2017 Akron Men's Soccer Game Notes • Match 24 Vs
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2017 AKRON MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES • MATCH 24 VS. STANFORD 63rd Season • 2010 National Champions • 5 College Cup Appearances • 32 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 14 MAC Championships No. 2 Akron (18-3-2) 2017 Schedule and Results vs. No. 1 Stanford (17-2-2) 18-3-2/4-1-0 MAC Friday, Dec. 8 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Talen Energy Stadium (18,500) Aug. 25 at No. 16 Utah Valley L, 0-1 Aug. 28 at No. 3 Denver L, 0-1 Chester, Pa. • 6 p.m. Sept. 1 No. 10 WASHINGTON W, 2-0 Sept. 9 at Santa Barbara W, 3-1 Sept. 16 at Saint Louis T, 0-0 (2OT) Series History: Akron leads 2-0-1 Sept. 24 No. 21 UMASS LOWELL W, 5-0 Live Stats: www.gozips.com Sept. 27 No. 1 MICHIGAN STATE ! W, 4-1 Live Stream: www.gozips.com Sept. 30 SAINT MARY’S (CALIF.) W, 2-1 (2OT) Television: ESPNU/Watch ESPN (Glenn Davis pxp; Kate Markgraf - color) Oct. 3 at Syracuse W, 1-0 Oct. 7 at No. 12 Western Michigan * L, 0-1 Oct. 10 CLEVELAND STATE ! W, 2-0 Oct. 13 SIU EDWARDSVILLE * W, 3-1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEC. 7, 2017 Oct. 17 No. 8 NOTRE DAME ! W, 2-0 Oct. 21 BOWLING GREEN * W, 2-1 (OT) Oct. 24 at No. 20 Pittsburgh W, 3-0 WHAT’S AHEAD Oct. 27 at No. 25 West Virginia * W, 4-0 Second-rated and fifth-seeded Akron continues its quest to capture its second-ever NCAA Championship Nov. 1 MARSHALL ! W, 2-0 on Friday, Dec. 8, as the Zips travel to Chester, Pa., to battle ninth-seeded and No. 1 Stanford in the Nov. 4 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * W, 4-0 semifinal round of College Cup as part of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship. The 6 p.m. contest will Nov. 10 vs. SIU Edwardsville (1) W, 2-1 (2OT) Nov. 12 at No. 4 Western Michigan (1) W, 3-1 be broadcast on ESPNU and the Watch ESPN app. Nov. 19 No. 22 SEATTLE (2) W, 3-0 Nov. 25 No. 13 Wisconsin (3) W, 3-2 (OT) ZIPS’ NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY Dec. 1 at No. 6 Louisville (4) T, 0-0 (2OT, 4-3 PK) Akron maintains an 28-25-9 mark in 62 matches in NCAA Championship history, including capturing the Dec. 8 vs. No. 1 Stanford (5) 6 p.m. school’s first national championship in any sport in 2010. The Zips are 7-2-3 under head coachJared Embick. Dec. 10 NCAA College Cup Championship Since 2005, Akron owns a 19-5-9 ledger. The Zips are 3-3-1 all-time in seven contests in the College Cup. Home games in BOLD CAPS Senior Stuart Holthusen (Auckland, New Zealand) is Akron’s active leader in NCAA Tournament games * denotes Mid-American Conference match played (10) and started (9). Holthusen owns a team-high five goals in career tournament play and one assist, ! radio broadcast on WARF 1350AM while senior Sam Gainford (Liverpool, England), sophomores Nick Hinds (Plantation, Fla.) and Marcel Zajac (1) MAC Tournament (Kalamazoo, Mich.) (Mississauga, Ontario) have recorded three, two and one tournament goals, respectively. Maintaining two (2) NCAA Tournament Second Round tournament assists is senior Manuel Cordeiro (Porto, Portugal), while senior Niko De Vera (Camas, Wash.), (3) NCAA Tournament Third Round (4) NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals Holthusen and Zajac have posted one assist apiece. Holthusen enters action versus No. 1 Stanford as the (5) NCAA College Cup team’s NCAA Tournament career scoring leader with 11 points on the strength of five goals and one assist. Gainford has recorded a team-best 28 shots, including 10 on goal. Gainford, Holthusen, Hinds, Cordeiro, redshirt sophomore Skye Harter (Copley, Ohio), redshirt junior Ezana Kahsay (Asmeras, Eritrea), Zajac, senior Nate Shultz (Mayfield, Ohio), freshmen David Egbo (Enugu, Nigeria) and Joao Moutinho 2017 TEAM LEADERS (Lisbon, Portugal), seniors Pau Belana (Barcelona, Catalonia) and De Vera, junior Morgan Hackworth (Bradenton, Fla.) and redshirt junior Shane Wiedt (Akron, Ohio) have recorded 28, 25, 10, 7, 6, 4, 4, 3, AKRON 2, 2, 1, 1, 1 and 1 shot, respectively. Goals .......................... Stuart Holthusen (12) Junior goalkeeper Ben Lundt (Berlin, Germany) registered a shutout in his first-ever NCAA Tournament game versus Villanova in 2016 and has started five tournament contests for Akron allowing three goals, Assists .................................... Skye Harter (6) while pulling in 10 saves en route to posting a trio of shutouts. Points ......................... Stuart Holthusen (27) Shots .......................... Stuart Holthusen (52) AKRON VERSUS THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE SOG ..................................Sam Gainford (24) • The Zips are meeting a team from the Pac-12 Conference for second time this season and the 15th Saves ..................................... Ben Lundt (46) time in program history. • Earlier this season, Akron opened its home campaign registering a 2-0 victory over then No. 10 Washington on Sept. 1, at FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field. STANFORD • In all, Akron is 6-6-2 (.500) versus teams from the Pac-12 Conference. Goals ........................... Foster Langsdorf (13) Assists ..................................Three Players (6) SENIOR NIGHT FOR NINE ZIPS Points .......................... Foster Langsdorf (32) The Zips honored seniors Pau Belana, Nate Brown (Scarborough, Ontario), Manuel Cordeiro, Niko De Vera, Dener Dos Santos (Joinville, Brazil), Sam Gainford, Stuart Holthusen, Barth-Luther Mouafo Shots ........................... Foster Langsdorf (67) (Douala, Cameroon) and Nate Shultz prior to Akron’s game versus Northern Illinois on Nov. 4. SOG ............................. Foster Langsdorf (34) Saves ......................................Nico Corti (67) SCOUTING STANFORD Stanford enters action on Friday, Dec. 8, unbeaten in its last 13 matches following a 2-0 victory over No. 1 Wake Forest on Saturday, Dec. 2. Senior Foster Langsdorf leads the Cardinal offensive efforts this Akron Athletic Communications season pacing the team in goals (13), assists (6), points (32), shots (67), shots on goal (34) and game- Sean Palchick, Associate AC Dir. winners (5). Senior goalkeeper Nico Corti has recorded 67 saves and owns 12 shutouts on the strength (MSOC Contact) of a 0.55 and 0.43 goals against average. E-mail: [email protected] As a team, Stanford is second in the NCAA in assist per game (2.76), save percentage (.883), shutout Office Phone: (330) 972-2677 percentage (.667), goals against average (.420) and total assists (58), while ranking third in shots per game (17.10) and winning percentage (.857), fourth in total points (148), fifth in points per game (7.05), AKRON MEN’S SOCCER 1 GoZips.com/ZipsMSOC 2017 AKRON MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES • MATCH 24 VS. STANFORD 63rd Season • 2010 National Champions • 5 College Cup Appearances • 32 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 14 MAC Championships sixth in total goals (45), ninth in scoring offense (2.14) and shots on goal per contest (7.10) and 38th in Akron Quick Facts corner kicks (5.67). Individually, Langsdorf is rated sixth in game-winning goals (5), ninth in total points (32), 11th in total goals (13), 22nd in points per game (1.52), 25th in goals per tilt (0.62), 33rd in shots Location: ................................. Akron, Ohio 44325 on goal per contest (1.62) and 38th in shots per outing (3.19), while Corti is second in goals against Population: ..............................................200,000 average (.425) and save percentage (.882), third in shutouts (12) and 17th in minutes played (1906:12). ............................................... (5th largest in Ohio) STAN AKRON Founded: ....................... 1870 as Buchtel College Enrollment: ...............................................23,152 Overall Record 17-2-2 18-3-2 Conference Record 9-0-1 4-1-0 Nickname: ......................................................Zips Goals 45 50 Colors: .............................Blue (282) & Gold (871) Goals-Shot Attempts 45-359 50-334 Conference: ....................................Mid-American Goals Per Game 2.14 2.17 .........................................................(East Division) Assists 58 53 President: ................................Matthew J. Wilson Shots 359 334 Director of Athletics: ......................Larry Williams Shots On Goal 149 136 Faculty Athletics Rep: ........... Dr. Deborah Owens Shot Percentage .125 .150 Athletics Dept. Phone: ...............(330) 972-7080 Shots On Goal Percentage .415 .407 Ticket Office Phone: ...1-888-99-AKRON (-25766) Shots Per Game 17.10 14.5 Corner Kicks 119 160 Season of Soccer: ..............................63rd (1955) Opponent Corner Kicks 75 74 All-Time Record: ................................713-259-92 Penalty Kicks 5-6 4-5 Opponent Penalty Kicks 3-4 1-2 All-Time MAC Record: ........................... 121-14-8 MAC Tournament Titles: .................................. 14 SERIES HISTORY .......[1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, Akron and Stanford are squaring off for the fourth time in program history with the Zips lead the all- ....... 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017] time series, 2-0-1. In the last encounter between the two schools, Akron and the Cardinal battled to a MAC Regular-Season Titles: ............................ 19 0-0 double-overtime draw on Dec. 11, 2015, in the semifinals of the College Cup in Kansas City, Kan., NCAA Tournament Appearances: .............................32 before Stanford edged the Zips in 10 rounds of penalty kicks, 8-7. In the previous two tilts, Akron posted NCAA College Cup Appearances: .... 5 [1986, 2009, 2010, a 4-3 overtime decision at Stanford on Oct. 2, 1994, while besting the Cardinal, 2-0, at home in the third 2015, 2017] round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 29, 2009. NCAA Championshop Appearances: .. 2 [2009, 2010] AKRON-STANFORD NOTES Stadium: ........FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field • The Zips and Cardinal enter their showdown on Friday, Dec. 8, with the exact same overall records as Capacity:..........................................................5,000 they did when the two teams met in 2015. Field Dimensions: .....................................120 x 77 • For the second consecutive encounter, the two sides will come into their College Cup appearance rated No. 1 (Stanford) and No. 2 (Akron) in the country according to TopDrawerSoccer.com. Surface: ...............................................Natural Grass • Akron and Stanford share a pair of common opponents this season as each side battled Saint Louis and Washington.