2019 Men's Soccer Game Notes @VUMSO #Onevalpo
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2019 Men’s Soccer Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.771.7504 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2019 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (1-0-1, 0-0-0 MVC) Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 30 at Green Bay T 1-1 at UIC (1-1-0, 0-0-0 Horizon) Friday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m. CT – Flames Field Sept. 2 IU Northwest W 8-2 Sept. 6 at UIC 7 p.m. This Week in Valpo Soccer: The Valparaiso University men’s soccer team will begin Sept. 13 at SMU 7 p.m. a challenging stretch of four consecutive matches away from Brown Field on Friday Sept. 15 at Oral Roberts 7 p.m. night in Chicago. Valpo will battle former conference foe UIC in the lone game of a 10- Sept. 18 at Missouri State* Noon day span that leads into an active stretch of three road games in six days in three states. Sept. 22 Evansville* 1 p.m. Sept. 25 Drake* 7:30 p.m. Previously: Valpo matched a program record with eight goals in an 8-2 triumph over Sept. 29 at Bradley* 1 p.m. IU Northwest in Monday’s home opener. It marked the program’s first regular season Oct. 5 at SIU Edwardsville 7 p.m. match on new Brown Field turf that was installed over the summer. The Valpo side saw Oct. 12 at Loyola* 7 p.m. 11 different players register at least one point and seven of the eight goals were scored Oct. 19 at Milwaukee 7 p.m. by players who entered the evening seeking their first goal in a Valpo kit. The home Oct. 23 at Drake * 6 p.m. win came after a 1-1 draw at Green Bay on Friday, Aug. 30, a season opener that saw Oct. 27 Bradley* 1 p.m. Valpo lead after a 43rd minute Mason Marcey goal until the Phoenix equalized in the Oct. 30 Missouri State* Noon 89th minute. Nov. 3 at Evansville* 2 p.m. Nov. 9 Loyola* 7 p.m. Following Valpo: Live stats of Friday’s match will be available courtesy of UIC Athletics. Nov. 13, 15, 17 MVC Tournament# Head Coach Mike Avery: In his 13th season at the helm of the Valpo men’s soccer All times Central. program, Mike Avery owns a program-record 88 career victories. Under Avery’s guid- Home matches in bold and played at Brown Field. ance, the team has been a stellar defensive side, as nine of the top 10 defensive seasons * - indicates Missouri Valley Conference match in program history have come during his tenure. Avery has led the program to a new # - indicates in Chicago standard in his time as head coach, as a team that had enjoyed just one winning season in the 24 years prior to his arrival has finished above the .500 mark six times in the last decade. He has also seen numerous players go on to play professional soccer, including active pros Zev Taublieb, Kyle Zobeck, Stefan Antonijevic, Jordan Aidoud, Rafael Mentzingen, Nacho Miras, Ramone Howell, Matthew King, Jordan Simon, Hamid Missouri Valley Conference Babaali and Lucca Lacerda. Avery shattered the program record with his 77th career victory on Sept. 16, 2017 at Drake. He reached 77 victories in his 195th career match, Standings while previous recordholder Mis’ Mrak needed 288 matches to accumulate 76 wins. Team MVC Overall Loyola 0-0-0 (0) 2-0-0 Making It Rain: Cole Rainwater had seven points in Monday’s 8-2 victory over IU Valparaiso 0-0-0 (0) 1-0-1 Northwest, becoming the first player in Mike Avery’s 13-year coaching tenure to turn in Missouri State 0-0-0 (0) 1-0-0 seven points in a match for Valpo. The last player to do so was Paul Leitelt on Aug. 27, Evansville 0-0-0 (0) 1-1-0 2006 vs. Evansville. Rainwater was the fifth player in program history with a seven-point Bradley 0-0-0 (0) 0-0-1 performance and the 10th to turn a hat trick. Valpo’s last seven hat tricks have all been Drake 0-0-0 (0) 0-2-0 scored by players in their first or second year in the program. His hat trick was Valpo’s third in the last four years (Kendan Anderson and Adan Garcia) after the team had gone a decade between hat tricks prior to Anderson’s in 2016. For his efforts, Rainwater was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week on Tuesday. Strong Beginnings: Valpo debuted its new Brown Field turf by equaling a program record for goals in a game on Monday night, downing IU Northwest 8-2 in the home opener. Valpo matched the team watermark of eight goals that was established on Aug. 26, 2011 against Calumet and had stood alone ever since. Monday was the sixth time @VUMSO in program history Valpo prevailed by six goals or more and the first time the team had a margin of victory that large since the aforementioned 2011 game against Calumet. #oneVALPO Immediate Overtime: In Friday’s 1-1 draw at Green Bay, Valpo went to overtime in the season opener for the fourth year in a row and the seventh time in the last eight years. It marked the fourth time in that span and the first since 2014 that the team started the season with a draw. 2019 Men’s Soccer Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.771.7504 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Dandy Debut: Freshman Edvin Holst helped Valpo to a 1-1 draw in the season opener on Valpo When... Friday, Aug. 30 at Green Bay by grabbing eight saves in his collegiate debut. He played all At home 1-0-0 110 minutes in goal and tied the most saves by any Valpo goalkeeper since Nico Campbell On the road 0-0-1 had nine on Sept. 9, 2014 vs. Butler. Holst’s save total was the highest by a Valpo goalkeeper Neutral site 0-0-0 in his first career start since Marc Cilfone had 10 at Bradley in 2001. During the day 0-0-0 Series Notes: Valpo and UIC will face off for the first time since the two teams shared At night (5 p.m. or later local) 1-0-1 Horizon League affiliation from 2007-2016. Valpo dropped the most recent meeting on Oct. 22, 2016 in Chicago 1-0. The Flames have won five straight in the head-to-head series with Scoring first 1-0-1 all five coming by one goal and four of the five by the score of 1-0. Valpo’s most recent win Opponent scores first 0-0-0 over UIC was on Oct. 29, 2011, 1-0 in overtime in Northwest Indiana. Valpo will look for its first win at UIC as the team enters the match with an 0-11-2 record when visiting the Playing overtime 0-0-1 Flames in a series that dates back to 1984. Overall, Valpo is 3-21-2 against its nearby foe. Leading at halftime 1-0-1 Scouting the Flames: UIC split a pair of fixtures at the Wolstein Classic in Columbus, Trailing at halftime 0-0-0 Ohio over Labor Day weekend. The Flames topped Dayton 3-2 in overtime before falling Tied at halftime 0-0-0 1-0 to Big Ten foe Ohio State. Josiah Ash, Alwin Seitz and Roberto Alonzo have scored goals for head coach Sean Phillips’ team this season. The Flames are three-time defending Outshooting opponents 1-0-0 Horizon League champions and were picked to finish second in the league’s preseason poll Outshot by opponents 0-0-1 while hauling in five of the nine first-place votes. UIC went 12-6-2 and 5-2-1 in conference Tied in Shots 0-0-0 play a year ago en route to an NCAA Tournament appearance. The Flames were a perfect 7-0-0 at home last season and have won 13 straight Flames Field fixtures dating back to Scoring fewer than two goals 0-0-1 Sept. 16, 2017 vs. Wright State. Scoring two or more goals 1-0-0 Reloading Time: A large senior class in 2018 has led to a team that features more newcom- ers (15) than returnees (13) in 2019. The team had 15 players depart from last year’s team, including dynamic strikers Rafael Mentzingen and Lucca Lacerda, who have both gone on to play professionally. Speaking of playing professionally, goalkeeper Nacho Miras made the decision to forgo his redshirt senior season when he had the opportunity to graduate on Among MVC Leaders time and join the long list of Valpo alums who have reached the pro ranks. Individual Players (within Top 2) Player Category Value Rank A Reason to be Rosy: Although the roster saw significant turnover due to a large gradu- Mason Marcey Shots 10 1st ating class, the cupboard is far from bare for Mike Avery’s team. Headlining the group of Cole Rainwater Shots 8 2nd returning players is fifth-year senior Demar Rose, a Preseason All-MVC choice this season Cole Rainwater Points 7 1st and one of four Missouri Valley Conference players returning in 2019 after earning first- Mason Marcey Points 5 2nd team all-conference honors in 2018.