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For Immediate Release // Tuesday, December 16, 2014 Contact // Jon Olivero ([email protected])

2014 PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS

Conference Overall TP W L T PCT HOME AWAY W L T PCT HOME AWAY NEUT STREAK Stanford*^ 21 6 1 3 .750 3-0-2 3-1-1 13 3 3 .763 8-1-2 5-2-1 0-0-0 L1 UCLA^ 20 6 2 2 .700 3-1-1 3-1-1 14 4 6 .708 6-1-4 7-2-1 1-1-1 Washington^ 16 5 4 1 .550 3-2-0 2-2-1 12 5 3 .675 6-3-1 6-2-1 0-0-0 California^ 13 4 5 1 .450 2-3-0 2-2-1 11 7 1 .605 7-3-0 4-4-1 0-0-0 L1 Oregon State^ 13 4 5 1 .450 2-2-1 2-3-0 12 8 1 .595 9-2-1 3-6-0 0-0-0 L1 San Diego State 3 1 9 0 .100 1-2-0 0-7-0 7 12 0 .368 7-5-0 0-7-0 0-0-0 L6

*The Conference champion is determined by highest number of points (TP); Win = 3 pts, Tie = 1 pt, Loss = 0 pts. ^-NCAA Tournament Participant

THIS YEAR IN PAC-12 MEN’S SOCCER • A league-record fve Pac-12 men’s soccer teams earned berths to • California MF , Oregon State F , Stan- compete in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Four Conference teams ford MF and UCLA MF earned honors as earned frst round byes: No. 2-seed UCLA, No. 6-seed STANFORD, MAC Hermann Semifnalists. Stolz was named as one of three fnal- No. 14-seed WASHINGTON and No. 15-seed CALIFORNIA. OREGON ists for the trophy, the highest individual intercollegiate award ad- STATE qualifed for its frst-ever Tournament and opened play in the ministered by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America frst round. (NSCAA), and presented annually at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. This year’s trophy presentation and banquet will take place Fri- • UCLA went on a run and advanced all the way to the College Cup day, Jan. 9, 2015. fnals, facing off with Virginia. Despite dominating possession for most of the game, the Bruins could not manage a goal in regulation, nor • The fnal NSCAA rankings had four teams ranked in the top 25 with either of the two overtime periods. In penalty kicks, UCLA fell after fve teams receiving votes overall. UCLA led the charge at No. 2 sending two kicks off the crossbar. It was UCLA’s 13th College Cup appearance and its ninth-ever appearance in the fnals. • CALIFORNIA earned a frst-round bye and represented the Pac-12 in the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight year, earning its 18th • Oregon State’s Khiry Shelton was voted Pac-12 Player of the Year, postseason berth. After defeating the SIU Edwardsville, Cal crossed while Stanford’s was tabbed Pac-12 Defensive paths with Pac-12 rival UCLA falling in a close game, 2-3. The Golden Player of the Year. Oregon State’s Timmy Mueller was named Pac-12 Bears fnished with the nation’s No.1 scoring offense and with a 11- Freshman of the Year, and Stanford head coach Jeremy Gunn was 7-1 overall record. named Pac-12 Coach of the Year. California senior MF Omid Jalali was honored as the Pac-12 men’s soccer Scholar Athlete of the Year. • OREGON STATE earned its frst-ever NCAA Tournament win, knock- ing off Denver, 1-0. The Beavers fell in a close game with Creighton in • The Pac-12 holds an all-time record of 118-95-10 in the NCAA Tour- the second round. Oregon State fnished with a 12-8-1 overall record. nament, with four national championships and eight second-place fn- ishes. • SAN DIEGO STATE did not qualify for the Tournament, but did man- age three wins over ranked opponents, including Tournament teams, • The Pac-12 had seven NSCAA/Continental Tire Division I All-Ameri- then-No. 17 Oregon State, and then-No. 19 Denver. The Aztecs fn- ca honorees. Stanford D Brandon Vincent, F Jordan Morris and UCLA ished with a 7-12-0 overall record. MF Leo Stolz were named to the frst team, while California MF Con- nor Hallisey and Oregon State F Khiry Shelton earned second team • STANFORD won its frst Pac-12 Championship since 2001. The Car- accolades. Washington D Andy Thoma and MF were dinal fell in the second round of the Tournament and fnished with a honored on the third team. 13-3-3 record.

• WASHINGTON advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tourna- ment before falling to Michigan State in penalty kicks. The Huskies fnished with a 12-5-3 record. PAC-12 VS. 2014 MEN’S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OTHER CONFERENCES Sept. 1 Seyi Adekoya, UCLA Oct. 13 Paul Salcedo, California Sept. 8 , San Diego State Oct. 20 , UCLA America East ...... 0-0-0 Sept. 15 Connor Hallisey, California Oct. 27 Sei Adekoya, UCLA American Athletic ...... 3-0-0 Sept. 21 Connor Hallisey, California Nov. 3 Corey Baird, STAN Atlantic Coast ...... 4-1-2 Sept. 29 Josh Heard, Washington Nov. 10 Corey Baird, STAN Oct. 6 Darwin Jones, Washington Nov. 17 Austin Meyer, STAN Atlantic Sun ...... 1-0-0 Atlantic 10 ...... 1-0-0 Big East ...... 1-3-0 PAC-12 COACHES BIg West ...... 1-1-1 Big Ten ...... 0-0-1 CAL ...... KEVIN GRIMES STAN...... JEREMY GUNN ...... 163-97-36/15th Season ...... 33-15-6/3rd season Big 12 ...... 0-0-0 ...... Career: 163-97-36/15th Season ...... Career: 276-41-20/8th season Big West ...... 2-1-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 10 ...... NCAA Appearances: 10 Colonial Athletic Association ...... 2-0-0 Conference USA ...... 1-1-0 OSU ...... STEVE SIMMONS UCLA ...... JORGE SALCEDO Horizon ...... 3-0-0 ...... 41-54-11/6th Season ...... 138-53-36/11th Season ...... Career: 164-137-27/17th Season ...... Career: 138-53-36/11th Season Ivy League ...... 1-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 2 ...... NCAA Appearances: 10 Metro Atlantic Athletic ...... 1-0-0 Mid-American ...... 1-0-0 SDSU ...... LEV KIRSHNER WASH ...... JAMIE CLARK Missouri Valley ...... 2-0-0 ...... 108-130-46/15th Season ...... 52-15-12/3rd Season Mountain West ...... 0-0-0 ...... Career:108-130-46/15th Season ...... Career: 91-30-12/7th Season ...... NCAA Appearances: 2 ...... NCAA Appearances: 5 Patriot League ...... 0-1-0 Southeastern ...... 0-0-0 Southern ...... 0-0-1 UCLA VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN COACHES POLL Summit League ...... 3-0-0 Sun Belt ...... 0-0-0 SAN FRANCISCO - UCLA was selected in a poll of the 2014 PAC-12 COACHES POLL Conference’s six men’s soccer coaches as the pre- Western Athletic ...... 2-2-0 season favorite to capture the 2014 Pac-12 title, the 1. UCLA (4) 24 West Coast ...... 7-2-1 Conference announced today. The Bruins received 2. Washington (1) 19 Independent ...... 0-0-0 four frst-place votes for and earned 24 points (points 3. Stanford (1) 18 awarded in 5-4-3-2-1). Total-Div. I ...... 38-12-6 (.732) 4. California 15 WASHINGTON and STANFORD were separated Total-All ...... 40-12-6 (.741) 5. San Diego State 8 by a single point as the Huskies came in second with one frst place vote and 19 points and the Cardinal in 6. Oregon State 6 MEN’S SOCCER SIDS third with one frst place vote and 18 points. CALIFOR- NIA came in at fourth with 15 points while SAN DIEGO California ...... www.calbears.com STATE fnished with 8 points just ahead of OREGON STATE who tallied 6 points and placed sixth in the poll...... Jordan Stepp UCLA is looking for their fourth title in the last fve years under the direction of head coach Jorge ...... [email protected] Salcedo. The Bruins fnished the 2013 season 12-3-5 and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Men’s ...... 510-642-5363 Soccer Division I Tournament. The Bruins return a lineup that features All-American, Pac-12 Player of the Year and conference leading goal-scorer Leo Stolz and team captain GK Earl Edwards, who was between Oregon State ...... www.osubeavers.com the posts for all 20 matches last season and recorded seven shutouts...... Trevor Cramer ...... [email protected] ...... 541-737-7472 PAC-12 IN THE 2014 NCAA STATISTI