BIG EAST MEN’S SOCCER REPORT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2009 (Week 1) Rachel Margolis, 401-453-0660 www.BIGEAST.org [email protected] STANDINGS THROUGH GAMES AS OF SEPT. 8 THE WEEK AHEAD... BIG EAST Pts. Pct. Overall Pct. Streak SEPTEMBER ® Blue Division Fri. 11 VCU at Seton Hall 7:00 p.m. 8/12 USF at Virginia Tech 7:00 p.m. Providence 0-0-0 0 .000 2-1-0 .667 L1 Stony Brook at 4/3 St. John’s 8:00 p.m. Connecticut (25/18) 0-0-0 0 .000 1-1-0 .500 L1 Rutgers at 6/7 UC Santa Barbara 11:00 p.m. Lafayette Tournament (Easton, Pa.) Georgetown 0-0-0 0 .000 1-1-1 .500 W1 Villanova vs. Binghamton 4:30 p.m. Marquette 0-0-0 0 .000 1-1-0 .500 L1 Mayor’s Cup (Oneonta, N.Y.) Notre Dame (10/15) 0-0-0 0 .000 1-1-1 .500 L1 Syracuse vs. RV/NR Loyola (Md.) 5:00 p.m. Davidson Tournament (Davidson, N.C.) West Virginia 0-0-0 0 .000 1-1-0 .500 W1 RV/NR Georgetown vs. Coastal Carolina 5:00 p.m. Pittsburgh 0-0-0 0 .000 1-2-0 .333 L2 Dartmouth Tournament (Hanover, N.H.) 25/18 Connecticut at 13/6 Dartmouth 7:00 p.m. Seton Hall 0-0-0 0 .000 1-2-0 .333 L1 Mike Berticelli Memorial Tourn. (Notre Dame, Ind.) Red Division Seattle at 10/15 Notre Dame 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati 0-0-0 0 .000 3-0-0 1.000 W3 Louisville Tournament (Louisville, Ky.) SIU Edwardsville at 17/13 Louisville 7:30 p.m. USF (8/12) 0-0-0 0 .000 3-0-0 1.000 W3 UNC-Wilmington Tournament (Wilmington, N.C.) Louisville (17/13) 0-0-0 0 .000 2-0-0 1.000 W2 West Virginia at UNC-Wilmington 7:30 p.m. Pitt/Robert Morris Invitational (Indianola, Pa.) St. John’s (4/3) 0-0-0 0 .000 1-0-1 .750 W1/U2 UW-Green Bay at Pittsburgh 7:00 p.m. Rutgers 0-0-0 0 .000 2-1-0 .667 L1 adidas Bearcat Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) Villanova 0-0-0 0 .000 1-1-1 .500 T1/U1 Western Illinois at RV/NR Cincinnati 7:30 p.m. Marquette Invitational (Milwaukee, Wis.) DePaul 0-0-0 0 .000 1-2-0 .333 W1 DePaul vs. 9/8 UC Irvine 6:05 p.m. Syracuse 0-0-0 0 .000 1-2-0 .333 L1 Buffalo at Marquette 8:05 p.m. (Current NCSAA/Soccer America rankings); U - unbeaten streak Sat. 12 Northeastern at Providence 1:00 p.m. Sun. 13 Seton Hall at Stony Brook 5:00 p.m. 4/3 St. John’s at 14/14 Boston University 7:00 p.m. BIG EAST PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Mayor’s Cup (Oneonta, N.Y.) Syracuse vs. Bucknell Noon Offensive Player of the Week Dartmouth Tournament (Hanover, N.H.) Tim Ritter, Sr., F 25/18 Connecticut vs. Iona Noon Ritter singlehandedly led Providence to 1-0 victories Lafayette Tournament (Easton, Pa.) over Sacred Heart and Holy Cross. With 1:47 remaining Villanova vs. Fordham Noon Davidson Tournament (Davidson, N.C.) in the second overtime at Sacred Heart on Sept. 1, RV/NR Georgetown vs. UNC-Ashville 1:00 p.m. Ritter knocked a shot into the upper left corner from UNC-Wilmington Tournament (Wilmington, N.C.) 22 yards out to propel the Friars to a win. The senior West Virginia vs. Appalachian State 1:00 p.m. Pitt/Robert Morris Invitational (Indianola, Pa.) forward then scored just 3:59 into the Holy Cross match on Sept. 5. La Salle at Pittsburgh 1:00 p.m. Ritter’s lone goal proved to be the gamewinner. This is Ritter’s fi rst- Marquette Invitational (Chicago, Ill.) career Player of the Week honor. Buffalo at DePaul 1:00 p.m. Marquette Invitational (Milwaukee, Wis.) Defensive Player of the Week 9/8 UC Irvine at Marquette 1:05 p.m. Mike Berticelli Memorial Tourn. (Notre Dame, Ind.) Ben Clack, R-Sr., D New Mexico at 10/15 Notre Dame 2:00 p.m. St. John’s tied No. 7/4 Indiana 0-0 in double overtime at Louisville Tournament (Louisville, Ky.) IU’s annual classic in Bloomington, Ind. on Sept. 4 and RV/NR UIC at 17/13 Louisville (FSC) 5:00 p.m. followed with a shutout over No. T12/10 Notre Dame 2-0 in adidas Bearcat Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1/1 Akron at RV/NR Cincinnati 3:30 p.m. a nonconference matchup in second-day action. A redshirt- BIG EAST games in all CAPS; All dates and times (Eastern) are subject to change senior, Clack earns BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second time in his career. He led a St. John’s defensive unit playing all 200 minutes. Clack and the Red Storm held the opposing offense to just seven shots on goal in two games. Goalkeeper of the Week Rookie Player of the Week Derby Carrillo, R-Sr., GK Kit North, Fr., D St. John’s tied No. 7/4 Indiana 0-0 in double overtime at North becomes the fi rst Cincinnati player to earn IU’s annual classic in Bloomington, Ind., on Sept. 4 and Rookie of the Week honors since joining the league in followed with a shutout over No. T12/10 Notre Dame 2-0 in 2005. North led the Bearcats to a 3-0 record, including a nonconference matchup in second-day action. A redshirt- two shutouts, while playing on the defensive unit. He senior, Carrillo combined for seven saves, including three in ® scored a goal in his fi rst collegiate appearance in a 110 minutes at Indiana. Against the Fighting Irish, Carrillo 5-2 win at national vote-getter Dayton on Sept. 1. stopped four shots on goal plus made on a diving save on a penalty kick North converted a header on a corner kick just seven minutes into the match. He then helped hold both Canisius (5-0) and by Notre Dame in the 16th minute. Carrillo earns the honor for the fi rst Wright State (2-0) to three shots on goal over the weekend. time in his career. BIG EAST HONOR ROLL Andre Boudreaux, Louisville, So., GK; Tim Murray, Providence, Gr., GK; Andrew Quinn, Notre Dame, Sr., GK; Branden Stelmak, Cincinnati, Jr., F; Hansen Woodruff, Syracuse, Sr., F 222 Richmond Street, Suite 110 • Providence, Rhode Island 02903 • (401) 272-9108 • Fax (401) 274-5967 Communications: (401) 453-0660 • Fax (401) 751-8540 • www.bigeast.org 2008 BIG EAST MEN’ S SOCCER REPORT BIG EAST NEWS & NOTES Cincinnati Marquette In his ninth season at the helm, Cincinnati head coach Hylton Dayes became Marquette opened the 2009 campaign on Sept. 1 with a 1-0 win over the second-winningest coach in program history with the Bearcats’ 5-2 win Wisconsin-Milwaukee. With the victory, the Golden Eagles keep hold of the at national vote-getter Dayton on Sept. 1. The win was his 73rd at Cincinnati Milwaukee Cup, a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the annual and he currently stands with a 75-63-21 record after recording two more cross-town derby. For the second straight year midfi elder Calum Mallace wins against Canisius and Wright State over the weekend. netted the decisive goal in the Cup. With a 5-0 win against Cansius and a 2-0 victory over Wright State, in MU then dropped a 2-0 decision on Sept. 6 at national vote-getter Drake. combination with the 5-2 win at Dayton, the Bearcats have combined for 12 goals in three games. Last season, UC scored 13 goals in 19 matches. Marquette will host Buffalo and No. 15/8 UC Irvine at the Marquette Invitational on Sept. 11 & 13. Cincinnati will host the adidas Bearcat Invitational on Sept. 11 & 13. The Bearcats will face Western Illinois in fi rst-day action and then play No. 4/1 Notre Dame Akron on Sunday. Notre Dame is 1-1-1 to open the season, having played three straight ranked opponents. It marked the fi rst time since 2003 that Notre Dame opened a Connecticut campaign against three ranked teams. With a 2-0 home victory over St. Peter’s on Sept. 1, the Huskies are 35-39-5 all-time in their fi rst games of the season. The win also marked the 47th Senior forward Bright Dike notched a hat trick in the Irish’s season-opening home-opening victory, improving to 47-25-4 in those games. 5-0 win against No. 22/21 Michigan. The Irish are now 21-9-3 all-time in season openers, including a 6-2-1 mark in the Bobby Clark era. The Huskies allowed three goals in their 3-0 defeat to No. 24/24 Boston University on Sept. 5. It marked the most goals given up by UConn since its Notre Dame then tied No. 3/5 Wake Forest 1-1 at the adidas/IU Credit Union 3-1 loss at St. John’s on Sept. 26, 2008. The last time the Huskies allowed Classic on Sept. 4. Senior midfi elder Michael Thomas netted the equalizer three goals at home during the regular season was in a 3-3 tie against Akron on a penalty kick in the 77th minute. Two days later, ND fell to No. 5/3 St.