2015 Creighton Men's Soccer Creighton Combined Team Statistics (As of Oct 14, 2015) All Games

2015 Creighton Men’s Soccer

Game 14 • Saturday, Oct. 17 • #1 Creighton at Marquette • Milwaukee, Wis. (Valley Fields) • 7:00 p.m. CST

Men’s Soccer SID Contact: Lance Rinker • Office Phone: (402) 280-5801 • Cell Phone: (765) 620-6182 • E-mail: [email protected]

This is Creighton Men’s Soccer: Bluejays in the Polls 5 NCAA College Cup Appearances (1996, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012) NSCAA:1 22 NCAA Tournament Selections Top Drawer Soccer: 1 26 Combined Conference Titles College Soccer News: 1 Up Next 2015 Schedule Top-ranked Creighton Men’s Soccer (13-0-0, 4-0-0 BIG EAST) will look to remain the August nation’s lone unbeaten and untied team as the Bluejays visit Marquette (5-5-2, 1-2-1 BIG 14 Blue-White Scrimmage (Ex.) White 1-0 EAST) on Saturday, Oct. 17. The match will kick off at 7:00 p.m. CST and will take place at Valley Fields in Milwaukee, Wis. 18 at Bradley (Ex.) (ESPN3) W 3-0 22 Northwestern (Ex.) W 5-0 Follow The Match 28 Michigan W 1-0 Saturday’s match will be broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network. To access the feed free-of-charge via the FOX Sports GO, visit FOXSportsGO.com. The BIG EAST is the first 30 Milwaukee W 4-0 and only collegiate conference to be hosted on FOX’s mobile platform, FOX Sports GO. FOX Sports Go is currently available for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire tablets and phones, select September Windows devices, and on desktops. Fans can download the mobile app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, and Windows Store. 4 CSUN (Socctoberfest) W 2-1 Live stats of the match will be available at the following URL: 6 #13 UC Irvine W 4-0 http://GoMarquette.com/GameTracker/Universe. 13 at Michigan State W 1-0 19 Tulsa (Homecoming) W 1-0 Scouting Creighton The No. 1 Bluejays are 13-0-0 on the season after wins over Michigan (1-0), Milwaukee 22 Northern Illinois W 2-0 (4-0), CSUN (2-1), No. 13 UC Irvine (4-0), Michigan State (1-0), Tulsa (1-0), Northern Illinois 26 at Seton Hall * W 4-2 (2-0), Seton Hall (4-2), Missouri State (4-0), DePaul (1-0), Drake (2-1), St. John’s (2-1), and 29 Missouri State W 4-0 Butler (1-0). The Bluejays return eight starters and 13 lettermen from last year’s team that won the BIG EAST Conference regular-season title, advanced to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, and finished last season ranked No. 7 in the year-end NSCAA poll. October Creighton returns 30 of its 32 goals from last year, including each of its top six scorers. 3 DePaul * (BEDN) W 1-0 The Bluejays also return 24-of-30 assists from a year ago, and all but five minutes of the nearly 2,044 minutes in goal from last season. 6 Drake W 2-1 Junior forward Fabian Herbers (10g, 7a this year) has emerged as a frontrunner for 10 St. John’s * (BEDN) W 2-1 National Player of the Year honors, as he’s contributed at least one point in 11 of Creighton’s 14 at Butler * W 1-0 12 wins, including a point in the Bluejays’ first 10 matches. He currently leads the BIG EAST 17 at Marquette * (BEDN) 7 pm in goals, assists, points per game, and shots on goal per game after earning First Team All- America accolades and BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year honors during a magnificent 24 Villanova * (BEDN) 7 pm 2014 season. Last season, he led the conference with 28 points, was second in the league 28 Xavier * (BEDN) 7 pm with four game-winning goals, and third in both goals (10) and assists (8). Herbers was also 31 at Providence * (BEDN) 6 pm a Third Team CoSIDA Academic All-American last year. Senior Timo Pitter (7g, 2a) paced the league in assists (9), shots (75) and shots on goal (36) during a 2014 campaign that saw him add Second Team All-America plaudits. November Pitter was also named BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year in 2014. 5 at Georgetown * (BEDN) 1 pm Senior goalkeeper Connor Sparrow (0.39 GAA this year) returns in net after ranking second nationally in goals against average (0.49) and 10th in save percentage (.841) a year ago. Sparrow’s career 0.44 goals against average as a Bluejay is the best in Creighton his- 2015 BIG EAST Men’s Soccer Championship tory among goalies with at least 2,000 minutes in net. 8 -15 TBD (at campus site of higher seed) TBA

2015 NCAA Tournament 2015 BIG EAST Regular-Season Standings (through 10/13) Nov. 19 - Dec. 13 BIG EAST Overall * BIG EAST Conference matches Team W L T Pts. Pct. W L T Pct. #1 Creighton 4 0 0 12 1.000 12 0 0 1.000 All times Central and subject to change #10 Georgetown 4 0 0 12 1.000 7 2 2 .750 Home matches in bold played at Butler 2 2 0 6 .500 6 2 3 .625 Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium Villanova 2 2 0 6 .500 6 5 0 .583 DePaul 2 2 0 6 .500 2 10 0 .231 St. John’s 1 1 2 5 .500 3 7 2 .346 Xavier 1 2 1 4 .375 7 4 0 .625 Marquette 1 2 1 4 .375 5 4 2 .500 Providence 1 3 0 3 .250 5 4 1 .500 Seton Hall 0 4 0 0 .000 0 9 1 .045 2015 Quick Facts Scouting Marquette Herbers For Hermann Since starting the season 3-1-1, the Golden Fabian Herbers recorded at least one point (a Creighton University Information Eagles have posted a 2-4-1 record, including goal or an assist) in each of Creighton’s first Location Omaha, Neb. losses to perennial powers Notre Dame and ten regular-season games this fall. Founded 1878 Georgetown, and narrow, 1-0 setbacks to Herbers was the first Bluejay to start a Enrollment 8,236 Northern Illinois and Villanova. season in such fashion since restarting the Nickname Bluejays Three Marquette players have recorded program in 1990. MLS standout and Creighton Colors Blue & White at least nine points this season: Kelmend alumnus, Ethan Finlay, had a run of nine Islami (5g, 1a), David Selvaggi (4g, 1a), and C. straight such games from Sept. 17-Oct. 23, President Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J., Ph.D. Nortey (3g, 3a). 2010. Director of Athletics Bruce Rasmussen Marquette is 3-1-0 at home this season. The junior forward has notched a point in Affiliation NCAA Division I 12 of Creighton’s 13 contests, including assist- Conference BIG EAST Series History vs. Marquette ing Timo Pitter’s eventual game-winning goal Bluejay Soccer Marquette leads the all-time series versus at Butler on Wednesday. Head Coach Elmar Bolowich Creighton, 6-4-0; however, eight of those matches took place prior to 2005. Alma Mater Mainz, 1981 Starting Strong Since the Bluejays joined the BIG EAST, Creighton is off to an 13-0-0 start, marking the Career Record 356-162-49 (27 years) the two teams have split the series at 1-1-0, program’s best start to a season since 1993 Record at CU 76-18-9 (5 years) with each team winning at home. In 2013, when the Bluejays began 19-0-0. Johnny Torres Assistant Coach the last time Creighton visited Valley Fields, Alma Mater Creighton, 2008 Marquette earned a narrow, 1-0 victory. Creighton’s 8-0-0 Starts or Better Assistant Coach Justin Hughes Year Start First Non-Win Postseason Alma Mater North Carolina, 2006 2015 13-0-0* ??? ??? Balanced Bluejays 2011 8-0-0 at #3 Maryland College Cup TJ Burns Graduate Assistant The Bluejays, who have recorded shutouts in 1993 19-0-0 Air Force NCAA 1st Rd. Alma Mater Creighton, 2011 nine of their 13 contests this season, are cur- 1990 9-0-0 Drake None Home Field Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium rently ranked second in NCAA Division I for *active Capacity 7,500 shutouts. Only St. Francis Brooklyn (10) has 2014 Overall Record 16-3-3 recorded more shutouts. Creighton is the nation’s only unbeaten and 2014 BIG EAST Record / Finish 7-1-1 / 1st In 13 games, Creighton has allowed untied team in Division I (men’s or women’s) Letterwinners Returning / Lost 13 / 7 just five goals this season. Only St. Francis remaining in 2015. Starters Returning / Lost 8 / 3 Brooklyn (4) has allowed fewer goals. The Bluejays 13-0-0 start to a season Goalkeepers Returning / Lost 2 / 1 Since the start of 2014, no programs marks the best start in NCAA Division I Men’s have allowed fewer goals than Creighton’s 15. Soccer since 2009 when Akron began its cam- Conference Regular-Season Titles 13 Nationally, Creighton tied with Missouri State, paign with 23-consecutive wins en route to a 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2006, Monmouth, and Cornell for the national lead College Cup appearance. 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 last season by allowing just 11 goals. Complementing its stellar defense, Dancing In September Conference Tournament Titles 13 Creighton’s offensive attack has been one of Creighton capped a perfect month of 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, the nation’s best this season. The Bluejays 29 September, recording a 7-0-0 record, mark- 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012 goals are second most in the nation, trailing ing the program’s first seven-win September only Clemson’s 31. since 1995. 22 NCAA Tournament Appearances All-time under Elmar Bolowich, Creighton 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, Pitter Continues To Shine is 26-6-4 in the month of September. Bolowich 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, With his game-winning goal at Butler on and the Bluejays are 26-6-1 all-time in October. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, Wednesday, Timo Pitter moved into seventh- Creighton is currenly 4-0-0 in October. 2014 place on Creighton’s all-time list for career goals (31) and ninth-place for career points From Germany To Omaha 5 NCAA College Cup Appearances (79), moving past former All-American and cur- The BIG EAST Digital Network chose Creighton 1996, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012 rent Creighton women’s soccer head coach, Men’s Soccer as the subject of its first school- Sports Information Ross Paule, on both lists. conference coordinated feature on BEDN. The feature story, focusing on the German Assistant SID / Men’s Soccer Lance Rinker influence on Creighton’s team, can be viewed Office Phone 402-280-5801 Cell Phone 765-620-6182 E-mail [email protected] Sports Information Director Rob Anderson Series History vs. Marquette Office Phone 402-280-5544 Marquette 09/24/00 at CU L, 1-3 Assistant SID Glen Sisk Marquette leads 6-4-0 09/19/04 at CU W, 2-1 Office Phone 402-280-2433 H: 3-3-0 • A: 1-3-0 • N: 0-0-0 10/12/13 * at MU L, 0-1 10/29/14 * at CU W, 2-0 Press Box 402-280-3567 or 3564 Date Site Score Sports Information FAX 402-280-2495 10/22/83 at CU L, 0-1 * Conference matches Ticket Office 402-280-JAYS 09/09/84 at MU L, 0-4 # NCAA tournament matches GoCreighton.com Home contests in italics Athletic Website 09/12/92 at CU W, 6-1 Conference Website BIGEAST.com 10/08/95 at MU W, 3-0 10/11/96 at CU L, 1-2 10/03/99 at MU L, 0-1 NSCAA Top 25 online by visiting the following URL: 2013. CU moved into the top spot in this year’s October 13, 2015 Poll http://YouTube.com/BIGEASTNetwork NSCAA poll on Sept. 8 poll and has remained Rk Team Pts LW there since. 1. Creighton (22) 597 1 Simon Says Bolowich Is #1 During Creighton’s 2013 stint atop the poll, 2. North Carolina (1) 575 2 Saturday’s win improved Elmar Bolowich to the Bluejays lost 3-2 in double-overtime vs. 3. Stanford (1) 546 3 76-18-9 as Creighton head coach, good for a William & Mary to drop to fifth, and would actu- 4. Clemson 532 5 .782 winning percentage. ally end the season unranked. 5. Wake Forest 491 6 With Creighton’s win over Seton Hall on Below is a list of the last time the Bluejays 6. Akron 476 8 Sept. 26, Bolowich passed Bret Simon atop were ranked No. 1 by each organization before 7. Notre Dame 445 7 Creighton’s all-time coaching list for best win this season: 8. Denver 426 9 percentage. Simon went 96-26-8 in six seasons 9. Old Dominion 413 11 from 1995-2000, good for a .769 win percentage. NSCAA - Sept. 10, 2013 10. Georgetown 388 12 Simon, like Bolowich, also took Creighton to Soccer America - Oct. 21, 2014 11. Elon 325 13 a pair of College Cups. College Soccer News - Nov. 11, 2014 12. South Florida 302 18 Top Drawer Soccer - Oct. 21, 2014 13. Coastal Carolina 273 4 Herbers Dominates BIG EAST Stats 14. UC-Santa Barbara 248 RV The BIG EAST Conference updates stat lead- Herbers From The Spot 15. Kentucky 238 20 ers after each set of games, and the latest stat Creighton is a perfect 3-for-3 on penalty kicks 16. Syracuse 206 22 provides a glimpse at just how dominant junior this season, with Fabian Herbers converting all 17. South Carolina 194 15 forward Fabian Herbers has been. three kicks. 18. Maryland 171 10 The league tracks nine different offensive This is just the second time in the last 19. Virginia 160 10 categories, and Herbers ranks first or tied for first dozen years that Creighton has made three or 20. Washington 149 17 in all nine. more penalty kicks in the same season, joining 21. SMU 146 RV the 2011 club that was 4-for-6 from the spot. 22. Hofstra 129 14 Category Total BIG EAST Rank Herbers is the first Creighton player to Shots 61 1st make three penalty kicks in the same season 23. NC State 72 RV Shots Per Game 4.69 1st 24. Seattle 69 19 Points 27 1st since Mike Tranchilla converted four in 2002. 25. Boston College 48 RV Points Per Game 2.08 1st Assists 7 1st Milestone Win #350 For Bolowich Also Receiving Votes: St. Francis Brooklyn (34), Assists Per Game 0.54 1st Elmar Bolowich picked up his 350th career win Oregon State (23), Boston (22), UNC-Wilmington (20), Goals 10 1st on Tuesday, Sept. 22, becoming the 10th active Ohio State (19), New Mexico (14), Butler (11), FIU (10), Goals Per Game 0.77 1st UCLA (9), Radford (6), Indiana (6), New Hampshire (2), Game Winning Goals 4 T-1st Division I coach to reach 350 career wins. Cal Poly (2), Xavier (2), SIUE (1) Here’s a look at the top-12, through games Keller Repeats Defensive Honor of Oct. 15. The list includes all victories as a College Soccer News Top 30 For the third time this season, co-captain head coach at a four-year institution, but the indi- October 12, 2015 Poll Vincent Keller was named BIG EAST Defensive vidual must have been a Division I head coach 1. Creighton for a minimum of the last five years: 2. North Carolina Player of the Week on Oct. 5. The league tabbed 3. Stanford Keller with the distinction after he helped lead Most Victories, Active Division I Head Coaches 4. Clemson Creighton to a pair of wins over Missouri State Rk. Coach, Team Years W Next 5. Wake Forest and DePaul. Helping anchor the defense, Keller 1. Mark Berson, South Carolina 39 479 10/18 6. Akron and the Bluejays allowed just eight total shots in 2. Bob Warming, Penn State 38 446 10/18 7. Notre Dame 3. Bob Gray, Marshall 39 435 10/19 8. Denver the wins, including just two total shots on goal. 4. Ralph Lundy, Charleston 40 430 10/17 9. Old Dominion 5. Ray Reid, Connecticut 27 407 10/17 6. Rich Posipanko, Winthrop 37 387 10/17 10. Georgetown Herbers Earns National Honor 7. Dave Masur, St. John’s 29 385 10/17 11. Coastal Carolina Fabian Herbers was named to the College 8. Seamus McFadden, San Diego 36 366 10/16 12. Virginia Soccer News National Team of the Week on Oct. 9. Sasho Cirovski, Maryland 25 366 10/16 13. Maryland 10. Elmar Bolowich, Creighton 27 356 10/17 14. Elon 5, marking the third time this season Herbers 11. Bobby Clark, Notre Dame 29 343 10/16 15. Washington has earned the distinction. Last month, Herbers 12. Alan Dawson, Old Dominion 28 342 10/17 16. UC-Santa Barbara was named CSN National Player of the Week 17. South Florida on Sept. 14 for his role in a 1-0 win at Michigan Home Cooking 18. South Carolina State. Creighton owns a 111-19-15 (.817) record all- 19. SMU time record at Morrison Stadium, including a 20. Seattle 21. NC State We’re No. 1, We’re No. 1 14-game unbeaten streak (14-0-1). 22. Hofstra For the sixth-straight week, Creighton is ranked The Bluejays are 111-7-8 all-time at 23. Kentucky first nationally in the NSCAA, Top Drawer Soccer Morrison Stadium when scoring at least one 24. UNC-Wilmington and College Soccer News polls this week. It’s the goal, including 22-straight victories. At all sites, 25. Radford 13th time in program history the coaches have Creighton is 27-0-2 since the start of the 2014 26. Xavier voted CU to the top spot. season when scoring at least one goal. 27. Syracuse 28. Boston College Creighton was ranked No. 1 the final five With Creighton’s victory over DePaul on 29. Boston weeks of the 1993 season by the Intercollegiate Oct. 3, Elmar Bolowich earned his 50th win 30. Oregon State Soccer Association of America. inside Morrison Stadium, joining Bob Warming Since the NSCAA poll became the poll of as the only coaches to eclipse 50 home wins at Others receiving Votes: Utah Valley, Indiana, record in 1996, Creighton has been No. 1 for Creighton. Bolowich is currently 52-6-3 (.877) at Michigan, UMBC, Ohio State, California, Cal Poly, one week each on Sept. 15, 1999 and Sept. 10, home as headman of the Bluejays. Butler, Monmouth, UCLA, Wofford, New Hampshire, SIUE Morrison Stadium Statistical Leaders Across The Board tory, and fourth largest in the nation this fall. Creighton enters Saturday’s contest versus It was also the largest home crowd to see Career Records Drake ranked near the top of nearly every major the Bluejays pick up a win. Points Total Years statistical category in NCAA Division I, as well Below is a list of the largest home crowds 1. Ethan Finlay 67 2008-11 as several other individual categories, through in program history: 2. Timo Pitter 57 2012-Pr. Oct. 13: 3. Fabian Herbers 46 2013-Pr. Att. Opponent CU Result Date Team Category Rank Stat 6,848 #14 Old Dominion L 1-2 9/14/02 Goals Win Percentage 1st 1.000 6,453 Tulsa W 1-0 9/19/15 1. Ethan Finlay 22 2008-11 Wins 1st 13 5,812 #11 UCLA T 0-0 9/8/07 2. Timo Pitter 21 2012-Pr. Shots/Game 1st 19.31 5,743 Stanford (Ex.) L 0-1 9/26/05 3. Fabian Herbers 17 2013-Pr. Shots on Goal/Game 1st 8.46 5,609 Missouri State L 0-1 9/19/09 Total Home Attendance 1st 34,699 5,425 Drexel W 1-0 9/4/11 Assists Average Home Attendance 3rd 3,470 1. Jose Ribas 16 2011-14 Team Goals Against Average 2nd 0.38 Top 10 Crowds Points Per Game 14th 6.23 2. Timo Pitter 15 2012-Pr. Creighton finished last season 10th nationally Jose Gomez 15 2010-12 Goals Per Game 10th 2.23 Tim Bohnenkamp 15 2004-07 Total Goals 2nd 29 in average home attendance and fifth overall in total home attendance. Shots Name Category Rank Stat It was the 11th-straight season the Bluejays 1. Timo Pitter 160 2012-Pr. Fabian Herbers Shots Per Game 2nd 4.69 have finished in the top-10 nationally in average 2. Ethan Finlay 141 2008-11 Fabian Herbers Game-Winning Goals 5th 4 home attendance. Fabian Herbers Shots on Goal/Game 3rd 2.31 3. Fabian Herbers 111 2013-Pr. Fabian Herbers Total Goals 4th 10 Creighton is currently averaging 3,470 fans Fabian Herbers Total Assists 4th 7 through seven home dates, which ranks third Shots on Goal Fabian Herbers Total Points 3rd 27 nationally through games as of Oct. 9, Creighton 1. Timo Pitter 84 2012-Pr. Fabian Herbers Goals Per Game 7th 0.77 2. Ethan Finlay 66 2008-11 is also first with 34,699 total home fans. Fabian Herbers Points Per Game 3rd 2.08 The 4,838 fans for Michigan on Aug. 28 3. Fabian Herbers 62 2013-Pr. Timo Pitter Game-Winning Goals 5th 4 Timo Pitter Shots on Goal/Game 9th 2.08 ranked as the largest crowd in school history Matches Played Timo Pitter Total Goals 23rd 7 to witness a season-opener, while the crowd of 1. Timo Pitter 47 2012-Pr. Timo Pitter Total Points 35th 16 4,907 vs. CSUN on Sept. 4 was the program’s Jose Ribas 47 2011-14 Connor Sparrow Goals Against Avg. 4th 0.390 largest crowd since 2012. CU’s crowd of 6,453 3. Tim Bohnenkamp 44 2004-07 on Sept. 19 vs. Tulsa was the second-largest home crowd in program history. Goalkeeping Victories At Home, Ranked First, At Last 1. Brian Holt 36 2008-11 The 1-0 win over Tulsa on Sept. 19 was Creighton’s average home attendance of 2. Connor Sparrow 24 2013-Pr. Creighton’s first home game as the nation’s No. 3,470 is more than double that of any other BIG 2. Matt Allen 22 2004-07 1 team since a Nov. 14, 1993 four-overtime loss EAST institution. Butler and Georgetown rank to Air Force. second and third with averages of 1,500 and Saves Including Tuesday’s win over Drake, 1,166, respectively. 1. Matt Allen 114 2004-07 Creighton is 10-1-0 all-time when playing at 2. Brian Holt 94 2008-11 home as the nation’s top club, losing only that Sparrow Finds A Way To Win game to Air Force 21 years ago. Senior goalkeeper Connor Sparrow has Goals Against Average (min. 720) 1. Connor Sparrow 0.31 2013-Pr. (CU only) Since then, Creighton has also played allowed one goal or less in 37 of his 39 career 2. Guido Leon 0.45 2003 seven games as the nation’s No. 1 team at road starts at Creighton. 3. Brian Holt 0.48 2008-11 or neutral venues and has gone 5-1-1 in those The only team to score against him mul- contests. tiple times in the same game has been Seton Shutouts Hall, which did it in both 2014 and 2015, though 1. Brian Holt 25 2008-11 Huge Crowd, Huge Win Creighton won both matches (3-2 in 2014 and 2. Connor Sparrow 16 2013-Pr. A crowd of 6,453 fans turned out to watch the 4-2 in 2015). Matt Allen 16 2004-07 Sept. 19, 1-0 win over Tulsa on homecoming, In his other 37 starts as a Bluejay, Sparrow Goalkeeper Minutes Played the second largest home crowd in school his- has allowed just 14 total goals. 1. Brian Holt 3,899 2008-11 2. Connor Sparrow 3,473 2013-Pr. 2015 Individual Honors & Awards Fabian Herbers College Soccer News Preseason First Team All-American, F Timo Pitter College Soccer News Team of the Week, F, 8/31 College Soccer News Preseason Second Team All- College Soccer News Team of the Week, F, 9/14 American, M College Soccer News Team of the Week, F, 10/5 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List (30) 2015 BIG EAST Preseason Poll College Soccer News National Player of the Week, 9/14 Preseason All-BIG EAST, M MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List (30) Senior CLASS Award Candidate (30) Rk. Team (1st place votes) Points Preseason All-BIG EAST, F Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Second Team, M 1. Creighton (5) 77 Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First Team, F Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 (No. 18) Georgetown (5) 77 Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 (No. 5) 3. Providence 65 Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week, F, 9/1 Connor Sparrow 4. Xavier 55 Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week, F, 9/8 BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week, 8/31 5. Marquette 50 BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week, 9/7 6. St. John’s 36 Vincent Keller Preseason All-BIG EAST, GK 7. Butler 33 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 9/7 Preseason BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year 8. Villanova 29 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 9/14 Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 (No. 74) 9. Seton Hall 19 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 10/5 10. DePaul 9 Senior CLASS Award Candidate (30) 2015 Miscellaneous Statistics Pitter Sets Another Morrison Mark The Senior CLASS Award winners will CU Opp. Timo Pitter has attempted 160 shots in his be announced during the 2015 NCAA Men’s Corner Kicks . . . . 78 ...... 29 career at Morrison Stadium to break the all-time and Women’s College Cup® championships in Offsides ...... 20 ...... 19 mark formerly held by Ethan Finlay (141) from December. Penalty Kicks . . . .3-3 ...... 0-0 2008-11. Former Creighton goalkeeper Brian Holt Yellow Cards . . . . 10 ...... 16 Earlier this year Pitter broke the stadium won the 2011 Senior CLASS Award on the pitch, Red Cards ...... 0 ...... 1 record for career shots on goal, passing the 66 while ex-Creighton men’s basketball standout by Finlay. Doug McDermott won the 2014 Senior CLASS Score by Periods Pitter is also second in Morrison Stadium Award on the hardwood. 1 2 OT1 OT2 Total history in career goals and points, trailing Finlay CU 14 14 0 0 28 Opp. 3 2 0 0 5 in both categories. He trails Finlay by just one Herbers Play Gets Noticed goal (21). He is tied for first with Jose Ribas in Fabian Herbers was a First Team All-American matches played at Morrison Stadium (47). last year, and the junior picked up where he Attendance Breakdown left off as the forward was named to College Matches Total Average Bolowich Keeps CU Winning Soccer News’ National Team of the Week on ...... 13...... 39,180...... 3,013 OVERALL Creighton ranks second nationally with 75 wins Aug. 31 and the Top Drawer Soccer National Home...... 10...... 34,699...... 3,470 Away...... 3...... 3,481...... 2,872 in the last five years, which coincides with the Team of the Week on Sept. 1. He repeated his Neutral...... 0...... 0...... 0 arrival of head coach Elmar Bolowich. Bolowich honor from Top Drawer Soccer on Sept. 8 with was named BIG EAST Co-Coach of the Year last two goals and two assists in two wins. Herbers Record Breakdown season after helping the Bluejays to a league earned recognition for a third straight week when Bolowich Era 2015 title. he was named the National Player of the Week Overall 76-18-9 13-0-0 Below is a list of the nation’s most wins by College Soccer News on Sept. 14. He again Home 52-6-3 10-0-0 since Bolowich arrived before the 2011 season, earned a spot on College Soccer News’ National Away 22-9-5 3-0-0 through games of Oct. 15, 2015. Team of the Week on Oct. 5. Neutral 2-3-1 0-0-0 Herbers has tallied at least one point in 11 25-6-3 4-0-0 Conference 2011-14 2015 Total Next of Creighton’s 12 matches this year and has Home 15-2-0 2-0-0 Rk. Team Wins Wins Wins Game scored a goal in all but three contests. Away 10-4-3 2-0-0 1. Coastal Carolina 73 7 80 10/14 Non-Conference 52-12-6 10-0-0 2. Creighton 63 12 75 10/14 His five points against No. 13 UC Irvine on Home 38-4-3 9-0-0 3. Akron 63 9 72 10/17 Sept. 6 were a personal high, and the most by Away 12-5-2 1-0-0 4. North Carolina 61 10 71 10/13 a Bluejay since Ethan Finlay had six points on Neutral 2-3-1 0-0-0 5. Maryland 64 6 70 10/16 Oct. 15, 2011, also against UC Irvine. Creighton scores first 66-3-2 11-0-0 In addition, Herbers performance vs. UC Opponent scores first 10-15-3 2-0-0 Keller & Pitter Up For Senior Class Award Irvine included his second career multiple-game 0-0-4 0-0-0 Scoreless ties Vincent Keller and Timo Pitter are among 30 as a Bluejay. Thirteen times in his 47 career Ahead at halftime 41-0-2 7-0-0 men’s soccer student-athletes who excel both on Trailing at halftime 6-8-1 2-0-0 contests he has scored the first goal of the game and off the field that were selected as candidates Tied at halftime 29-10-6 4-0-0 for either team. Overtime 8-3-9 0-0-0 for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate In 15 games against outside competition Against Top 25 16-6-4 1-0-0 soccer. this fall (two exhibitions, 13 regular-season Monday 0-0-0 0-0-0 To be eligible for the award, a student- games), Herbers owns 12 goals and 11 assists: Tuesday 9-3-1 3-0-0 athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division Wednesday 10-2-0 1-0-0 I senior and have notable achievements in four Opponent Goals Assists Final Score Thursday 0-1-0 0-0-0 areas of excellence: community, classroom, at Bradley (Ex.) 1 2 W 3-0 Friday 13-5-2 2-0-0 character and competition. Northwestern (Ex.) 1 2 W 5-0 Saturday 23-6-4 4-0-0 An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Michigan 1 0 W 1-0 Sunday 21-1-1 3-0-0 Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior Milwaukee 1 1 W 4-0 CSUN 0 1 W 2-1 CLASS Award focuses on the total student- #13 UC Irvine 2 1 W 4-0 Creighton in the 2015 Polls athlete and encourages students to use their at Michigan State 1 0 W 1-0 platform in athletics to make a positive impact as Week NSCAA CSN TDS Tulsa 0 1 W 1-0 leaders in their communities. Northern Illinois 1 1 W 2-0 Pre 6 4 5 Pitter is one of four men (along with CSU at Seton Hall 1 1 W 4-2 Sept. 1 3 3 3 Bakersfield’s Christian Duarte, Cal Poly’s Missouri State 1 0 W, 4-0 Sept. 8 1 1 1 Chase Minter and Stanford’s Brandon Vincent) DePaul 1 0 W, 1-0 Sept. 15 1 1 1 who are also on the preseason watch list for Drake 0 0 W, 2-1 Sept. 22 1 1 1 St. John’s 1 0 W, 2-1 the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, Sept. 29 1 1 1 Butler 0 1 W, 1-0 which recognizes the top player in collegiate Oct. 6 1 1 1 Total (15 games) 12 11 CU 32-3 soccer. Outside of academics and athletics, all Oct. 13 1 1 1 candidates also have been consistently involved League Openers in community service on their campus or in their Creighton’s win at Seton Hall on Sept. 26 NSCAA - NSCAA communities. improved Creighton to 16-4-5 all-time in confer- CSN - College Soccer News Top 30 The candidates will be narrowed to 10 final- ence openers, including a 3-1-1 mark under TDS - TopDrawerSoccer.com ists midway through the regular season, and Elmar Bolowich. those 10 names will be placed on the official Since joining the BIG EAST, Creighton is ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nation- a perfect 3-0-0 in league lid-lifters, picking up wide voting system to media, coaches and fans, 1-0 wins over St. John’s (in OT in 2013) and at who will select one candidate who best exem- Villanova (in 2014) before this season’s 4-2 win plifies excellence in the four Cs of community, at Seton Hall. classroom, character and competition. Game-Winning Goals In league road openers, Creighton improved Dynamic Duo 2015 2012-14 Career to 13-5-7 overall and 2-1-2 under Bolowich. Timo Pitter and Fabian Herbers form one of Timo Pitter 4 7 11 During Bolowich’s tenure, the Bluejays are 5-0-0 the nation’s top offensive duos, and the numbers Fabian Herbers 4 6 10 in league home openers. continue to bear that out. Myles Englis 2 0 2 The Bluejays win over DePaul on Oct. 3 Either Pitter or Herbers has scored or Ricardo Perez 1 2 3 improved Creighton’s all-time mark in league assisted on 43 of Creighton’s 60 goals since the Lucas Stauffer 0 3 3 home openers to 21-2-2. start of the 2014 season, including 24-of-32 tal- Eric DeJulio 0 2 2 lies a year ago. Ricky Lopez-Espin 1 2 3 Noah Franke 1 0 1 NSCAA Team Academic Award That pair have combined for 32 goals and Fernando Castellanos 0 1 1 The Creighton men’s soccer program was 25 assists in that span. Twelve of those 32 goals Vincent Keller 0 1 1 recognized by the National Soccer Coaches have been assisted by the other half of their star Mike Paye 0 1 1 Association of America (NSCAA) with the orga- duo. nization’s team academic award for 2014-15. Overtime Goals It is the seventh honor in the last eight sea- Among Active Career Leaders 2015 2012-14 Career sons (2008-12, 2014-15) for Creighton. Timo Pitter currently ranks third in NCAA Fabian Herbers 0 1 1 The NSCAA annually recognizes college Division I among active players with 79 career Vincent Keller 0 1 1 and high school soccer programs that have points. excelled in the classroom, in addition to their Fabian Herbers ranks fifth for points per Game-Tying Goals work on the field and requires a team grade point game among active players, maintaining an 2015 2012-14 Career Fabian Herbers 1 2 3 average of 3.0 or higher. average of 1.25. Timo Pitter 1 2 3 Ricky Lopez-Espin 1 0 1 Bluejay Flurry Keys Comeback Ethan Finlay, All-Star Myles Englis 0 1 1 In its BIG EAST opener, Creighton trailed 2-1 Former Creighton All-American Ethan Finlay is late versus Seton Hall lon Sept. 26 before having a splendid summer. First Goals of the Game unleashing three goals in less than six minutes Finlay entered the week fourth in the MLS 2015 2012-14 Career to lock up a hard-fought, 4-2 road win. with 13 assists to go with nine goals in 31 games Fabian Herbers 5 9 14 After Lucas Stauffer was fouled in the with the Columbus Crew this year. Timo Pitter 5 7 12 box, Fabian Herbers tied the game at 2-2 on a Earlier this summer, Finlay played in the Ricardo Perez 1 3 4 penalty kick with 10:14 to play. Just 128 seconds MLS All-Star Game. Ricky Lopez-Espin 0 2 2 Lucas Stauffer 0 2 2 later Myles Englis scored to make it 3-2. And Finlay played at Creighton from 2008-11, Eric DeJulio 0 1 1 5:45 after Herbers’ initial score it was Stauffer leading the Bluejays to a pair of College Cups Ricky Lopez-Espin 1 0 1 who found the back of the net for the first time in before being 10th overall in the 2012 MLS Super 2015 to add an insurance tally. Draft. Creighton had not scored three goals in less than a six minute span since Sept. 21, 2003, Jays Favored In Preseason BIG EAST Poll when it did so vs. Yale. Creighton and Georgetown tied for first in the Saturday’s comeback was Creighton’s first preseason BIG EAST poll that was released on victory under Elmar Bolowich in a game in Aug. 18th. Both teams had 77 points and five which it’s trailed with less than 11 minutes left, first-place votes in the poll. and first time since a 2-1 overtime win on Oct. GK Connor Sparrow, M Timo Pitter and 16, 2010 at Evansville under Jamie Clark. F Fabian Herbers were each named to the The last time Creighton trailed with 11 min- Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. Pitter was a utes left and won a game in regulation came Oct. unanimous selection, while Sparrow was named 17, 2007, when it won 2-1 at Western Kentucky BIG EAST Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year. with Bob Warming as coach. This is the eighth time in the last 11 years, and 15th time since 1990, that Creighton has A Big Win Over A Big-Time Team been picked to win its league in the preseason. Creighton’s 4-0 win over No. 13 UC Irvine on Sept. 6 was its largest margin of victory against a Perennial Power ranked team since a 4-0 win versus No. 23 Tulsa Creighton won the program’s first BIG EAST title on Oct. 3, 2004. last season when it claimed the regular-season Creighton’s last win by four or more goals crown with a 7-1-1 mark. against a top-20 team had been a 6-2 victory The Bluejays now own 13 regular-season and over No. 6 Boston College on Dec. 8, 2002. 13 conference tournament titles in program history, all since 1992. Top 10 Preseason Jays, Again Creighton was ranked sixth nationally in the pre- Sparrow A Rare Bird season edition of the NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Senior GK Connor Sparrow remains Creighton’s poll. all-time leader in goals against average, allowing This was the fourth time in the last five years just 0.46 goals per 90 minutes in a Bluejay uni- the Bluejays have been ranked in the top-10 of form. the preseason poll, and 11th time since 1998. Sparrow’s numbers are even more impres- Creighton has now spent at least one week in sive at home, where he owns a 0.36 GAA in a the top 10 of the NSCAA poll in each of the last Creighton uniform at Morrison Stadium. 24 seasons. Of the 18 goals that Sparrow has allowed as a Bluejay, only five have come prior to halftime. Sparrow Creighton’s all-time leader in winning percentage with a .825 win percentage (31- Bolowich, and lost by two goals just twice. 5-4). Streaks To Watch You Play To Win The Game Creighton is 40-0-2 under Elmar Bolowich Creighton’s 16-3-3 record last year led the nation when leading at halftime. in winning percentage (.795). The Bluejays were Creighton is 24-0-1 in its last 25 games eliminated from the NCAA Tournament after fall- when scoring first, and 64-3-2 under Bolowich. ing in penalty kicks vs. UMBC during the team’s Creighton has trailed at the half in just two 10th appearance in the national quarterfinals in of its last 33 games (1-0 vs. CSUN on Sept. 4, the last 19 years. 2015, and 1-0 vs. Drake on Oct. 6, 2015). Creighton is unbeaten in its last 14 games Another Strong Class at all sites (13-0-1). College Soccer News has dubbed Creighton’s Creighton has not lost a true road game recruiting class as the nation’s 31st best. Among since late in the 2013 campaign, going 6-0-3 the newcomers the website highlights are Evan away from Morrison Stadium in that stretch. Waldrep, Jacob Rooth and Peter Prescott. Creighton is 13-0-0 in home matches under Bolowich that kick off prior to 6 pm. Herbers & Pitter Earn Preseason Acclaim Fabian Herbers and Timo Pitter have both been recognized nationally in the preseason. Creighton Soccer’s European Vacation Both men are among the 30 players on the MAC Creighton spent nearly two weeks in Europe in Hermann Trophy Watch List. Creighton is one early July, spending most of that time in Germany of six schools with two players on the list, join- and Austria. The team went 2-2-0 against strong ing Charlotte, CSU Bakersfield, Georgetown, competition, but also bonded in a foreign cul- Kentucky and Stanford. ture that included trips Neuschwanstein Castle, Top Drawer Soccer also honored Herbers Allianz Arena and Munich’s Olympic Stadium, and Pitter on their Preseason Best XI Teams. among other areas. Herbers was a first-team pick at forward, while Pitter was a second-teamer as a midfielder. O Captain! My Captain! College Soccer News also acknowledged Seniors Vincent Keller and Eric DeJulio have Herbers and Pitter on its Preseason All-America been named captains on this year’s team. Both Teams. Herbers was a first-team choice at for- men started all 22 games a season ago for ward, while Pitter was a second-team midfielder. Creighton’s BIG EAST champion club.

Top 100 Trio Fabian Herbers, Timo Pitter and Connor Sparrow all earned a spot on Top Drawer Soccer’s Preseason Top 100 list of the nation’s top players. Herbers checked in at No. 5, while Pitter (No. 18) and Sparrow (No. 74) made the Bluejays one of eight teams nationally with three players in the top-75.

Tough 2015 Slate The Bluejays’ 2015 schedule features five regular-season contests against teams that were nationally-ranked in the preseason NSCAA poll, as CU meets No. 3 Georgetown, No. 7 Providence, No. 9 Michigan State, No. 19 Xavier and No. 20 UC Irvine. Creighton also has a game vs. Tulsa and won an exhibition vs. Northwestern, two teams that were listed among those ‘also receiving votes.” All told, Creighton’s 2015 schedule will see it face nine teams that finished last year in the top 55 of the RPI, including five games against teams that reached the Sweet 16.

So Close Each of Creighton’s last 14 losses have been by a single goal, including every setback in 2013 and 2014. Creighton has fallen behind by two goals just four times in 98 games under Elmar Numerical Roster Pronunciation Guide No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School) (Last Club) Bacellar: BAHS • a • lar 0 Connor Sparrow GK 6-2 175 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. (UMKC) (St. Louis Scott Gallagher) Bolowich: BOW • lo • vich 1 Jacob Rooth GK 6-2 185 Fr. Evanston, Ill. (Lake Forest Academy) (Chicago Fire Academy) Castellanos: cahs • tay • YAH • nos 2 Peter Prescott D 6-3 175 Fr. Vancouver, Wash. (Mountain View) (Portland Timbers Academy) DeJulio: duh • JULIE • oh 3 Mitch LaGro D/M 5-11 160 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Plano West) (Solar Chelsea) Franke: FRANK • ee 4 Vincent Keller D/M 5-9 170 Sr. Freiburg, Germany (Angell Akademie) (SC Freiburg) Helbig, Elias: HELL-big, uh • LIE • iss 5 Mike Paye M 5-6 145 Sr. Monrovia, Liberia (Tyler JC) (Ocean City Nor’easters) Herbers: HER • burs, Fabian FAH • be • ahn 6 Joel Rydstrand M 5-8 150 Fr. Almunge, Sweden (Celsiusskolan) (IK Sirius) Kluver: KLOO • ver 7 Ricky Lopez-Espin F 6-2 180 So. Miami, Fla. (Shattuck-St. Mary’s [Minn.]) (Shattuck-St. Mary’s) Kollmannthaler: Coleman • taller 8 Evan Waldrep M 5-11 160 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Vista Grande) (Real Salt Lake Academy) LaGro: La • GRO 9 Diego Bacellar M 6-0 175 Jr. Governador Valadares, Brazil (Monroe [N.Y.] College) Paye: PAY 10 Ricardo Perez M/F 5-9 165 Jr. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (Rocky Mountain [Colo.]) (Albuquerque Sol) PIT • ah, TEE • mo 11 Fernando Castellanos M 5-8 150 Sr. Montclair, Calif. (Tyler JC) (CASL) Pitter: Timo: 12 Lucas Stauffer M 5-6 155 So. Owensboro, Ky. (Shattuck-St. Mary’s [Minn.]) (Vejle Boldklub) Ramlo: RAM • lo 13 Noah Franke M 5-8 140 So. Orlando, Fla. (Olympia) (Orlando City) Rooth: RUTH 14 Fabian Herbers M/F 6-0 165 Jr. Ahaus, Germany (Alexander Hegius Gymnasium) (VFL Rhede) Rutter: RUTT • er 15 Daniel Rutter M 5-5 150 Fr. Friendswood, Texas (Coastal Carolina) (Clear Springs) Rydstrand, Joel: RIDE • stran, JO • ell 16 Myles Englis M 5-10 160 Jr. Rome, Ga. (Darlington Academy) (IMG Academy) Stauffer: STOW (as in wow) • fur 17 Stefan Wutte D 6-2 185 Jr. Klagenfurt, Austria (Willamette Univ.) (Portland Timbers Academy) Valdivia: VAL • div • e • uh 18 Timo Pitter M/F 5-9 150 Sr. Oberschwarzach, Germany (Frankenlandschulheim Gaibach) (DJK Oberschwarzach) Wutte, Stefan: VOOT • eh, STEFF • ahn 20 Elias Helbig M 6-0 165 Fr. Denver, Colo. (East) (Colorado Rapids Academy) 21 Bryce Gibson F 6-4 175 Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit North) (Sporting Kansas City Academy) 22 Eric DeJulio D 6-2 185 Sr. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley Northwest) (Sporting KC Academy) Breakdown by Class 23 Connor Ramlo M 6-0 165 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Xavier) (Iowa Soccer Club) Seniors (6): Fernando Castellanos, Eric 24 Brock Fitzgerald M 5-8 150 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) (Omaha FC) DeJulio, Vincent Keller, Mike Paye, Timo 25 Felix Kollmannthaler D 6-1 165 Fr. Frankfurt, Germany (Julius-Echter-Gymnasium) (Kickers Offenbach) Pitter, Connor Sparrow 29 Collin Valdivia GK 5-10 155 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Loyola) (FC Golden State) Juniors (5): Diego Bacellar, Myles 30 Michael Kluver GK 6-3 195 So. Papillion, Neb. (Skutt Catholic) (Omaha FC) Englis, Fabian Herbers, Ricardo Perez, Stefan Wutte Sophomores (5): Brock Fitzgerald, Noah Alphabetical Roster Franke, Michael Kluver, Ricky Lopez- No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School) (Last Club) Espin, Lucas Stauffer 9 Diego Bacellar M 6-0 175 Jr. Governador Valadares, Brazil (Monroe [N.Y.] College) Freshmen (11): Bryce Gibson, Elias 11 Fernando Castellanos M 5-8 150 Sr. Montclair, Calif. (Tyler JC) (CASL) Helbig, Felix Kollmannthaler, Mitch LaGro, 22 Eric DeJulio D 6-2 185 Sr. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley Northwest) (Sporting KC Academy) Peter Prescott, Connor Ramlo, Jacob 16 Myles Englis M 5-10 160 Jr. Rome, Ga. (Darlington Academy) (IMG Academy) Rooth, Daniel Rutter, Joel Rydstrand, 24 Brock Fitzgerald M 5-8 150 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) (Omaha FC) Collin Valdivia, Evan Waldrep 13 Noah Franke M 5-8 140 So. Orlando, Fla. (Olympia) (Orlando City) 21 Bryce Gibson F 6-4 175 Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit North) (Sporting Kansas City Academy) Breakdown by Location 20 Elias Helbig M 6-0 165 Fr. Denver, Colo. (East) (Colorado Rapids Academy) 14 Fabian Herbers M/F 6-0 165 Jr. Ahaus, Germany (Alexander Hegius Gymnasium) (VFL Rhede) Arizona (1): Evan Waldrep 4 Vincent Keller D/M 5-9 170 Sr. Freiburg, Germany (Angell Akademie) (SC Freiburg) California (2): Fernando Castellanos, 30 Michael Kluver GK 6-3 195 So. Papillion, Neb. (Skutt Catholic) (Omaha FC) Collin Valdivia 25 Felix Kollmannthaler D 6-1 165 Fr. Frankfurt, Germany (Julius-Echter-Gymnasium) (Kickers Offenbach) Colorado (1): Elias Helbig 3 Mitch LaGro D/M 5-11 160 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Plano West) (Solar Chelsea) Florida (2): Noah Franke, Ricky Lopez- 7 Ricky Lopez-Espin F 6-2 180 So. Miami, Fla. (Shattuck-St. Mary’s [Minn.]) (Shattuck-St. Mary’s) Espin 5 Mike Paye M 5-6 145 Sr. Monrovia, Liberia (Tyler JC) (Ocean City Nor’easters) Illinois (1): Jacob Rooth 10 Ricardo Perez M/F 5-9 165 Jr. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (Rocky Mountain [Colo.]) (Albuquerque Sol) Iowa (1): Connor Ramlo 18 Timo Pitter M/F 5-9 150 Sr. Oberschwarzach, Germany (Frankenlandschulheim Gaibach) (DJK Oberschwarzach) Georgia (1): Myles Englis 2 Peter Prescott D 6-3 175 Fr. Vancouver, Wash. (Mountain View) (Portland Timbers Academy) Kansas (1): Eric DeJulio 23 Connor Ramlo M 6-0 165 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Xavier) (Iowa Soccer Club) Kentucky (1): Lucas Stauffer 1 Jacob Rooth GK 6-2 185 Fr. Evanston, Ill. (Lake Forest Academy) (Chicago Fire Academy) Missouri (2): Bryce Gibson, Connor 15 Daniel Rutter M 5-5 150 Fr. Friendswood, Texas (Coastal Carolina) (Clear Springs) Sparrow 6 Joel Rydstrand M 5-8 150 Fr. Almunge, Sweden (Celsiusskolan) (IK Sirius) 0 Connor Sparrow GK 6-2 175 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. (UMKC) (St. Louis Scott Gallagher) Nebraska (2): Brock Fitzgerald, Michael 12 Lucas Stauffer M 5-6 155 So. Owensboro, Ky. (Shattuck-St. Mary’s [Minn.]) (Vejle Boldklub) Kluver 29 Collin Valdivia GK 5-10 155 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Loyola) (FC Golden State) Texas (2): Mitch LaGro, Daniel Rutter 8 Evan Waldrep M 5-11 160 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Vista Grande) (Real Salt Lake Academy) Washington (1): Peter Prescott 17 Stefan Wutte D 6-2 185 Jr. Klagenfurt, Austria (Willamette Univ.) (Portland Timbers Academy) International (9): Diego Bacellar, Fabian Herbers, Vincent Keller, Felix Head Coach: Elmar Bolowich (Mainz, 1981) – fifth season Kollmannthaler, Mike Paye, Ricardo Assistant Coach: Johnny Torres (Creighton, 2008) - ninth season Perez, Timo Pitter, Joel Rydstrand, Assistant Coach: Justin Hughes (North Carolina, 2006) - fifth season Stefan Wutte Graduate Assistant: TJ Burns (Creighton, 2011) - second season 2015 Creighton Men's Soccer Creighton Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 14, 2015) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 13-0 10-0 3-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 4-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 9-0 8-0 1-0 0-0

Date Opponent Score Att. ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att Aug 28 MICHIGAN W 1-0 4838 14 HERBERS, Fabian 13 10 7 27 61 .1 6 4 30 .4 9 2 4 3 - 3 Aug 30 MILWAUKEE W 4-0 2248 18 PITTER, Timo 13 7 2 16 41 .1 7 1 27 .6 5 9 4 0 - 0 Sep 04 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W 2-1 4907 16 ENGLIS, Myles 13 4 1 9 21 .1 9 0 9 .4 2 9 2 0 - 0 Sep 06 #13 UC IRVINE W 4-0 2326 11 CASTELLANOS,Fernan 13 2 3 7 17 .1 1 8 6 .3 5 3 0 0 - 0 Sep 11 at Michigan State W 1-0 1630 7 LOPEZ-ESPIN, Ricky 13 2 0 4 20 .1 0 0 10 .5 0 0 1 0 - 0 Sep 19 TULSA W 1-0 6453 12 STAUFFER, Lucas 13 1 2 4 21 .0 4 8 7 .3 3 3 0 0 - 0 Sep 22 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 2-0 2093 13 FRANKE, Noah 13 1 1 3 15 .0 6 7 7 .4 6 7 1 0 - 0 * Sep 26 at Seton Hall W 4-2 938 10 PEREZ, Ricardo 13 1 1 3 13 .0 7 7 2 .1 5 4 1 0 - 0 Sep 29 MISSOURI STATE W 4-0 2132 4 KELLER, Vincent 13 0 3 3 11 .0 0 0 3 .2 7 3 0 0 - 0 * Oct 03 DEPAUL W 1-0 3387 8 WALDREP, Evan 3 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 0 0 - 0 Oct 06 DRAKE W 2-1 2427 6 RYDSTRAND, Joel 13 0 2 2 9 .0 0 0 2 .2 2 2 0 0 - 0 * Oct 10 ST. JOHN'S W 2-1 3888 3 LAGRO, Mitch 7 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct 14 at Butler W 1-0 913 2 PRESCOTT, Peter 13 0 0 0 9 .0 0 0 4 .4 4 4 0 0 - 0 5 PAYE, Mike 13 0 0 0 6 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 TEAM STATISTICS CU OPP 22 DEJULIO, Eric 12 0 0 0 3 .0 0 0 1 .3 3 3 0 0 - 0 SHOT STATISTICS 9 BACELLAR, Diego 4 0 0 0 2 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Goals-Shot attempts 29-251 5-81 24 FITZGERALD, Brock 4 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 - 0 Goals scored per game 2.23 0.38 30 KLUVER, Michael 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Shot pct. .1 1 6 .0 6 2 25 KOLLMANNTHALER,Fe 5 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Shots on goal-Attempts 110-251 27-81 15 RUTTER, Daniel 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 SOG pct. .4 3 8 .3 3 3 0 SPARROW, Connor 13 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 S h o t s / G a m e 19.3 6.2 Total 13 29 23 81 251 .1 1 6 110 .4 3 8 13 3 - 3 CORNER KICKS 86 29 Opponents 13 5 4 14 81 .0 6 2 27 .3 3 3 0 0 - 0 PENALTY KICKS 3-3 0-0 PENALTIES ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho Yellow cards 11 16 30 KLUVER, Michael 1 15:38 0 0.00 0 .0 0 0 0-0-0 0/1 Red cards 0 1 0 SPARROW, Connor 13 1154:22 5 0.39 22 .8 1 5 13-0-0 8/1 ATTENDANCE Total 13 1170:00 5 0.38 22 .8 1 5 13-0-0 9 T o t a l 34699 3481 Opponents 13 1170:00 29 2.23 81 .7 3 6 0-13-0 0 Dates/Avg Per Date 10/3470 3/1160 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Goals by Period 1st 2nd Total Creighton 14 15 29 Opponents 3 2 5

Shots by Period 1st 2nd Total Creighton 131 120 251 Opponents 30 51 81

Saves by Period 1st 2nd Total Creighton 13 9 22 Opponents 44 37 81

Corners by Period 1st 2nd Total Creighton 42 44 86 Opponents 10 19 29

Fouls by Period 1st 2nd Total Creighton 77 86 163 Opponents 74 60 134 2015 Creighton Men's Soccer Creighton Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 14, 2015) Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 4-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 4-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Date Opponent Score Att. ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att * Sep 26 at Seton Hall W 4-2 938 14 HERBERS, Fabian 4 3 2 8 17 .1 7 6 8 .4 7 1 1 1 - 1 * Oct 03 DEPAUL W 1-0 3387 18 PITTER, Timo 4 2 1 5 11 .1 8 2 7 .6 3 6 1 0 - 0 * Oct 10 ST. JOHN'S W 2-1 3888 12 STAUFFER, Lucas 4 1 1 3 9 .1 1 1 4 .4 4 4 0 0 - 0 * Oct 14 at Butler W 1-0 913 16 ENGLIS, Myles 4 1 0 2 5 .2 0 0 2 .4 0 0 1 0 - 0 13 FRANKE, Noah 4 1 0 2 3 .3 3 3 2 .6 6 7 1 0 - 0 TEAM STATISTICS CU OPP 6 RYDSTRAND, Joel 4 0 1 1 6 .0 0 0 2 .3 3 3 0 0 - 0 SHOT STATISTICS 4 KELLER, Vincent 4 0 1 1 6 .0 0 0 2 .3 3 3 0 0 - 0 Goals-Shot attempts 8-75 3-28 10 PEREZ, Ricardo 4 0 1 1 5 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Goals scored per game 2.00 0.75 11 CASTELLANOS,Fernan 4 0 0 0 5 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Shot pct. .1 0 7 .1 0 7 7 LOPEZ-ESPIN, Ricky 4 0 0 0 5 .0 0 0 2 .4 0 0 0 0 - 0 Shots on goal-Attempts 31-75 7-28 2 PRESCOTT, Peter 4 0 0 0 2 .0 0 0 1 .5 0 0 0 0 - 0 SOG pct. .4 1 3 .2 5 0 22 DEJULIO, Eric 3 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 - 0 S h o t s / G a m e 18.8 7.0 25 KOLLMANNTHALER,Fe 2 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 CORNER KICKS 25 8 5 PAYE, Mike 4 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 PENALTY KICKS 1-1 0-0 3 LAGRO, Mitch 4 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 PENALTIES Total 4 8 7 23 75 .1 0 7 31 .4 1 3 4 1 - 1 Yellow cards 3 6 Opponents 4 3 3 9 28 .1 0 7 7 .2 5 0 0 0 - 0 Red cards 0 0 ATTENDANCE ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho T o t a l 7275 1851 0 SPARROW, Connor 4 360:00 3 0.75 4 .5 7 1 4-0-0 2/0 Dates/Avg Per Date 2/3638 2/926 Total 4 360:00 3 0.75 4 .5 7 1 4-0-0 2 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Opponents 4 360:00 8 2.00 23 .7 4 2 0-4-0 0

Goals by Period 1st 2nd Total Creighton 3 5 8 Opponents 1 2 3

Shots by Period 1st 2nd Total Creighton 44 31 75 Opponents 9 19 28

Saves by Period 1st 2nd Total Creighton 3 1 4 Opponents 16 7 23

Corners by Period 1st 2nd Total Creighton 12 13 25 Opponents 3 5 8

Fouls by Period 1st 2nd Total Creighton 21 31 52 Opponents 26 22 48 2015 Creighton Men's Soccer Creighton Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Oct 14, 2015) All games

SEASON CAREER

## Player gp-gs g a pts sh sh% gw pk-att gp-gs g a pts sh sh% gw pk-att 14 HERBERS, Fabian 13-13 10 7 27 61 .1 6 4 4 3-3 • 52-47 23 19 65 155 .1 4 8 10 3-3 18 PITTER, Timo 13-13 7 2 16 41 .1 7 1 4 0-0 • 79-79 30 19 79 241 .1 2 4 11 0-0 16 ENGLIS, Myles 13-5 4 1 9 21 .1 9 0 2 0-0 • 37-6 6 1 13 39 .1 5 4 2 0-0 11 CASTELLANOS,Fernando 13-13 2 3 7 17 .1 1 8 0 0-0 • 13-13 2 3 7 17 .1 1 8 0 0-0 7 LOPEZ-ESPIN, Ricky 13-9 2 0 4 20 .1 0 0 1 0-0 • 24-17 5 1 11 38 .1 3 2 3 0-0 12 STAUFFER, Lucas 13-13 1 2 4 21 .0 4 8 0 0-0 • 35-24 5 4 14 54 .0 9 3 3 0-0 13 FRANKE, Noah 13-7 1 1 3 15 .0 6 7 1 0-0 • 34-7 1 2 4 20 .0 5 0 1 0-0 10 PEREZ, Ricardo 13-10 1 1 3 13 .0 7 7 1 0-0 • 55-35 6 3 15 48 .1 2 5 3 0-0 4 KELLER, Vincent 13-13 0 3 3 11 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 74-67 3 9 15 54 .0 5 6 1 0-0 8 WALDREP, Evan 3-0 1 0 2 1 1.000 0 0-0 • 3-0 1 0 2 1 1.000 0 0-0 6 RYDSTRAND, Joel 13-12 0 2 2 9 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 13-12 0 2 2 9 .0 0 0 0 0-0 3 LAGRO, Mitch 7-1 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 7-1 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 2 PRESCOTT, Peter 13-0 0 0 0 9 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 13-0 0 0 0 9 .0 0 0 0 0-0 5 PAYE, Mike 13-9 0 0 0 6 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 35-29 1 0 2 15 .0 6 7 1 0-0 22 DEJULIO, Eric 12-12 0 0 0 3 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 54-43 3 0 6 19 .1 5 8 2 0-1 9 BACELLAR, Diego 4-0 0 0 0 2 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 4-0 0 0 0 2 .0 0 0 0 0-0 24 FITZGERALD, Brock 4-0 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 4-0 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 0 0-0 30 KLUVER, Michael 1-0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 1-0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 25 KOLLMANNTHALER,Felix 5-0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 5-0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 15 RUTTER, Daniel 1-0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 1-0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 SPARROW, Connor 13-13 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 • 41-39 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 Total 144 29 23 81 251 .1 1 6 13 3-3 Opponents 144 5 4 14 81 .0 6 2 0 0-0

## Goalie gp-gs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho 30 KLUVER, Michael 1-0 15:38 0 0.00 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career totals 1-0 15:38 0 0.00 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPARROW, Connor 13-13 1154:22 5 0.39 22 .8 1 5 13 0 0 8 Career totals 41-39 3663:33 18 0.44 95 .8 4 1 31 5 4 22 Total 13 1170:00 5 0.38 22 .8 1 5 13 0 0 9 Opponents 13 1170:00 29 2.23 81 .7 3 6 0 13 0 0