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UCLA Men's Soccer Weekly Press Release • December 5, 2011 UCLA Sports Information • PO Box 24044 • Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044 SID Contact: Mike Leary • Phone: 310/206-7873 • Fax: 310/825-8664 • Email: [email protected] Website: www.uclabruins.com UCLA and North Carolina Set to Clash in NCAA College Cup Semifi nals Bruins will be making their 13th appearance all-time at the College Cup. This Week — 13th-seeded UCLA (18-4-1) will make its 13th NCAA College Cup appearance this weekend 2011 UCLA Schedule as they travel to Birmingham, Ala. to face the top-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (20-2-2) on Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 pm CT/5:30 pm PT in the College Cup Semifi nals. Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 27 at #1 Louisville L 2-0 Live Coverage — The match will be nationally broadcast live on ESPNU at 7:30 pm CT/5:30 pm PT. The Sept. 2 at Santa Clara T 2-2, 2OT Creighton/Charlotte match will be televised by ESPNU at 5 pm CT/3 pm PT and the championship match will be at 3 pm CT/1 pm PT. Rob Stone will have the play-by-play, Sept. 4 at UC Davis L 2-1, OT Taylor Twellman will provide the analysis and Cat Whitehill will be Sept. 9 SAINT MARY'S W 2-1 UCLA In NCAA Semifi nals (8-4) the sideline reporter. Fans at home can also follow the match on Year Result Sept. 11 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W 2-1 Gametracker. The link will be available on the events calendar on Sept. 16 #6/9 UC SANTA BARBARA W 3-2 1970 UCLA 4, Howard 3 the front page at uclabruins.com. 1972 UCLA 1, Cornell 0 Sept. 18 at San Diego W 1-0, OT UCLA Into College Cup For 13th Time — The Bruins have reached 1973 UCLA 2, Clemson 1 Sept. 23 SEATTLE W 2-1 the NCAA College Cup Semifi nals for the 13th time in school history 1974 Saint Louis 2, UCLA 1 (2OT) Sept. 25 SMU L 2-1 1984 Clemson 4, UCLA 1 and for the second time under Head Coach Jorge Salcedo. UCLA Sept. 30 CALIFORNIA* W 1-0, OT 1985 UCLA 3, Evansville 1 is 8-4 all-time in the Semifi nal round. UCLA has made the NCAA 1990 UCLA 1, NC State 0 Oct. 2 STANFORD* W 2-0 Tournament in 29 straight seasons and has made 39 NCAA appear- 1994 Indiana 4, UCLA 1 Oct. 7 at Washington* W 4-1 ances overall. Both are the second most all-time behind Virginia (31 1997 UCLA 1, Indiana 0 (3OT) Oct. 9 at Oregon State* W 2-1 straight appearances) and Saint Louis (46 overall appearances). 1999 Indiana 3, UCLA 2 (4OT) Oct. 16 #22/24 SAN DIEGO STATE* W 2-0 UCLA has an all-time NCAA Tournament record of 67-35 with national 2002 UCLA 2, Maryland 1 Oct. 22 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE L 3-2 championships in 1985, 1990, 1997 and 2002. 2006 UCLA 4, Virginia 0 Oct. 28 #19/20 WASHINGTON* W 1-0 Going Back Home — This season the College Cup will be played Oct. 30 OREGON STATE* W 1-0, 2OT in Hoover Ala., which also happens to be the hometown of junior forward Chandler Hoffman. The Birming- Nov. 4 at California* W 2-0 ham, Ala., native was the Gatorade State Player of the Year for Alabama in 2008 and 2009, and is the fi rst Nov. 6 at Stanford* W 3-0 player from the state of Alabama to ever play men's soccer at UCLA. "When we found out that the College Nov. 12 at San Diego State* W 2-0 Cup was going to be in Birmingham, probably about eight months ago, I just had this feeling that it was Nov. 20 DELAWARE (NCAA 2ND ROUND) W 1-0 going to be destiny for us to make it," said Hoffman. The 2011 College Cup will be played at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala. Nov. 27 RUTGERS (NCAA 3RD ROUND) W 3-0 Dec. 3 at Louisville (NCAA Quarterfi nals) W 1-0, 2OT In The Rankings — UCLA fi nished the regular season ranked No. 4 by Soccer America and the NSCAA. In Dec. 9 vs. North Carolina (College Cup Semis) 5:30 pm PT the NCAA RPI, UCLA fi nished the regular season No. 12. North Carolina fi nished the regular season ranked Dec. 11 NCAA College Cup Finals 1:00 pm PT No. 2 by Soccer America and No. 3 by the NSCAA. In the NCAA RPI, Louisivlle fi nished the regular season ranked No. 1. Home matches in bold How They Got Here: UCLA — UCLA received an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament after winning * - Pac-12 Conference Match the Pac-12 Championship. The Bruins earned the No. 13 seed in the tournament by virtue of their 15- 4-1 regular season record and undefeated 10-0-0 conference record. UCLA fi nished the regular season UCLA's Career NCAA Stats with fi ve straight shutout wins and victories in 10 of its last 12 games. The Bruins earned victories over Delaware in the second round, Rutgers in the third round, and Louisville in the Quarterfi nals to advance Name GP GS G A Pts Chandler Hoffman 9 9 7 1 15 to the College Cup. Reed Williams 6 5 2 4 8 How They Got Here: North Carolina — North Carolina earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tourna- Ryan Hollingshead 9 7 1 5 7 Eder Arreola 8 7 3 0 6 ment after going 17-2-2 during the regular season and winning the ACC title. In the second round of the Victor Chavez 6 2 3 0 6 NCAA Tournament, the Tar Heels defeated Coastal Carolina 3-2 and then upended 16th-seeded Indiana in Kelyn Rowe 6 3 1 4 6 the third round by a score of 1-0 in overtime. Billy Schuler scored the game-winner in the 96th minute to Fernando Monge 6 4 1 1 3 Evan Raynr 9 2 0 2 2 down the Hoosiers. Then in the Quarterfi nals, North Carolina beat an upstart Saint Mary's team 2-0 off of Joe Sofi a 6 6 0 2 2 goals by defender Matt Hedges and forward Ben Speas. The Tar Heels are making their fourth consecutive Andy Rose 10 10 0 1 1 NCAA College Cup appearance and their sixth overall in school history. Patrick Matchett 6 5 0 1 1 Zack Foxhoven 3 0 0 1 1 The Series With North Carolina — This will be the fourth all-time meeting between the Bruins and the Shawn Singh 9 9 0 0 0 Tar Heels with the Bruins holding a 2-0-1 record all-time against the Tar Heels. The last meeting came in Matt Wiet 6 6 0 0 0 Zack Zerrenner 2 1 0 0 0 2008, where the two sides met on a neutral fi eld in Winston-Salem, N.C. and played to a 1-1 draw. Cur- Victor Munoz 2 0 0 0 0 rent UCLA players Andy Rose, Eder Arreola and Chris Cummings all played in that match. The prior two Ryan Lee 2 0 0 0 0 meetings before that came in 1979 and 1993, with the Bruins winning both matches by scores of 4-1 Chris Cummings 2 0 0 0 0 Andrew Tusaazemajja 2 0 0 0 0 and 5-3 respectively. Oscar Reyes 2 0 0 0 0 Quarterfi nal Recap — The Bruins were fi nally able to break through after two straight years of being bounced Reid Hukari 1 0 0 0 0 in the NCAA Quarterfi nal stage as they defeated the Louisville Cardinals 1-0 in double-overtime to advance Goalkeepers GP GS GA GAA Sv to their 13th College Cup. Neither team could fi nd the back of the net for the fi rst 90 minutes of play despite Brian Rowe (572 min.) 6 6 7 1.10 24 both sides having numerous chances to go ahead. Then fi nally in the 102nd minute, sophomore Reed p. 1 of 3 Williams took a pass in the middle of the penalty box from defender Patrick Matchett and fi red a low liner that hit the far post and went in to give the Bruins the 1-0 victory. Ryan Hollingshead assisted on the play as 2011 UCLA Stats well. The back line was once again spectacular in shutting out the Cardinals and Brian Rowe came up with Name GP GS G A Pts a couple of key saves as well to keep the match level. Louisville had knocked UCLA out of the Tournament in Chandler Hoffman 23 23 18 4 40 the Quarterfi nal stage a year ago and also defeated the Bruins 2-0 in the season opener for both teams. Kelyn Rowe 23 18 5 10 20 Three Bruins Named to National Team of the Week — For their efforts against Louisville, senior goalkeeper Victor Chavez 23 7 4 3 11 Brian Rowe, junior midfi elder Ryan Hollingshead and sophomore forward Reed Williams were all named to Ryan Hollingshead 19 15 2 7 11 the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week for the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4. This is the fi rst time all Eder Arreola 22 15 3 4 10 Victor Munoz 21 1 1 8 10 season that each player has been named to the National Team of the Week.