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TABLE OF CONTENTS CREDITS The 2014 UTEP Soccer Factbook is a copyrighted publication of the UTEP Athletics Media Relations Office. Managing Editor Mark Brunner Editorial Assistance Drew Bonney, Kevin Coleman, Jeff Darby, Aaron Hyder, Denise Mata Lisa Sanchez & Audrey Westcott Layout and Design Mark Brunner & Denise Mata Cover Designs Charles Davis Official UTEP Photographers Michael Reese & Ivan Pierre Aguirre Additional Photography Provided by: Brian Kanof, Christ Chavez, El Paso Herald-Post Archives, El Paso Times (Ruben Ramirez & Mark Lambie), Getty Images (Drew Hallowell, Mario Prosperino), NCAA Photos, Ray Navarro, The Sun Bowl Association, University Communications (J.R. Hernandez, Laura Trejo), UTEP Library (Special Collections, Claudia Rivers). Copy current as of Aug. 21, 2014. MEDIA RELATIONS INFO UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Mailing Address: Location: El Paso, Texas Brumbelow Building Room 126 Founded: 1914 2 PREVIEW 201 Glory Road Enrollment: 23,003 El Paso, TX 79902 Nickname: Miners Website: www.utepathletics.com 3 Preseason Notes Colors: Dark Blue, Orange, Silver Accent 4 Miners At A Glance MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF Conference: Conference USA 5 This Is UTEP Soccer Sr. Assoc. AD for Communications: Home Pitch: University Field (500) Jeff Darby President: Dr. Diana Natalicio 6 MEET THE MINERS Secondary FB Contact, Director of Athletics: Bob Stull Men’s Basketball & Women’s Golf Senior Woman Adminstrator: Julie Levesque 7 Returnees Office: (915) 747-6652 16 Newcomers Cell: (915) 204-0642 SOCCER STAFF [email protected] Email: Head Coach: Kevin Cross 18 COACHING STAFF Director for Media Relations: Denise Mata Career Record: 161-89-15 (14th year) 19 Kevin Cross - Head Coach Football, Publications UTEP Record: Same 22 Heather Clark - Assistant Coach Office: (915) 747-6653 Assistant Coach: 23 Ashleigh Decker - Assistant Coach Cell: (915) 820-2458 Heather Clark (UTEP ‘06, Fifth Year) Email: [email protected] Assistant Coach: 24 Andrew Latham - Program Coordinator Ashleigh Decker (UTEP '07, Third Year) 24 Tori Martyn - Program Coordinator Associate Director for MR: Soccer Phone: Mark Brunner (915) 747-7178 Football, Publications 25 IN REVIEW Women’s Basketball, Soccer & Rifle Soccer Fax: Office: (915) 747-5722 (915) 747-7191 26 2013 Results Cell: (915) 472-6038 27 2013 Individual Stats Email: [email protected] SOCCER INFORMATION 28 2013 Team Game-By-Game Year Program Started: 1996 29 2013 Opponent Game-By-Game Assistant Director for MR: Overall Record: 203-137-22 (18 seasons) Drew Bonney Home: 125-38-11 Tennis, Softball Away: 58-85-7 (915) 747-7447 30 HISTORY & RECORDS Office: Neutral: 20-14-4 Cell: (915) 309-4478 NCAA Tournament Appearances: One 31 Series History Email: [email protected] 2005 (1-1 record; at-large bid) 33 Year-By-Year Results UTEP 3, at Texas 2, ot (11/11/05) 39 Year-By-Year Miscellaneous MR Graduate Assistant: Aaron Hyder #6 California 2, UTEP 1 (11/13/05) 40 UTEP Single Game Cross Country & Men's Golf 2013 Overall Record: 12-6-3 41 UTEP Single Season Cell: (615) 574-8590 2013 C-USA Record: 5-3-0 (Third) 42 Opponent Single Game Email: [email protected] 2013 C-USA Tourney: 0-1 43 Opponent Single Season Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5 44 Individual Single Game MR Graduate Assistant: Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 18/7 Audrey Westcott 45 Individual Single Season Volleyball, Track & Field Newcomers: 7 46 Single Season By Class Office: (915) 747-6451 47 Career Records Cell: (915) 490-1425 48 All Time Roster Email: [email protected] 50 Athletic Awards 51 Academic Awards 2014 PRESEASON NOTES 2014 PRESEASON NOTES PREVIEW Getting To Know You This Is UTEP Soccer The Miners return six starters and 18 letterwinners from last UTEP has reached at least 10 wins in 12 straight seasons, year. There will be seven true freshmen in the mix as well, which has allowed it to place 25th nationally in that giving head coach Kevin Cross a big roster to work with. timeframe with 158 triumphs. The Miners have tallied 574 Depth can be both a blessing and a curse, depending on the goals in the sequence to rate 14th in the country. chemistry of the team and an individual’s willingness to sacrifice playing time. There's No Place Like Home The Miners are 99-17-7 at home since 2002. UTEP's success Preseason Premonitions has been fueled by tremendous support, with 52,396 fans UTEP was predicted to finish fifth out of 14 squads in the packing University Field since 2005. The Orange and Blue regular season as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Last have paced C-USA in attendance four times since joining the year the Orange and Blue finished third in the league and league. earned a first-round bye to the league's pinnacle event. MINERS Miners Galore In Our Seniors We Trust For the second straight year, the roster will feature 26 student- A piece to the puzzle in 2014 will be the leadership from the athletes. That figure is the largest at the start of season at five-member senior class. GK Sarah Dilling, MF Mackenzie UTEP since head coach Kevin Cross' first team. Playing time German and D Tayler O’Hayre highlight the group as returning will be a premium, which may initially be an adjustment but starters while D Hannah Asuchak & F/MF Stephanie Sazo will ultimately result in good for the squad in the long run. took on reserve roles a year ago. Going Over The Schedule Close Calls Twelve home matches, including renewing the FirstLight The Miners sported a record of 9-5-0 in games decided by Federal Credit Union battle of I-10 against NM State, contests one goal last year. By utilizing a deep bench, the Miners had against Northern Arizona, UNLV, Weber State and a 10- fresher legs throughout the tilt while also being mentally game Conference USA slate highlight the 2014 UTEP soccer sharper. schedule. The Miners kick off the campaign at home by playing host to Texas State (Aug. 22), with the annual Alumni Road Warriors Association Tailgate taking place two hours before kick-off at UTEP posted the second-most road wins in school history 5 p.m. They will also welcome NM State (Aug. 27), Incarnate STAFF last year, rolling to a mark of 6-2-1 in hostile territory. It was Word (Aug. 29), Houston Baptist (Aug. 31), Southern Utah the first winning season away from home since 2009 and (Sept. 5), UNLV (Sept. 19) and Northern Arizona (Sept. 21) fourth overall at the school. The 2005 squad (7-2-1) holds the to the Sun City during non-conference action. The match- standard while the Orange and Blue also finished above .500 ups the weekend of Aug. 29 will be part of the Fifth-Annual on the road in 2002 (3-2-0) and 2009 (4-3-0). Border Bash while the 15th-Annual Border Shootout is slated for the weekend of Sept. 19. UNLV was 10-8-3 last year while Getting To Know Coach Cross NAU compiled a mark of 11-5-3. A familiar face will be on the sideline with head coach Kevin Cross. He joined the program as an assistant coach in 1997, That's A Lot of Soccer one year after its inception. He has served as head coach UTEP’s four healthy seniors (Hannah Asuchak, Sarah since 2001, compiling a mark of 161-89-15. Cross endured a Dilling, Mackenzie German & Tayler O'Hayre) have challenging first year (3-11-2) but has not been saddled with a combined to play 18,431 minutes (307.2 hours) during their losing season since. careers. IN REVIEW Regional Recognition UTEP's achievements have not gone unnoticed in the highly- competitive NCAA Central Region. The Miners have earned a spot in the region rankings for 10 straight seasons. RECORDS 3 MINERS AT A GLANCE THIS IS UTEP SOCCER 2014 Schedule 2014 UTEP SOCCER NUMERICAL ROSTER Date Opponent Time No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Miner Soccer Is... Aug. 22 Texas State 7 p.m. 1 Bri Williamson F 5-8 Fr.-HS El Paso, Texas (Chapin HS) Aug. 24 @ Abilene Christian 12 p.m. 2 Kenah Linger D/MF 5-5 Sr.-3L Dallas, Texas (John Horn HS) PREVIEW Aug. 27 NM State 7 p.m. 3 Hannah Asuchak D 5-7 Jr.-2L Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Dr. EP Scarlett) about WINS ... earning AWARDS ... excelling in ACADEMICS Aug. 29 Incarnate Word& 7 p.m. 4. Bri Thomas F 5-4 Fr-HS El Paso, Texas (Hanks HS) Aug. 31 Houston Baptist& 1 p.m. 5 Taylor Milburn F 5-4 Fr.-HS Cedar Park, Texas (Round Rock HS) Sept.. 5 Southern Utah 7 p.m. 6 Lauren Katada MF 5-2 R-So.-1L Dallas, Texas (McKinney Boyd) 7 Amanda Pak F 5-6 Jr.-2L Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Dr. EP Scarlett) Sept. 12 @ Utah Valley 5 p.m. 10 Alexa Bain D/MF 5-7 Fr.-HS Dallas, Texas (Byron Nelson HS) Sept. 14 @ Weber State 12 p.m. 11 Angela Cutaia F 5-6 So-1L Burlington, Ontario, Canada (Notre Dame Secondary) Sept. 19 UNLV% 5 p.m. 12 Stephanie Sazo F/MF 5-0 Jr.-2L El Paso, Texas (Montwood HS) Sept. 21 Northern Arizona% 5:30 p.m. 14 Mackenzie German MF 5-5 Jr.-2L Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Strathcona HS) Sept. 26 @ Middle Tennessee* 6 p.m. 15 Keighton Allen GK 5-9 Fr.-RS Wichita, Kan. (Bishop Carroll HS) Sept. 28 @ UAB* 11 a.m. 16 Nicole Lindsay D/MF 5-4 Fr.-HS Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Archbishop O’Leary HS) Oct. 3 North Texas* 7 p.m.