighton 2 (OT) (UE finishes 1st) 2005 Did not qualify 1997 Drake 2, Evansville 0 (UE finishes 5th) 2006 Drake 2, Evansville 0 (UE finishes 5th) 1998 Did not qualify 2007 Evansville 2, Missouri State 2 –UE wins shootout 5-3 1999 Creighton 2, Evansville 0 (UE finishes 3rd) Evansville 2, Vanderbilt 1 Missouri State 1, Evansville 0 (OT) (UE finishes 3rd) 2008 Bradley 0, Evansville 0 –BU wins shootout 5-4 (UE 2000 finishes 4th) Did not qualify 2009 2001 Evansville 2, Missouri State 1 (OT) Creighton 5, Evansville 3 (UE finishes 5th) Drake 2, Evansville 1 (UE finishes 2nd)

MVC STANDINGS STATE FARM MVC TOURNAMENT MVC Points Overall Wednesday, Nov. 10 Creighton 5-1-1 16 12-4-1 #3 Missouri State vs. #6 Evansville 3:00 SIU Edwardsville 4-1-2 14 9-5-3 #4 Drake vs. #5 Bradley 6:00 Missouri State 4-1-2 14 7-6-3 Drake 4-2-1 13 8-7-2 Friday, Nov. 12 Bradley 3-3-1 10 9-8-2 #2 SIU Edwardsville vs. MSU or Evansville 3:00 Evansville 3-4-0 9 7-9-1 #1 Creighton vs. Drake or Bradley 6:00 Eastern Illinois 1-5-1 4 6-10-1 Central Arkansas 0-7-0 0 3-13-0 Sunday, Nov. 14 (league win is worth 3 points; tie 1 point) Championship on Fox Sports Net 1:05 2010 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE MENʼS SOCCER SCHEDULE Fri. Aug. 20 At Saint Louis (Exhibition) T 1-1 Mon. Aug. 23 CINCINNATI (Exhibition) W 2-1 Sat. Aug. 28 Vs. Michigan (Exhibition at Ft. Wayne, IN) T 1-1 Fri. Sept. 3 Vs. Washington (at Portland, OR) W 2-1 Sun. Sept. 5 At Portland L 2-1 Fri. Sept. 10 *ALABAMA A&M W 9-0 Sun. Sept. 12 *EAST TENNESSEE STATE W 2-0 Wed. Sept. 15 BELMONT W 4-1 Fri. Sept. 17 XAVIER T 0-0 2OT Sun. Sept. 19 At Western Illinois L 3-1 Sun. Sept. 26 KENTUCKY L 2-1 2OT Wed. Sept. 29 At Indiana L 1-0 Tue. Oct. 5 At Butler L 2-1 Sat. Oct. 9 •At Drake L 2-1 Wed. Oct. 13 •SIU EDWARDSVILLE W 1-0 Sat. Oct. 16 •CREIGHTON L 2-1 OT Wed. Oct. 20 •At Missouri State L 3-0 Sun. Oct. 24 •At Bradley L 2-1 Fri. Oct. 29 •EASTERN ILLINOIS (FSC Game Of The Week) W 3-0 Sat. Nov. 6 •CENTRAL ARKANSAS W 5-0 Wed. Nov. 10 Vs. Missouri State (MVC Quarterfinals) 3:00 Fri. Nov. 12 Vs. SIU Edwardsville (MVC Semifinals) 3:00 Sun. Nov. 14 State Farm MVC Tourney Final 1:05 Fri. Nov. 19 NCAA Tournament First Round TBA *23rd ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic All Times Central •MVC Match State Farm MVC Tourney at Peoria, Ill.