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 (0-0-0, 0-0-0 MVC) Date Opponent Time/Result Friday, Aug. 30, 7 p.m. CT – at Green Bay (0-0-0, 0-0-0 Horizon) Aug. 30 at Green Bay 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 2, 7 p.m. CT – vs. IU Northwest (0-2-0*, 0-0-0 CCAC) Sept. 2 IU Northwest 7 p.m. *Entering Saturday Sept. 6 at UIC 7 p.m. This Week in Valpo Soccer: There’s work to be done on Labor Day weekend for the Sept. 13 at SMU 7 p.m. Valparaiso University men’s soccer team as the 2019 season kicks off on Friday night Sept. 15 at Oral Roberts 7 p.m. at Green Bay before the team lifts the lid on its home schedule on Monday evening at Sept. 18 at Missouri State* Noon Brown Field against IU Northwest. Valpo will debut a new-look team that features 15 Sept. 22 Evansville* 1 p.m. newcomers and 13 returning players. Sept. 25 Drake* 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at Bradley* 1 p.m. A Look Back at 2018: Valpo finished the season on a high note, putting together a Oct. 5 at SIU Edwardsville 7 p.m. six-game unbeaten streak to close the regular season, two games shy of the longest Oct. 12 at Loyola* 7 p.m. unbeaten streak in program history that occurred in 2015. It marked the first time in Oct. 19 at Milwaukee 7 p.m. program history Valpo went undefeated over the final six matches of the regular season. Oct. 23 at Drake * 6 p.m. Valpo finished the regular season third in the conference standings, the highest finish by Oct. 27 Bradley* 1 p.m. Valpo in any sport since the University joined the Missouri Valley Conference in July Oct. 30 Missouri State* Noon 2017. Valpo finished the 2018 season with just one conference setback, the fourth time Nov. 3 at Evansville* 2 p.m. in program history the team has achieved that feat. The other teams to do so were the Nov. 9 Loyola* 7 p.m. Mid-Continent Conference regular season championship teams of 1997 and 1998 and Nov. 13, 15, 17 MVC Tournament# the Horizon League regular season championship team of 2011. Valpo had three draws in Valley play in 2018, tying 2012 and 2015 for the most conference draws in a single All times Central. season in program history. Home matches in bold and played at Brown Field. * - indicates Missouri Valley Conference match Following Valpo: Both matches this weekend will feature live stats, while Monday’s # - indicates in Chicago fixture will be carried on ESPN+ with Dave Huseman (play-by-play) and Ben Ariano (color commentary) on the call. Head Coach Mike Avery: In his 13th season at the helm of the Valpo men’s soccer program, Mike Avery owns a program-record 87 career victories. Under Avery’s guid- Missouri Valley Conference ance, the team has been a stellar defensive side, as nine of the top 10 defensive seasons in program history have come during his tenure. Avery has led the program to a new Standings standard in his time as head coach, as a team that had enjoyed just one winning season Team MVC Overall in the 24 years prior to his arrival has finished above the .500 mark six times in the last Loyola 0-0-0 (0) 0-0-0 decade. He has also seen numerous players go on to play professional soccer, including Valparaiso 0-0-0 (0) 0-0-0 active pros Zev Taublieb, Kyle Zobeck, Stefan Antonijevic, Jordan Aidoud, Rafael Missouri State 0-0-0 (0) 0-0-0 Mentzingen, Nacho Miras, Ramone Howell, Matthew King, Jordan Simon, Hamid Evansville 0-0-0 (0) 0-0-0 Babaali and Lucca Lacerda. Avery shattered the program record with his 77th career Drake 0-0-0 (0) 0-0-0 victory on Sept. 16, 2017 at Drake. He reached 77 victories in his 195th career match, Bradley 0-0-0 (0) 0-0-0 while previous recordholder Mis’ Mrak needed 288 matches to accumulate 76 wins. Reloading Time: A large senior class in 2018 has led to a team that features more new- comers (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 time and join the long list of Valpo alums who have joined the pro ranks. @VUMSO A Reason to be Rosy: Although the roster saw significant turnover due to a large graduating class, the cupboard is far from bare for Mike Avery’s team. Headlining the group of returning players is fifth-year senior Demar Rose, a Preseason All-MVC choice #oneVALPO this season and one of four Missouri Valley Conference players returning in 2019 after earning first-team all-conference honors in 2018. He didn’t skip a beat after missing the 2017 season with an injury, returning in 2018 to play in all 17 games and make 14 starts in the midfield while scoring one goal and striking 24 shots. He scored a dazzling 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 equalizer in a 1-1 draw at Evansville on Oct. 27, 2018, earning a point in the Valley standings Valpo When... that allowed Valpo to clinch a conference tournament berth. At home 0-0-0 On the road 0-0-0 Senior Standout: Another veteran who has earned numerous honors over his Valpo career is Neutral site 0-0-0 senior midfielder Adan Garcia, who received 2018 MVC Honorable Mention, 2017 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team and 2017 Second-Team All-MVC. He enters his During the day 0-0-0 senior year with 10 career goals, eight assists and 28 points, needing one more assist to crack At night (5 p.m. or later local) 0-0-0 Valpo’s all-time Top 10. He turned in a hat trick on Oct. 12, 2017 at Western Illinois, the ninth in program history and the first in a road match since 1985. Garcia’s name is already Scoring first 0-0-0 in the single-season Valpo record book after he had nine goals and 22 points in 2017, both Opponent scores first 0-0-0 tied for seventh in program history. Playing overtime 0-0-0 Academic Ace: Dylan Waugaman figures to continue his success both on the field and in the classroom this year. After graduating with a 3.99 grade point average in accounting, Leading at halftime 0-0-0 the 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team honoree has begun a master’s Trailing at halftime 0-0-0 in business administration. The fifth-year senior defender became the first Valpo player Tied at halftime 0-0-0 to earn CoSIDA Academic All-American honors since Todd Vervynckt in 2013. He also earned CoSIDA Academic All-Region and MVC Scholar-Athlete First-Team recognition Outshooting opponents 0-0-0 as a redshirt junior. Waugaman received the 2018 Bill Steinbrecher Sportsmanship Award, Outshot by opponents 0-0-0 which is given annually to the male student-athlete who best exemplifies integrity and Tied in Shots 0-0-0 sportsmanship while representing Valparaiso University. He has been nominated for the business school’s distinguished student award, nominated by a faculty member as an influ- Scoring fewer than two goals 0-0-0 ential person on campus and met with University President Mark Heckler to discuss ideas Scoring two or more goals 0-0-0 about how to make Valpo a better place. Waugaman was one of three students in the 2018 graduating class who was recognized by President Heckler during the graduation ceremo- ny as a distinguished student. In addition, Waugaman is an accounting tutor, member of NABA, member of Delta Sigma Pi (business honors society) and is involved in numerous community service activities. Among MVC Leaders The Region’s D1 Team: While the tradition of recruiting far and wide continues for Valpo Individual Field Players (within Top 5) men’s soccer, the team features a heavy local flavor this season. Five Northwest Indiana Player Category Value Rank natives have joined the squad as freshmen – Danny Salazar (East Chicago, Ind. / Bishop Noll), Jack Eaton (Valparaiso, Ind. / Chesterton), Andy Lomeli (Dyer, Ind. / Lake Central), Individual Goalkeepers (within Top 3) Cole Rainwater (Schererville, Ind. / Lake Central) and Logan Tatalovich (Valparaiso, Ind. / Boone Grove). Eaton was named the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Team (within Top 3) Year and Gatorade Indiana Boys Soccer Player of the Year following his senior season after helping Chesterton to a 21-0-2 mark and 3A state title. Flying Many Flags: Despite bringing in a large crop of locals, the program has stayed true to its roots of recruiting globally. This year’s team features athletes from 10 countries – The Netherlands, Brazil, France, Jamaica, Japan, Germany, England, Italy, Sweden and the United States.