2011 Virginia Tech Men's Soccer Virginia Tech Combined Team Statistics (As of Sep 13, 2011) All Games
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2011 Virginia Tech Men’s Soccer Game Notes #5 2011 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Game #6 (3-2-0, 1-0-0 ACC) Virginia Tech (3-2-0, 1-0-0 ACC) Date Opponent Time/Res at Aug. 27 HOWARD L, 2-1 #11 Boston College Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational Sept. 2 WISCONSIN L, 1-0 (OT) (4-1-0, 0-1-0 ACC) 4 CINCINNATI W, 2-1 Sept. 16, 2011 • 7:00 p.m. 10 #1 NORTH CAROLINA* W, 1-0 (2 OT) Newton Campus Field • Newton, Mass. 13 LONGWOOD W, 1-0 Live Stats: http://bceagles.cstv.com/ 2416 atMARYLAND #11 Boston * College * 7:007:00 p.m.p.m. SCOUTING #11 BOSTON COLLEGE... 20 at East Tennessee State 7:00 p.m. - Boston College enters the game with a record of 4-1-0 overall and 0-1-0 in the ACC. The Eagles opened the season with four straight wins over George Mason, Oct. 27 at American 3:00 p.m. Maryland, 4-0, on Saturday. 111 CAMPBELLat Wake Forest * 7:007:00 p.m.p.m. Fairfield, Quinnipiac, and Dartmouth, before falling in their ACC opener to 8 at N.J. Institute of Technology 7:00 p.m. - In their last game, then-No.8 Boston College fell to then-No.2 Maryland, 4-0, in College Park, Md. The Terps scored three second half goals en route to the win. 18 WRIGHT STATE 7:00 p.m. 2114 atVIRGINIA NC State * * 7:007:00 p.m.p.m. Justin Luthy had five saves in goal for BC. leads the team in scoring with 11 points on four goals and three assists. Kyle Nov. 253 CLEMSONat Radford * 7:006:00 p.m.p.m. -Bekker As a team, and CharlieBoston CollegeRugg each is outscoring have three their goals opponents, and two assists 12-7. for Amit eight Aburmad points. 28 at Duke * 7:00 p.m. ACC Tournament saves and a 1.42 goals against average. In goal, Justin Luthy has started all five games and played 443 minutes. He has 19 SERIES HISTORY... 8-13 TBABOLD AND CAPS - All games areTBA EST unless otherwise noted. men’s soccer. Home games in - This is the 10th all-time meeting between Virginia Tech and Boston College in * Atlantic Coast Conference contest - The Eagles hold a 7-1-1 series lead against the Hokies. Boston College has won LAST TIME OUT ... six straight games over Tech, dating back to the 2006 season, including a win in Longwood, 1-0, on Tuesday night at Thompson Field. After a the 2007 ACC Tournament. The last Hokie win over BC was in 2003, when then- The Hokies won their third straight match as they defeated No.16 ranked Tech beat the Eagles, 2-1 in double overtime, in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The Hokies have a 1-3 record in games played on the road at BC. The first meeting slow start, Tech got the breakthrough early in the second half was in 2001, when BC defeated Tech, 2-1, in Blacksburg. - when Drew Ranahan headed home a Ben Strong corner kick just 67 seconds into the second period. It was Ranahan’s first - In last year’s game, then-No.20 Boston College defeated Tech, 3-1, in Blacks collegiatethe end line. goal. Kevin The Reitzel Hokies appeared continued to to score put the the pressure insurance on burg on Nov. 5, 2010. The Eagles’ Charlie Rugg opened the scoring in the second Longwood as the Lancers cleared a couple of Hokie shots off minute, but Tech’s David Clemens answered in the 36th minute, making the score - 1-1 at halftime. However, Boston College got goals at 55:58 and 58:34 from Kyle goalee to for not Tech have in fully the crossed74th minute, the goal but line. his header,Kyle Renfro which posted hit Bekker and Sacir Hot, respectively, to claim the win. the crossbar and came straight down, was ruled by the refer MEDIA INFORMATION Men’s Soccer Contact ...........................................................................................Jim Rodriguez his second straight shutoutNEXT and UP finished ... with four saves. ........................................................................................................ Cell Phone ............................................................................................................ OfficeFax ........................................................................................................................... Phone (540) 231-6892 returns The Hokies home continue on Saturday, a two-game Sept. 24 road to play swing top-ranked on Tuesday, E-Mail ...................................................................................................................jmrodrig@vt.edu(440) 623-2970 Sept. 20 at East Tennessee State at 7:00 p.m. Tech then Mailing Address .......................................................... (540) 231-6894 Maryland at 7:00 p.m. Jamerson Athletics Center, Rm. 460 675 Washington St. SW www.twitter.com/VT_MSoccer www.hokiesports.com/msoccer Blacksburg, VA 24061 2011 Virginia Tech Men’s Soccer • Game Notes #5 at Boston College • 9/16/11 Virginia Tech Quick Facts Hokie Notes GENERAL FOUR GAMES TO BE LIVE ONLINE... Location .......................................................... Enrollment ..................................................................... have four games streamed live online on hokiesports.com this Founded ..............................................................................Blacksburg,1872 Va. -year. Virginia Tech has announced that the men’s soccer team will Colors ....................... 31,000 Nickname ........................................................................ Conference .......................................................Chicago maroon andAtlantic burnt orange Coast - The four contests are: President ................................................... -Sept. 13 vs. Longwood 7:00 p.m. Hokies -Sept. 24 vs. Maryland 7:00 p.m. .......................................... -Oct. 21 vs. Virginia 7:00 p.m. ..................................................CharlesThompson W. Steger Field -Nov. 3 vs. Clemson 7:00 p.m. DirectorCapacity of............................................ Athletics Jim Weaver - Fans can watch by subscribing to the Hokies All-Access package HomeSurface Field ................................................................Natural Grass atCAPTAINS... http://www.hokiesports.com/allaccess/ Press Box Phone ........................................2,028 (Record: 2,711) - This year’s team captains are r-senior James Shupp and junior ........................ www.hokiesports.com . (540) 231-8950 David Fiorello. It marks the second year in a row that Fiorello will AthleticsMen’s Soccer Website Twitter . RENFRO RACKS UP HONORS... Men’s Soccer Website . www.hokiesports.com/msoccer wear the captain’s armband for Tech. www.twitter.com/VT_MSoccer COACHINGAthletics Facebook STAFFwww.facebook.com/hokiesports - Sophomore goalkeeperSoccer Kyle RenfroAmerica’s was named the Virginia Tech ead Coach ................................................... Mike Brizendine Athleticsfor his performance Hardee’s Star against of the then-No.1 Week, the ranked ACC Co-Men’s North Carolina Soccer on Saturday. Renfro had a career-high nine saves and posted his .................................. Player of the Week and Men’s Player of the Week H ...................................... ..................... Alma Mater, Yr. James Madison, 1999 secondGAME-WINNERS... career shutout in the Hokies’ 1-0 double overtime victory. Overall Record (Yrs.) ...............................................40-51-3 (6th) RecordAssistant at CoachesVirginia ........................................................................Tech (Yrs.) 13-27-3 (3rd) ACC Record (Yrs.) 4-12-1 (3rd) - Junior midfielder Robert Alberti, James Shupp and redshirt freshmana penalty kickdefender against Drew Cincinnati Ranahan on each Sept. scored 4, while their Shupp first tallied game- Kevin Doyle (Bowling Green, 1996), 3rd season winnerthe game-winner as a Hokie against during then-No.1the past three ranked games. North Alberti Carolina scored on on Men’s Patrick Soccer McSorley Phone (James ................................... Madison, 1996), 3rd season Saturday in the second overtime period. Ranahan’s 47th minute Men’s Soccer Jeff E-mail Kinney ....................................... (American, 2003), 2nd season Men’s Soccer Fax .........................................(540) 231-0783 headerTEAMMATES... on Tuesday against Longwood was his first collegiate goal. [email protected] TEAM HISTORY (540) 231-3613 .......................................................... - Freshmen Hunter Byrnes and Drew Hartell were high school ....................... teammates at F.W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach. They also First Year of Soccer .......................... 1972 both played club soccer for Beach FC, the same club that r-junior All-TimeACC Tournament Record (Yrs.) Appearances ........................................... 330-293-61 (40th)7 Jeremy Williams played for in his prep days. - Freshmen Zach Hoover and Kevin Reitzel and sophomore Nick All-timeACC Tournament ACC Record Record (Yrs.) ...............................................13-33-9 1-7-0(8th) Smirniotopoulos all played club soccer for McLean Academy in NCAA Tournament Appearances ....................................... 4 Virginia. ..... - Drew Ranahan, sophomore Devante Dubose and junior Michael NCAA Tournament Record ............................................ Garrick all played high school soccer at Bishop O’Dowd High NCAA TournamentBest Finish .................................... Years (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007) School in Oakland, Calif. Dubose and Garrick were also members Last NCAA Opponent. ....................... 3-3-2 ofHOKIES the Mustang BY STATE... Soccer Academy for club soccer. Final Four (2007) Wake Forest (L, 2-0) 2011 OVERVIEW - The Hokies represent 10 states and one country outside the 2011 Overall Record ........................................................