Welcome to the 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship

Corbett Stadium (Tampa, Fla.) on the campus of University of South Florida (USF) will host the 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship. Opened in 2011, Corbett Stadium is one of the top collegiate soccer facilities in the country. The facility provides fans the opportunity to be right on top of the action, while producing an electric environment. Four teams - USF, Tulsa, UConn and UCF - advanced to the semifi nals. No. 3 UConn will play No. 2 Tulsa at 4:30 p.m. ET on Fri., Nov. 11. In the other semifi nal the same day, No. 4 UCF will play No. 1 seed and host USF at 7 p.m. ET. The championship game will be held at Noon ET on November 13. The American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship enters a new format this season. New changes for 2016 include no quarterfi nal rounds and the semifi nals/championship game hosted on the campus of the No. 1 seed. Both semifi nals matchups will be broadcast live on The American Digital Network at www.YouTube.com/AmericanAthleticConf. Sunday’s championship game will carried live on ESPN3 and aired tape delayed on ESPNU (4 p.m. ET).

No. 3 UConn

Nov. 11, 4:30 p.m. ET Tampa, Fla.

No. 2 Tulsa Nov. 13, Noon ET Tampa,a pa, Fla. a 2016 American Men’s Soccer Champion Tape Delay, 4 p.m. ET No. 4 UCF

Nov. 11, 7 p.m. ET Tampa, Fla.

No. 1 USF

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2016 NCAA Championship – Men’s College Cup The winner of the the American Athletic Conference Championship receives the league’s automatic bid to the 48-team NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. The 2016 NCAA Championship marks the 58th anniversary of the tournament. First, second and third round games, as well as the quarterfi nals, are held on the campuses of participating institutions in a single-elimination format. The College Cup, which includes the national semifi nals and championship, will be held at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas on Dec. 9 and 11.

2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship Schedule

First Round Campus Sites Thurs., Nov. 17 Second Round Campus Sites Sun., Nov. 20 Third Round Campus Sites Sat., Nov. 26 Quarterfi nals Campus Sites Fri.-Sat., Dec. 2-4 Semifi nals BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, Texas Fri., Dec. 9 Championship BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, Texas Sun., Dec. 11

2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 1 2016 AWARD WINNERS AND ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR DEFENSIVE OF THE YEAR GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR Matias Pyysalo Prosper Figbe Spasoje Stefanovic UCF, Jr., M USF, So., B USF, Sr. Pyysalo led the Figbe was a four-time Stefanovic, who American with 14 American Defensive earned the league’s points and six goals Player of the Week Goalkeeper of the in league play. He is selection. He anchored Year honor in 2014, a two-time American a USF backline that posted five shutouts Offensive Player of the notched fi ve shutouts in conference play and Week candidate and in league play. The sophomore was is riding a scoreless streak of 293 ranked 11th the NCAA in points per also named to the All-American Athletic consecutive minutes into the American game at the start of the American Conference First Team for his efforts Championship semifi nals. He was also Championship. The junior tallied his this season. named to the All-American Athletic seventh-career game-winning goal in Conference First Team. the 1-0 win over Cincinnati on Nov. 5. It was also his third game-winner in league play this season.

MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR Adam Wilson Garrett McLaughlin USF Cincinnati, So. SMU, Fr., F USF head coach Wilson led the Bearcats George Kiefer and with five goals this McLaughlin led the his staff garnered season. He ranked Top Mustangs with 12 Coaching Staff of the 3 in the NCAA in assists points this year. Year honors after per match and total The rookie recorded claiming the American assists, and tied for his fourth goal of regular-season title and the top overall ® fi rst in American play the season last Saturday in SMU’s seed in the American Championship. The Bulls tallied 30 points in league in the same categories. The Scotland season fi nale at UConn. He was also a native was named TopDrawerSoccer’s unanimous selection to the American Men’s Player of the Week on Oct. 18 Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team. TEAM FAIR PLAY AWARD after scoring one goal and recording UConn four assists over the course of two UConn earned the games against IUPUI and Temple, Team Fair Play respectively. Award after totaling 108 points (68 fouls, eight yellow cards and zero red cards) during conference play. The Fair Play Award is given to the team that accumulates the fewest points: foul (one point), yellow card (fi ve points) and red card (10 points).

ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE [*] Unanimous Selection FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM ROOKIE TEAM Matias Pyysalo, M, Jr., UCF Patrick Nielsen, B, Fr., Cincinnati Brian Jamba, M, UCF Adam Wilson, M, So., Cincinnati Simen Olafsen, B, So., UConn Ryan Melink, M, Cincinnati *Kwame Awuah, M, Sr., UConn Raul Gonzalez, M, Sr., Memphis Patrick Nielsen, B, Cincinnati *Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, So., UConn Joonas Jokinen, F, Jr., Temple David Sanz, M, Cincinnati Jake Nerwinski, B, Sr., UConn Melvin Becket, F, Sr., USF Niko Petridis, M, UConn Nazeem Bartman, F, Sr., USF Jordan Cano, B, Jr., SMU Munir Saleh, M, UConn Prosper Figbe, B, So., USF Mauro Cichero, M, Jr., SMU Jackson Morse, M, Memphis Lindo Mfeka, M, Sr., USF Jake McGuire, GK, Sr., Tulsa *Garrett McLaughlin, F, SMU Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, Sr., USF Matt Puig, F, Fr., Tulsa Albert Moreno, M, Temple *Jorge Gomez Sanchez, F, Sr., Temple Ray Saari, M, Sr., Tulsa *Alejandro Chavez, B, Tulsa Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Sr., Temple Zack Stavrou, B, Jr., Tulsa Matt Puig, F, Tulsa

2 2 016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP AMERICAN REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS (AS OF NOV. 5) AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL TP W L T W-L PCT H A N STREAK ^USF RV/RV 18 6 1 0 9-6-2 .588 6-2-2 3-4-0 0-0-0 W4 Tulsa 13 4 2 1 9-4-4 .647 6-2-1 3-2-2 0-0-1 W2 UConn 10 3 3 1 11-6-1 .639 7-2-1 4-4-0 0-0-0 T1 UCF 9 3 4 0 5-10-0 .333 5-3-0 0-7-0 0-0-0 W1 Cincinnati 9 3 4 0 9-7-1 .559 6-3-0 3-4-1 0-0-0 L1 Temple 8 2 3 2 10-6-2 .611 8-0-2 2-6-0 0-0-0 L1 SMU 7 2 4 1 6-9-1 .406 5-6-0 1-3-1 0-0-0 T1 Memphis 7 2 4 1 8-8-1 .500 6-2-0 2-5-1 0-1-0 L1

(NCSAA/TopDrawerSoccer rankings)

[^] Regular season champion

USF sophomore Prosper Figbe

OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS All Games Played American Games Only

Player GP Goals Assists Points Player GP Goals Assists Points Jorge Gomez Sanchez, TEM 18 14 3 31 Matias Pyysalo, UCF 7 6 2 14 Matias Pyysalo, UCF 15 10 5 25 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UCONN 7 3 2 8 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 16 10 4 24 Adam Wilson, CIN 6 2 3 7 Matthew Puig, TLS 7 3 1 7 Adam Wilson, CIN 16 5 10 20 Nazeem Bartman, USF 6 2 2 6 Matthew Puig, TLS 17 7 1 15 Ray Saari, TLS 4 2 1 5 Ray Saari, TLS 12 5 4 14 Daniel Oginni, CIN 5 2 1 5 Ryan Melink, CIN 15 5 3 13 Lindo Mfeka, USF 6 1 3 5 Joonas Jokinen, TEM 14 3 6 12 Cal Jennings, UCF 6 1 3 5 Jackson Morse, MEM 17 6 0 12 Rollie Rocha, TLS 6 2 1 5 Lindo Mfeka, USF 11 3 5 11 Melvin Becket, USF 7 2 1 5 Kwame Awuah, UConn 7 2 1 5 Nazeem Bartman, USF 15 4 3 11 Kay Duit, TLS 7 2 1 5 Garrett McLaughlin, SMU 16 4 3 11 Garrett McLaughlin, SMU 7 2 1 5 GOALKEEPING LEADERS All Games Played American Games Only Player GP GA Minutes GA Avg. Player GP GA Minutes GA Avg. Scott Levene, UConn 18 13 1664:49 0.70 Spasoje Stefanovic, USF 6 2 552:38 0.33 Alex Cagle, TEM 18 15 1653:27 0.82 Michael Nelson, SMU 6 4 572:38 0.63 Jake McGuire, TLS 17 19 1615:30 1.06 Scott Levene, UConn 7 6 652:42 0.83 Spasoje Stefanovic, USF 14 16 1283:18 1.12 Alex Cagle, TEM 7 7 669:09 0.94 Pedro Diaz, CIN 16 19 1477:13 1.16 Jake McGuire, TLS 7 7 650:00 0.97 Michael Nelson, SMU 15 17 1317:32 1.16 Matt Rosenberg, UCF 7 10 636:16 1.41 Jake Leeker, MEM 17 25 1536:30 1.46 Jake Leeker, MEM 7 11 650:00 1.52 Matt Rosenberg, UCF 14 22 1277:43 1.55 Pedro Diaz, CIN 6 11 540:00 1.83

2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 3 USF MUSTANGS 9-6-2 OVERALL, 6-2-2 AMERICAN • NO. 1 SEED

Location: ...... Tampa, Fla. Nickname: ...... Bulls Colors: ...... Green & Gold Enrollment: ...... 48,373 Founded: ...... 1956 Director of Athletics: ...... Mark Harlan Home Field/Capacity: ...... Corbett Stadium/2,000 Head Coach: ...... George Kiefer Assistant Coaches: ...... Fred Dikranian, Bryheem Hancock, ...... Jose Robles

Statistical Leaders Player GP Goals Assists Points Nazeem Bartman 15 4 3 11 Lindo Mfeka 11 3 5 11 Melvin Becket 17 3 3 9 Luis Garza 16 3 0 6 Marcus Epps 11 1 2 4 Ricardo Gomez 16 0 4 4 HHeadd CCoachh GGeorge KiKieferf Goalkeeper GP Min. Saves GA/GAA SO Spasoje Stefanovic 14 1283:18 49 16/1.12 8 USF BULLS (9-6-2 Overall / 6-1-0 American) AUGUST 26 Michigan T, 0-0 (2OT) 29 RV/NR American T, 1-1 (2OT) SEPTEMBER 2 at RV/NR Virginia Tech L, 1-4 5 at No. 7/2 Maryland L, 1-4 8 Jacksonville L, 0-2 10 San Francisco W, 2-0 14 RV/RV North Florida W, 1-0 18 RV/NR Buffalo W, 3-0 24 at UCF* W, 2-1 27 No. 5/6 Clemson L, 0-1

OCTOBER 1 at Cincinnati* L, 1-2 6 Tulsa* W, 2-0 11 at No. 16/22 Florida Gulf Coast L, 2-3 15 at No. 24/13 UConn* (ADN) W, 1-0 22 Memphis* W, 1-0 29 at SMU* (ADN) W, 1-0 (2OT)

NOVEMBER 5 Temple* W, 1-0 11 UCF^ (ADN) 7 p.m. All times ET and subject to change [*] Denotes conference game [^] American Athletic Conference Championship

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4 2 016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP Back Row (Left to Right): Stephen Rudderham, Clifford Maina, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Jason Velasquez, Liam McNally, Marcus Epps, Gabriel Menescal, Luis Garza, Prosper Figbe, Bradley Farias Middle Row (Left to Right): Assistant Director of Operations Kyle Nicholls, Volunteer Assistant Coach Jose Robles, Tomaso Banfi , Spasoje Stefanovic, Christian Knight, Assistant Coach Fred Dikranian, Assistant Coach Bryheem Hancock, Head Coach George Kiefer Front Row (Left to Right): Alessandro Paciocco, Omar Al Balushi, Ricardo Gomez, Graham Smith, Melvin Becket, Nazeem Bartman, Lindo Mfeka, Jonathan Rosales, Ben Espinal, Daniel Villa

USF BULLS

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 2 Brandon Kolczynski D 6-0 190 Sr. Farmingdale, N.J./Pittsburgh 3 Liam McNally D 5-11 160 Sr. Swansea, Wales/Tyler Junior College 4 Gabriel Pfeffer D 6-0 175 Jr. Montevideo, Uruguay/Uruguayan American School 5 Prosper Figbe D 6-1 195 So. Ilorin, Nigeria/The Loomis Chaffee School 6 Graham Smith M 5-9 160 Sr. New Hope, Pa./Pittsburgh 7 Alessandro Paciocco D 5-10 170 R-So. Caracas, Venezuela/Deportivo La Guaira 8 Melvin Becket F 5-5 140 Sr. Melbourne, Australia/Lewis & Clark CC 9 Nazeem Bartman F 5-7 160 Sr. Cape Town, South Africa/Tyler Junior College 10 Lindo Mfeka M 5-6 155 Sr. Durban, South Africa/Walden HS 11 Daniel Villa F 5-10 160 Jr. Windermere, Fla./West Orange HS 12 Stephen Rudderham M 5-10 165 Fr. Tampa, Fla./Northeast HS 13 Gonzalo Rodriguez M 5-11 175 So. Coustituciou, Chile/Monroe College 14 Jason Velasquez D 5-11 180 Sr. Albuquerque, N.M./Lincoln College 15 Marcus Epps M 6-1 155 Sr. Jackson, Miss./North HS in Downer’s Grove 16 Ben Espinal M 5-7 155 Fr. Palmetto, Fla./Palmetto HS 17 Omar Al Balushi M 5-7 145 R-So. Muscat, Oman/St. George’s British International School 18 Ricardo Gomez M 5-6 160 Jr. Gainesville, Ga./Tyler Junior College 19 Bradley Farias F 5-10 150 Jr. Indiantown, Fla./Campbell 20 Clifford Maina D 5-10 165 Fr. Adelaide, Australia/Universal School 21 Michael Bajza D/M 6-0 180 Sr. St. Petersburg, Fla./NC State 22 Jonathan Rosales D 5-8 160 Fr. Kissimmee, Fla./Liberty HS 30 Spasoje Stefanovic GK 6-3 190 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia/Radnicki Obrenovac 32 Christian Knight GK 6-2 180 So. Odessa, Fla./Tampa 33 Jake Stone GK 6-1 171 R-Fr. Apopka, Fla./Orangewood Christian School

2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 5 TULSA HURRICANE 9-4-4 OVERALL, 4-2-1 AMERICAN • NO. 2 SEED

Location: ...... Tulsa, Okla. Nickname: ...... Golden Hurricane Colors: ...... Old Gold, Royal Blue and Crimson Enrollment: ...... 4,682 Founded: ...... 1894 Director of Athletics: ...... Dr. Derrick Gragg Home Field/Capacity: ...Hurricane Soccer & Stadium/2,000 Head Coach: ...... Tom McIntosh Assistant Coaches: ...... Justin Cook, Ryan Pore Graduate Assistant Coach: ...... Daniel Cherbonnier

Statistical Leaders Player GP Goals Assists Points Matthew Puig 17 7 1 15 Ray Saari 12 5 4 14 Jacob Gooden 17 4 2 10 Rollie Rocha 15 3 2 8 Quinton Duncan 17 1 4 6

Goalkeeper GP Min. Saves GA/GAA SO HeHeadad CCoachoach TTomom MMcIntoshcIntosh Jake McGuire 17 1615:30 52 19/1.06 5

TULSA HURRICANE (9-4-4 Overall / 4-2-1 American)

AUGUST 26 at Cal State Northridge L, 1-2 31 UMKC W, 3-0

SEPTEMBER 4 at RV/NR Saint Louis T, 1-1 (2OT) 9 at UAB# W, 1-0 11 vs. Stetson# T, 2-2 (2OT) 16 No. 16/12 Akron L, 1-2 19 Santa Clara W, 2-1 (OT) 24 at SMU* W, 3-0 27 Missouri State W, 1-0

OCTOBER 1 UConn (ADN)* L, 0-1 6 at USF* L, 0-2 11 Creighton W, 2-1 15 UCF* W, 3-2 18 Oral Roberts T, 3-3 (2OT) 22 at Temple* T, 1-1 (2OT) 29 at Cincinnati* W, 3-1

NOVEMBER 4 Memphis* W, 2-0 11 vs. UConn^ (ADN) 4:30 p.m.

All times ET and subject to change [*] Denotes conference game [#] UAB Soccer for a Cure Classic [^] American Athletic Conference Championship FFrFreshmaneshhman MMatthewatthhew PPuiguiig

6 2 016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP Back Row (Left to Right): Student Assistant Bradley Bourgeois, Assistant Coach Justin Cook, Athletic Trainer Scott Brooks, Mads Gronbech, Koray Easterling, Lucas Bueno, Matt Karasinski, Marcel Da Silva, Jake McGuire, Matthew Puig, Zack Stavrou, Casper Venstad, Head Coach Tom McIntosh, Assistant Coach Ryan Pore, Graduate Assistant Daniel Cherbonnier Middle Row (Left to Right): Kurt Gerteisen, Garrett Garwood, Aidan Dunne, Quinton Duncan, Alejandro Chavez, Cameron Drackett, Fred Mattioli, David Viox, Kay Duit, Bernie Zuazua, Ryan Alpers Front Row (Left to Right): Billy Culhane, Juan Sanchez, Lesley Nchanji, Ray Saari, Vincent Pedace, Rollie Rocha, Jacob Gooden, Munahse Raranje, Cole Poppen, Miguel Velasquez TULSA HURRICANE

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Marcel Da Silva GK 6-4 200 So. Ormond Beach, Fla./Shattuck St. Mary’s School 1 Jake McGuire GK 6-3 175 Sr. Chino Hills, Calif./School of Extended Educational Options 2 Quinton Duncan D 6-0 155 Sr. Ontario, Canada/Burnaby Central Secondary 3 Berernie Zuazua F 5-11 153 Fr. Dallas, Texas/Lone Star 4 Casper Venstad D 6-0 182 Fr. Skjetten, Norway/Mailand Videregaende Skole 5 Ryan Alpers D 6-5 165 Fr. Broken Arrow, Okla./Union 6 Cole Poppen D 5-9 160 So. Ankeny, Iowa/Shattuck St. Mary’s School 7 Matthew Puig F 6-2 175 Fr. Edmond, Okla./Deer Creek 8 David Viox M 5-10 155 Fr. St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis University H.S. 9 Miguel Velasquez F 5-11 175 So. San Antonio, Texas/Winston Churchill 10 Juan Sanchez F 5-10 155 So. Ossining, N.Y./Ossining 11 Alejandro Chavez M 6-0 165 Fr. Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow 12 Koray Easterling D 6-0 185 Fr. Biloxi, Miss./Biloxi 13 Cameron Drackett M 5-11 160 Sr. Flower Mound, Texas/Edward Marcus 14 Munashe Raranje M 5-8 140 So. Jenks, Okla./Jenks 15 Rollie Rocha M 5-9 145 Jr. Spring, Texas/Klein Oak 16 Kay Duit M 5-10 146 Jr. Gelderland, The Netherlands/ Stedelijke Scholengemeenschap Nijmegen 17 Vincent Pedace M 5-7 155 So. Riverside, Calif./San Francisco 18 Garrett Garwood D 5-10 160 Fr. Fort Worth, Texas/Central 20 Aidan Dunne D 6-0 170 Fr. Chesterfi eld, Mo./Parkway Central 21 Kurt Gerteisen D 5-11 167 Fr. O’Fallon, Mo./Christian Brothers College H.S. 22 Lesley Nchanji M 5-8 157 So. Yaounde, Cameroon/Shattuck St. Mary’s 23 Zack Stavrou D 6-0 165 Jr. Dallas, Texas/Jesuit Preparatory 24 Jacob Gooden M 5-9 145 So. Malibu, Calif./Malibu 25 Ray Saari M 5-6 148 Sr. Kansas City, Mo./Oak Park 28 Fred Mattioli M 5-11 155 Fr. Houston, Texas/Strake Jesuit College Preparatory 30 Matt Karasinski GK 6-0 175 Fr. Parker, Texas/Lone Star 31 Lucas Bueno M 6-0 150 Fr. The Hague, Netherlands/International Schools of The Hague

2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 7 UCONN HUSKIES 11-6-1 OVERALL, 3-3-1 AMERICAN • NO. 3 SEED

Location: ...... Storrs, Conn. Nickname: ...... Huskies Colors: ...... Blue & White Enrollment: ...... 31,119 Founded: ...... 1881 Athletic Director:...... David Benedict Home Field/Capacity: .....Joseph J. Marrone Stadium/5,100 Head Coach ...... Ray Reid Associate Head Coach: ...... John Deeley Assistant Coach: ...... Andy Parker Statistical Leaders Player GP Goals Assists Points Abdou Mbacke Thiam 16 10 4 24 Kwame Awuah 18 2 6 10 Andrew Geres 15 3 3 9 Jake Nerwinski 18 2 4 8 Alex Sanchez 17 2 3 7 Sebastian Brems 18 1 4 6

Goalkeeper GP Min. Saves GA/GAA SO HHeHeadadd CCoachoachh RRayay RReideiid Scott Levene 18 1664:49 53 13/0.70 8 UCONN HUSKIES (11-6-1 Overall / 3-3-1 American)

AUGUST 26 Iona W, 3-1 28 Nebraska-Omaha W, 2-0

SEPTEMBER 2 Louisville L, 0-2 5 Cornell W, 2-0 10 at Georgetown L, 0-1 13 at No. 1/2 Notre Dame L, 0-1 (2OT) 17 Loyola (Md.) W, 5-1 21 at Rhode Island W, 2-1 24 Temple* W, 1-0 28 at Providence W, 1-0

OCTOBER 1 at Tulsa* (ADN) W, 1-0 8 Cincinnati* W, 5-0 11 at Yale W, 1-0 15 USF* (ADN) L, 0-1 18 RV/23 Boston College W, 1-0 (OT) 22 at UCF* L, 1-2 (OT) 29 at Memphis* L, 0-2

NOVEMBER 5 SMU* T, 1-1 (2OT) 11 vs. Tulsa^ (ADN) 4:30 p.m.

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UCONN HUSKIES No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Alex Botazzi GK 6-1 185 Fr. Tewksbury, Mass./Central Catholic 1 Jack Pondy GK 6-5 201 Fr. Columbia, S.C./AC Flora 2 Duran Lee D 6-2 183 Jr. Brampton, Ontario/Western Texas College 3 Jacob Hauser D 6-3 198 So. Seattle, Wash./Tyler Junior College 4 Simen Olafsen D 6-1 179 So. Oppegaard, Norway/Valerenga 5 Mark Richards D 5-11 185 R-Jr. Springfi eld, Mass./Williston Northampton 6 Dylan Greenberg D 5-8 145 R-So. Dix Hills. N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West 7 Kwame Awuah M 5-7 145 Sr. Toronto, Ontario/ Dante Alighieri Academy 8 Cheikh Stephane Coly M 5-8 150 Jr. Dakar, Senegal 9 DeAndrae Brown F 5-10 177 So. Springfi eld, Mass./Springfi eld Central 10 Sebastian Brems M 5-9 165 Sr. Odense, Denmark/Southern Connecticut State 11 Abdou Mbacke Thiam F 5-11 150 So. Mbour, Senegal 12 Alex Kao M 5-10 184 Jr. Washington, D.C./Paris FC Academy 13 Alex Cannicatti F 5-7 166 Fr. Whitestone, N.Y./Fordham Prep 14 Munir Saleh M 5-10 163 Fr. Kitchener, Ont./Grandriver Collegiate 15 Jakob Nerwinski D 5-11 175 Sr. Lawrenceville, N.J./Notre Dame H.S. 16 Alex Sanchez M 5-8 158 R-Jr. Corona, Calif./Chino Hills 17 Nkosi Burgess D 6-2 182 R-Fr. Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park 18 Detre Bell GK 5-11 191 Fr. South Kent, Conn./South Kent 19 Niko Petridis M 5-7 150 Fr. Norwalk, Conn/Brien McMahon 20 Matheus Souza F 5-10 165 R-So. West Hartford, Conn./Conard 21 Nicholas Zuniga F 6-0 173 R-Sr. Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk 22 Santiago Muriel D 5-10 160 R-Jr. Norwalk, Conn./Acad. Of Info, Tech and Eng. 23 Alex West D 5-10 170 R-So. Storrs, Conn./Edwin O. Smith 24 Scott Levene GK 6-1 175 R-Jr. Stamford, Conn./New Canaan 25 Jesse Wasserman D 6-1 170 R-Jr. Farmington, Conn./Loomis Chaffee 26 Mikael DaSilva F 6-1 185 R-Fr. Pembroke Pines, Fla./American Heritage 27 Andrew Geres D 6-1 155 R-Jr. Portland, Conn./Portland 28 Frantz Innocent Jr. D 5-11 171 Fr. East Harford, Conn./Connecticut IB Academy 29 Andrew Cohen M 5-11 160 Jr. Ellington, Conn./Ellington 30 Christopher Musco GK 6-0 153 Sr. North Haven, Conn./North Haven 31 Brendan Hill D 6-1 178 R-Fr. Tolland, Conn./Tolland High 32 Bailey Bassett GK 6-2 190 Fr. Ellington, Conn./Ellington 33 Alex Zecca F 5-11 199 R-Fr. Weston, Mass./Beaver Country Day 34 George Kutrubis M 5-10 168 Fr. Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk

2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 9 UCF KNIGHTS 5-10-0 OVERALL, 3-4-0 AMERICAN • NO. 4 SEED

Location: ...... Orlando, Fla. Nickname: ...... Knights Colors: ...... Black and Gold Enrollment: ...... 63,016 Founded: ...... 1963 VP/Director of Athletics: ...... Dr. Daniel J. White Home Field/Capacity: ...... UCF Soccer Complex/2,475 Head Coach: ...... Bryan Cunningham Assistant Coaches: ...... Will Clayton, Joel Tyson

Statistical Leaders Player GP Goals Assists Points Matias Pyysalo 15 10 5 25 Richard Amon 12 3 1 7 Cal Jennings 11 1 3 5 Neico Regent 14 1 2 4 Jonathan Dean 14 0 4 4

Goalkeeper GP Min. Saves GA/GAA SO Matt Rosenberg 14 1227:43 36 22/1.55 3 Head Coach Bryan Cunningham

UCF KNIGHTS (5-10-0 Overall / 3-4-0 American)

AUGUST 26 at Grand Canyon L, 2-4

SEPTEMBER 2 at No. 19/NR Charlotte Canceled 4 at RV/NR South Carolina L, 1-2 11 at Mercer Canceled 14 vs. Florida Gulf Coast L, 1-3 17 vs. Jacksonville W, 4-1 21 vs. RV/NR North Florida L, 1-2 24 vs. RV/NR USF* L, 1-2

OCTOBER 1 vs. SMU* W, 1-0 5 vs. Northwestern W, 1-0 8 at Memphis* L, 2-3 15 at Tulsa* L, 2-3 18 at Stetson L, 1-2 (2OT) 22 vs. RV/RV UConn* W, 2-1 (OT) 25 at FIU L, 0-2 29 at Temple* L, 0-1 (OT)

NOVEMBER 2 at Florida Atlantic Canceled 5 vs. Cincinnati* W, 1-0 11 at USF^ (ADN) 7 p.m.

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10 2 016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP Freshman Brian Jamba Freshman Nathan Bondswell

UCF KNIGHTS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 1 Brendan Rennie GK 6-3 175 So. Wayzata, Minn./Wayzata 2 Andreas Steineger D 6-3 190 So. Oslo, Norway/The Norweigan High School for Elite 3 Joel Vartiainen M/D 5-8 163 Jr. Kuopio, Finland/Kuopion Klassillinen Lukio 4 Neico Regent D 6-1 185 Jr. Clarendon, Jamaica/American Heritage/UNC Greensboro 5 Brian Jamba D/M 5-5 150 Fr. Narooma, Australia/Westfi eld Sports 6 Anton Delwer D/M 6-0 170 Fr. Gothenburg, Sweden/Katrineland Elite Sports 7 Nathan Bondswell M/F 5-8 160 Fr. West Bridgford, England/The West Bridgford School 8 Diego Bacellar M/F 6-0 176 Sr. Governador Valadares, Brazil/Seminole Ridge/Creighton/Monroe 9 Gorka Aperribay F 6-1 185 So. Winter Springs, Fla./Winter Springs 10 Matias Pyysalo M/F 5-11 165 Jr. Helsinki, Finland 11 Walker Dawkins M/F 5-7 135 Jr. Royal Palm Beach, Fla./American Heritage 12 Jesus Colombo F 6-1 165 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Atlantic Coast 13 Richard Amon M/F 5-9 140 Fr. Accra, Ghana/Accra Academy 14 Jonathan Dean D/M 5-8 155 So. Macon, Ga./Stratford Academy/Wofford 15 Cal Jennings F 5-10 165 Fr. Roswell, Ga./Roswell 16 Neville Morgan D/M 5-10 155 Fr. Savanna-La-Mar, Jamaica/St. Elizabeth Technical 17 C.J. Campbell F/M 5-7 150 So. Plantation, Fla./Plantation 18 Zackary Waitman D 5-8 155 So. Montverde, Fla./Montverde Academy 19 Phil Hicks D/M 6-1 170 R-Jr. New Orleans, La./Jesuit 20 Javier Clavijo M 5-11 170 Sr. Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay 25 Alex Shields GK 6-3 190 So. Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Ponte Vedra 26 Matt Rosenberg GK 6-1 185 Fr. Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan

2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 11 THE AMERICAN IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP

Overall, schools in the American Athletic Conference have received 133 bids to the NCAA Championships. There have been two titles taken home, with UConn winning in 1981 and 2000. In the history of the event, American schools have made seven appearances in the semifi nals: UConn’s two championships and semfi nal apperanaces by SMU (2005 and 2000) and UConn (1999, 1983, 1982).

Team App. Record Highest Finish (Year) Last Appearance UConn 35 40-28-7 (.580) National Champions (1981, 2000) 2015 SMU 30 33-23-8 (.578) Semifi nals (2000, ‘05) 2015 USF 19 10-16-4 (.400) Quarterfi nals (2008, 2011) 2015 Tulsa 10 10-9-1 (.525) Quarterfi nals (2004, ‘09) 2015 Temple 6 3-6-0 (.333) Second Round (1966, ‘76, ‘78) 1985 UCF 5 3-5-0 (.375) Second Round (2004, ‘10, ‘11) 2011 Cincinnati 3 0-2-1 (.167) First Round (1998, 2003, ‘06) 2006 Memphis 2 0-2-0 (.000) First Round (1993, 2004) 2004

NCAA RESULTS

2015 2014 2013 First Round First Round First Round UConn def. Boston University 3-1 Saint Louis def. Tulsa 2-0 UConn def. Quinnipiac 2-1 SMU def. Utah Valley 2-0 Denver and Louisville tied 0-0 (2OT) Tulsa def. FIU 3-2 (OT) Louisville won shootout 3-2 North Carolina def. USF 1-0 Second Round SMU def. Denver 1-0 (OT) Second Round Indiana def. UConn 1-0 UConn and UMBC tied 2-2 (2OT) Boston College def. USF 2-1 (OT) UConn won shootout 4-2 Tulsa and Notre Dame tied 1-1 (2OT) Michigan State def. Louisville 2-1 (2OT) Notre Dame won shootout 3-0 Third Round Sweet Sixteen UConn and UCLA tied 3-3 (2OT) Akron def. SMU 2-1 UConn won shootout 5-4

Quarterfi nals Virginia def. UConn 2-1

12 2 016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 WEEKLY HONORS

8/29 O: Abdou Mbacke Thiam, So., F, UConn HONOR ROLL SELECTIONS D: Prosper Figbe, So., B, USF Aug. 29: Scott Levene, R-Jr., GK, UConn; Simen Olafsen, So., GK: Alex Cagle, R-Sr., Temple B, UConn; Christian Knight, So., GK, USF; Joonas Jokinen, R: Niko Petridis, Fr., M, UConn Jr., F, Temple; Carlos Moros Gracia, Sr., B, Temple 9/5 O: Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Sr., F, Temple D: Jordan Klipsch, Sr., B, Memphis Sept. 5: Michael Bajza, Sr., B, USF; Spasoje Stefanovic, Sr., GK: Jake Leeker, Jr., Memphis GK, USF; Brenden Lee, Sr., M, SMU; Georg McGee, Fr., F, R: Jackson Morse, Fr., M, Memphis Temple; Jacob Gooden, So., F, Tulsa 9/12 O: Ray Saari, Sr., M, Tulsa D: Quinton Duncan, Sr., B, Tulsa Sept. 12: Nazeem Bartman, Sr., F, USF; Gabriel Pfeffer, Jr., B, GK: Jake McGuire, Sr., Tulsa USF; Mark Grasela, R-Jr., B, Temple; George McGee, Fr., F, R: Stephen Rudderham, Fr., M, USF Temple; Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Sr., F, Temple 9/19 O: Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Sr., F, Temple D: Prosper Figbe, So., B, USF Sept. 19: Matias Pyysalo, Jr., M, UCF; Adam Wilson, So., GK: Pedro Diaz, R-Jr., Cincinnati M, Cincinnati; Abdou Mbacke Thiam, So., F, UConn; Carlos R: Burke Fahling, Fr., F, Memphis Hurtado, Jr., B, Memphis; Spasoje Stefanovic, Sr., GK, USF 9/26 O: Rollie Rocha, Jr., M, Tulsa D: Jake Nerwinski, Sr., B, UConn Sept. 26: Pedro Diaz, Jr., GK, Cincinnati; Abdou Mbacke GK: Scott Levene, R-Jr., UConn Thiam, So., F, UConn; Gonzalo Rodriguez, So., M, USF; Emil R: Daniel Oginni, Fr., M, Cincinnati Cuello, So., M, SMU; Matthew Puig, Fr., F, Tulsa 10/3 O: Adam Wilson, So., M, Cincinnati D: Simen Olafsen, So., B, UConn Oct. 3: Matias Pyysalo, Jr., F, UCF; Pedro Diaz, Jr., GK, GK: Alex Cagle, R-Jr., Temple Cincinnati; Abdou Mbacke Thiam, So., F, UConn; Scott R: Aerin West, Fr., B, Cincinnati Levene, R-Jr., GK, UConn; Jake Leeker, Jr., GK, Memphis 10/10 O: Kwame Awuah, Jr., M, UConn; Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Sr., F, Temple Oct. 10: Niko Petridis, Fr., M, UConn; Kenneth Kauker, Sr., B, D: Prosper Figbe, So., B, USF Memphis; Melvin Becket, Sr., F, USF; Spasoje Stefanovic, Sr., GK: Alex Cagle, R-Jr., Temple GK, USF; Matt Mahoney, Sr., B, Temple R: Burke Fahling, Fr., F, Memphis 10/17 O: Ryan Melink, R-Fr., M, Cincinnati Oct. 17: Daniel Oginni, Fr., M, Cincinnati; Abdou Mbacke D: Prosper Figbe, So., B, USF Thiam, So., F, UConn; Melvin Becket, Sr., F, USF; Spasoje GK: Pedro Diaz, GK, Cincinnati Stefanovic, Sr., GK, USF; Garrett McLaughlin, Fr., F, SMU R: Matthew Puig, Fr., F, Tulsa 10/24 O: Matias Pyysalo, Jr., M/F, UCF Oct. 24: Dylan Greenberg, R-So., B, UConn; Nazeem Bartman, D: Jordan Cano, Jr., B, SMU Sr., F, USF; Michael Nelson, Jr., GK, SMU; Matt Mahoney, Sr., GK: Spasoje Stefanovic, Sr., USF B, Temple; Jordan Wix Rauch, So., F, Temple R: Brian Jamba, Fr., M, UCF 10/31 O: Jackson Morse, Fr., M, Memphis Oct. 31: Adam Wilson, So., M, Cincinnati; Spasoje Stefanovic, D: Liam McNally, Sr., B, USF Sr., GK, USF; Jordan Klipsch, Sr., B, Memphis; Jorge Gomez GK: Jake Leeker, Jr., Memphis Sanchez, Sr., F, Temple; Ray Saari, Sr., M, Tulsa R: Matthew Puig, Fr., F, Tulsa 11/7 O: Matias Pyysalo, Jr., M/F, UCF Nov. 7: Javier Clavijo, Sr., B, UCF; Matt Rosenberg, Fr., GK, D: Simen Olafsen, So., B, UConn UCF; Abdou Mbacke Thiam, So., F, UConn; Prosper Figbe, So., GK: Jake McGuire, Sr., Tulsa B, USF; Spasoje Stefanovic, Sr., GK, USF R: Luis Garza, Fr., F, USF

2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 13 CORBETT STADIUM

Corbett Stadium (Tampa, Fla.) on the campus of University of South Florida (USF) is the host of the 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship.

The tournament begins Nov. 11 with a pair of semifi nal matchups. The championship fi nale is Nov. 13. The Bulls, who went 6-2-2 in home matches this season, will host the conference championship for the second consective season. USF won the inaugural American Athletic Conference Championship in 2013 after defeating UConn 6-5 on penalty kicks.

Opened for the 2011 season, Corbett Stadium is one of the top collegiate soccer facilities in the country. The facility provides fans the opportunity to be right on top of the action, while producing an electric environment.

Additional amenities include on-field player seating consists of 30 individual padded chairs on elevated tiers for each team, berm seating available behind both goals, air- conditioned press box with panoramic windows, dedicated broadcast booth in press box, Musco Sports Lighting System equipment for television broadcast specifi cations, and direct passage between stadium and USF Athletics Training Facility.

Up-to-date information regarding the 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship will be available through Championship Central (www. theamerican.org/msoccer.)

14 2 016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER #AmericanPower The American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Cham- The American Athletic Conference consists of 12 presti- pionship went to penalty kicks for the third consecutive gious institutions: the University of Central Florida, the year in 2015, and fourth-seeded Tulsa defended its title by University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the Uni- outlasting third-seeded UConn 4-3 on PKs to win the con- versity of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the Uni- ference crown. versity of Memphis, the U.S. Naval Academy (in football only), the University of South Florida Southern Methodist The Golden Hurricane was one of four American Athletic University, Temple University, Tulane University and the Conference teams picked for the 2015 NCAA Men’s Soccer University of Tulsa. Championship. USF, the No. 14 national seed, was also se- lected for the Big Dance, along with UConn and American Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, the regular-season champion SMU. American Athletic Conference has written an impressive list of accomplishments, both in the competitive arena Seventeen players from the American Athletic Conference and the classroom. In the course of its fi rst three seasons, received NSCAA All-Region honors while USF head coach The American has taken its place at the forefront of in- George Kiefer was named the 2015 NSCAA East Regional tercollegiate athletics, with a collection of national team Coach of the Year. SMU forward Mauro Cichero was named and individual championships and football and men’s and a MAC Hermann Trophy semifi nalist and joined USF’s Na- women’s basketball postseason victories that place The zeem Bartman on the NSCAA All-American list. Addition- American among the elite Division I FBS conferences. ally, fi ve players from The American were selected in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft including two in the fi rst round. The league has produced four NCAA championship teams – UConn men’s basketball in 2014 and UConn women’s The 2016 American Men’s Soccer Championship will be basketball in 2014, 2015 and 2016 – two New Year’s Six bowl held Nov. 11 and 13 at No. 1 seed USF. The semifi nals will champions, and two individuals who have won NCAA ti- be held on Friday, Nov. 11, with the fi nal on Sunday, Nov. tles, most recently SMU’s Bryson Dechambeau, who was 13. the 2015 national champion in men’s golf. Additionally, American Athletic Conference teams have advanced to the College World Series, reached the semifi nal and fi nal rounds of the NIT, qualifi ed for the match play round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship and registered a top-10 fi nish at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

The American Athletic Conference was one of six fi nalists for the 2016 Sports Business Journal Sports League of the Year award, along with Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, NASCAR, the National Basketball Associ- ation and the PGA Tour. The American was the only entity from college athletics to be so honored.

The American Athletic Conference holds media rights partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which provide the conference with outstanding national exposure on the two industry leaders in sports television. The football portion of the contract calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-con- trolled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The fi rst American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which was played in 2015, was televised by ABC as part of Championship Saturday.

2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 15 AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS

ALL-TIME AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Team By Winning Percentage By Total Wins By Championships Team W L T Pct. Team W Team W USF 4 1 3 .688 UConn 5 Tulsa 2 Tulsa 2 0 4 .667 USF 4 USF 1 UConn 5 0 3 .625 SMU 2 UCF 0 SMU 2 2 1 .500 Tulsa 2 Cincinnati 0 UCF 1 2 1 .375 UCF 1 UConn 0 Cincinnati 0 3 0 .000 Cincinnati 0 Memphis 0 Memphis 0 3 0 .000 Memphis 0 SMU 0 Temple 0 3 0 .000 Temple 0 Temple 0

AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

2015 2013 Quarterfi nals First Round USF def. Memphis 1-0 Rutgers def. Cincinnati 5-1 UConn def. Temple 4-0 Tulsa and UCF tied 2-2 (2OT) Quarterfi nals T ulsa won shootout 4-2 Rutgers def. Louisville 1-0 SMU def. Cincinnati 2-1 USF def. Temple 1-0 UCF def. Memphis 2-1 Semifi nals UConn def. SMU 5-0 Tulsa 2 and SMU tied 2-2 (2OT) Tulsa won shootout 4-3 Semifi nals UConn def. USF 2-1 USF def. Rutgers 2-1 (2OT) UConn def. UCF 2-0 Championship Tulsa and UConn tied 1-1 Championship Tulsa won shootout 4-3 USF and UConn tied 0-0 (2OT) USF won shootout 6-5 2014 Quarterfi nals UConn def. Temple 5-0 USF def. Memphis 4-2 SMU def. UCF 4-0 Tulsa def. Cincinnati 1-0

Semifi nals USF and UConn tied 0-0 (2OT) USF won shootout 2-0 Tulsa def. SMU 2-0

Championship Tulsa and USF tied 0-0 (2OT) Tulsa won shootout 6-5

16 2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S S OCCER CHAMPIONSHIP AMERICAN CHAMPIONS LIST ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS

Year Champion Runner-up Site 2015 2015 Tulsa UConn Tampa, Fla. Kwame Awuah, UConn 2014 Tulsa USF Storrs, Conn. Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 2013 USF UConn Frisco, Texas Tyler Leeman, UConn Scott Levene, UConn John Lujano, SMU Nazeem Bartman, USF Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa Jake McGuire, Tulsa Lesley Nchanji, Tulsa Miguel Velazquez, Tulsa

2014 Sergio Campbell, UConn Lucas Baldin, USF Nikola Paunic, USF AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP MOPs Wesley Charpie, USF Spasoje Stefanovic, USF 2015 Damian Rosales, SMU Most Outstanding Offensive Player - Lesley Nchanji, Tulsa Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Most Outstanding Defensive Player - Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Quinn Starker, Tulsa Tony Rocha, Tulsa 2014 Abe’ Matamoros, Tulsa Most Outstanding Offensive Player - Abe’ Matamoros, Tulsa Jake McGuire, Tulsa Most Outstanding Defensive Player - Jake McGuire, Tulsa 2013 2013 Omar Vallejo, UCF Most Outstanding Offensive Player - Edwin Moalosi, USF Adria Beso Marco, UConn Most Outstanding Defensive Player - Brentton Muhammad, USF Andre Blake, UConn Sergio Campbell, UConn Cyle Larin, UConn David Greczek, Rutgers Samuel Hosseini, USF Edwin Moalosi, USF Brentton Muhammad, USF Duane Muckette, USF Stiven Salinas, USF

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INDIVIDUAL TEAM

Total Shots Goals Allowed Per Game (minimum two games) No. Player Year No. Team Year 14 Cyle Larin, UConn 2013 0.00 UConn 2014 13 Akeil Barrett, Tulsa 2014 Tulsa 2014 11 Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa 2015 UConn 2013 0.33 USF 2013 9 Nazeem Bartman, USF 2015 0.67 USF 2014 Ray Saari, Tulsa 2015 Nicholas Zuniga, UConn 2013 Total Goals Lindo Mfeka, USF 2013 No. Team Year 7 UConn 2015 UConn 2013 Total Goals 5 Tulsa 2015 No. Player Year UConn 2014 3 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 2015 4 SMU 2015 Cyle Larin, UConn 2013 USF 2014 2 Five tied SMU 2014 Total Assists Total Points No. Team Year No. Player Year 7 UConn 2015 6 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 2015 UConn 2013 Cyle Larin, UConn 2013 6 USF 2014 4 10 tied 5 UConn 2014 4 SMU 2015 Tulsa 2015 Assists Per Game (minimum two games) SMU 2014 No. Player Year 1.33 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 2015 Assists Per Game (minimum two games) 1.00 Five tied No. Team Year 2.50 UConn 2014 0.67 Wesley Charpie, USF 2014 2.33 UConn 2015 Edwin Moalosi, USF 2014 UConn 2013 Adria Beso Marco, UConn 2013 2.00 SMU 2015 Allando Matheson, UConn 2013 USF 2014 SMU 2014 Total Saves No. Player Year 17 Scott Levene, UConn 2015 CCHAMPIONSHIPHAMPIONSHIP SSUPERLATIVESUPERLATIVES 15 Brentton Muhammad, USF 2013 13 Jake McGuire, Tulsa 2014 Team Highs Goals (two teams) 12 Spasoje Stefanovic, USF 2014 6 - USF (4) vs. Memphis (2), Nov. 8, 2014 8 Jake Leeker, Memphis 2015 Michael Nelson, SMU 2015 Goals (one team) Jake McGuire, Tulsa 2015 5 - twice, most recent: UConn (5) vs. Temple, Nov. 8, 2014 Michael Nelson, SMU 2014 Assists Goals Against Average 6 - USF vs. Memphis, Nov. 8, 2014 No. Player Year Individual Highs 0.00 Scott Levene, UConn 2014 Points Spasoje Stefanovic, USF 2014 8 - Kene Eze, Rutgers vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 2013 Jake McGuire, Tulsa 2014 Andre Blake, UConn 2013 Goals 0.30 Brentton Muhammad, USF 2013 4 - Kene Eze, Rutgers vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 2013 Saves 12 - David Greczek, Rutgers vs. USF, Nov. 15, 2013

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