UC IRVINE MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES Alex Croteau, Media Relations Asst. · Phone: (949) 824-8934 · Address: Intercollegiate Athletics Bldg. 625 Humanities Quad, Irvine, CA - 92697-4500 Email: [email protected] · Twitter: @UCImsoc · Facebook.com/UCImsoc · www.ucirvinesports.com - YouTube.com/UCIAthletics September 29, 2015 UPCOMING MATCHES NET GAINS UCSB Gauchos at UC Irvine Anteaters HONORS AND ACCOLADES The Anteaters split the weekend winning 4-1 at home against LMU Thursday, October 1, 2015 SD Central Aztec All-Tournament Team 7:00 PM - Anteater Stadium before falling in overtime at UCLA, -4 3. Ivan Canales - Offensive MVP Jack Birkenbeuel Cal Poly Mustangs at UC Irvine Anteaters UCI increased its record to 2-0 over Loyola schools this season Michael Breslin Saturday, October 3, 2015 having defeated LMU and Loyola-Chicago. The four-goal effort was Matthew Tilley 7:00 PM - Anteater Stadium just the second time the for the Anteaters in the last four seasons Top Drawer Soccer Player Rankings with a 4-2 win at UNLV last year. It’s the first time they’ve buried GENERAL INFORMATION Mats Bjurman - Preseason 38 four in front of the home crowd since 2011 against UNLV. Matthew Tilley - Preseason 100 Location: Irvine, Calif. Founded: 1962 (opened 1965) Preseason Big West Poll Nickname: Anteaters Colors: Blue & Gold The Anteater offense flowed on into Sunday with three more goals North Place South Enrollment: 29,000 in match that saw six goals in the second half alone. UC Santa Barbara (7) 1 (5) UC Irvine Chancellor: Howard Gillman, Ph.D. Cal Poly (1) 2 (2) CSUN Athletic Director: Mike Izzi “I am pleased with the attacking mentality the players have em- UC Davis 3 (1) Cal State Fullerton Athletics Phone: (949) 824-6931 Sacramento State 4 UC Riverside braced in our last two games,” lauded Head Coach Chris Volk. “They Home Arena: Anteater Stadium (2,500) Preseason All-Big West Team Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Big West have a better understanding of their roles and how their dynamic movement complements each other in our build up to goal. We Mats Bjurman 2014 Record: 16-6-3 Big West Record: 4-5-1 (2nd South) Eduardo Calzada Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 22/10 Newcomers: 10 must continue to execute when those opportunities are created. Michael Sperber There is a lot of quality and ability to score goals. The players must SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (2-5-2) remain committed to NATIONAL RANKINGS Date Opponent Time/Result achieving team results.” Scoring Deluge Sun. Aug. 16 & at UNLV D, 1-1 Largest scoring totals over consecutive matches NSCAA Soccer Top CS Hero Fri. Aug. 28 Loyola Chicago W, 1-0 Week America Drawer News Sports Fri. Sept. 4 at Omaha L, 0-1 The 12 total goals in Goals Year(s) Pre 20 18 11 19 18 Sun. Sept. 6 at Creighton L, 0-4 consecutive matches 17 1984 1 13 15 10 15 18 Fri. Sept. 11 at San Diego D, 1-1 are the first for the 16 1989 2 NR NR NR RV 27 Sun. Sept. 13 San Diego State D, 0-0 14 1994 & 1995 3 NR NR NR RV 27 program since 2010, 13 1992 & 2005 Thurs. Sept. 17 at Oral Roberts L(2OT), 1-2 4 NR NR NR NR NR third time in the last 20 12 1985 - 1986 - 1988 - 1993 Sun. Sept. 20 at SMU L, 0-2 5 NR NR NR NR NR years, and 13th time in 1994 - 1996 - 2010 - 2015 Thurs. Sept. 24 Loyola Marymount W, 4-1 program history. The all Sun. Sept. 27 at UCLA L, 3-4 COACH’S CORNER Thurs. Oct. 1 * UC Santa Barbara 7:00 PM -time high came in the inaugural season when back-to-back match- Sat. Oct. 3 * Cal Poly 7:00 PM es saw UCI win 5-3, again against LMU, and 7-2, at Cal Lutheran. On the recent offense: Thurs. Oct. 8 * at Sacramento State 4:00 PM “I am pleased with the attacking mental- Sat. Oct. 10 * at UC Davis 1:00 PM The ‘Eaters got seven goals over the span of two matches for the ity the players have embraced in our last Wed. Oct. 14 * UC Riverside 7:00 PM first time since 2011 when it happened on their road trip to Wis- two games. They have a better under- Sat. Oct. 17 * at Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM consin and Illinois-Chicago, and again in conference play against Wed. Oct. 21 * at UC Riverside 7:00 PM standing of their roles and how their CSUN and Cal Poly. Sat. Oct. 24 * at CSUN 7:00 PM dynamic movement complements each Wed. Oct. 28 * Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM other in our build up to goal. We must Sat. Oct. 31 * CSUN 7:00 PM FIRST OFFENDERS continue to execute when those oppor- UCI got a lot of firsts among its offensive explosion of a weekend. tunities are created. There is a lot of * - Big West Conference match & - Exhibition match Home matches in BOLD Nine of the 10 goals on the season have come in the second half quality and ability to score goals. The with five of those landing in the 60-75 minute window. players must remain committed to achieving team results.” STAT LEADERS Luis Leon got his first career goal Thursday night in the win over LMU, and followed that up with his first career game-winner On the team’s focus entering October: Goals Shots on Goal minutes later to complete his first career two-goal match. “We have learned a great deal through- Canales 3 Phillips 10 Leon 2 Calzada 9 out our non-conference schedule. Those Calzada 2 Leon 7 On board for the game-winner was senior transfer Jaime Phillips games have prepared our team for the Phillips 2 Canales 6 with his first assist and point on the DI level. He got his first goal as Big West Conference title chase. Our Molina 1 Gonzalez 4 an Anteater later in the 68th minute, and added a goal Sunday players know that they must approach night to be the only player to score in multiple matches thus far. each game with a competitive spirit and Game-Winners Minutes collective confidence. We need all of our Leon 1 Tilley 876 Freshman Ivan Canales got the first three assists of his career help- players to step up and lead in the most Molina 1 Breslin 860 Janjigian 860 critical moments of every game. The Assists Birkenbeuel 856 2015 Big West Standings month of October will be a battle for Canales 3 Bjurman 839 * as of Sept. 24 everyone.” Gonzalez 3 BWC Overall Bjurman 2 Totals UCI Opp North Pts W L T W L T Home Goals GA On the offense’s potential: Calzada 2 Goals 10 15 1 Cal Poly 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 3-0-0 10 8 "We have enough quality in our team Mendoza 2 Shots 110 125 2 UC Santa Barbara 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 3-1-0 18 11 that we can score goals. The fact that Phillips 1 On Goal 46 55 3 UC Davis 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 3-1-0 17 19 we scored three goals in the first seven Corners 53 37 4 Sacramento State 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 1-0-1 10 12 Shots Fouls 113 124 South Pts W L T W L T Home Goals GA games lends to us playing in some pretty Calzada 20 Yellows 19 23 1 Cal State Fullerton 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 4-1-0 14 10 tough environments. It's not easy to Leon 18 Saves 40 36 2 CSUN 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1-1-1 11 9 score goals anywhere especially the Phillips 14 3 UC Riverside 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 1-1-0 12 16 road. Nice to do it at home at Welcome Bjurman 13 Home Attendance 4 UC Irvine 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 2-0-1 10 15 Week in front of our fans." Canales 12 1678 | Average (559) 3 points for a win - 1 point for a draw - 0 points for a loss ‘EATER STATISTICS SCORING ing along the Thursday night goals. Gerardo Gonzalez added his own three-assist night on Sunday. Prior to the weekend, an Anteater had earned three assists in a match just four times in program 1’ - 46’ - Overall 2-5-2 history with the last being Anthony Hamilton in 2005. Canales and Gonzalez become the second pair 2’ - 47’ - Home 2-0-1 3’ - 48’ - of ‘Eaters to do it in the same Away 0-5-1 4’ - 49’ - season since Jimmy Malaver West Unrest Neutral 0-0-0 5’ 1 50’ - and John Gunderson in 1988. Breaking down each Big West school’s non-conference performance per match 6’ - 51’ 1 Stat Matches Goals Shots Fouls Corners Cards* vs. Non-conference 2-5-2 7’ - 52’ 1 RECAP AND RESET Cal Poly 8 1.25 10.6 13.4 3.5 19 8’ - 53’ - Cal State Fullerton 9 1.56 11.6 12.2 3.0 13 vs. Ranked teams 0-1-0 Non-conference play comes to 9’ - 54’ - CSUN 8 1.50 8.6 11.1 3.4 19 vs. Unranked teams 1-4-2 10’ - 55’ - a close with the focus turned Sacramento State 8 1.25 11.0 11.4 3.4 17 UC Davis 9 1.89 15.1 10.9 3.6 16 11’ - 56’ - toward Big West play now, but In California 2-1-2 UC Irvine 9 1.11 12.2 12.6 5.9 23 12’ - 57’ - first a look at how everyone Outside California 0-4-0 UC Riverside 9 1.67 12.2 10.4 3.7 17 13’ - 58’ - fared.