2012 University of Akron Men’s SOCCER 2010 NCAA National Champions | Back-to-Back Hermann Trophy Winners (2009, ‘10) | 45 NSCAA All-Americans Men’s Soccer SID: Paul Warner | Office: 330-972-2677 | Mobile: 330-962-0352 | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @ZipsPaul ZIPS TO OPEN POSTSEASON PLAY THIS 2012 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WEEKEND WITH MAC TOURNAMENT 2012 MAC TOURNAMENT • For the sixth consecutive season, the top- NO. 1 AKRON ZIPS (15-1-2) OVERALL: 15-1-2 | MAC: 7-0-0 seeded and No. 1 nationally-ranked University vs. BOWLING GREEN FALCONS HOME: 7-0-1 | AWAY/NEUTRAL: 8-1-1 of Akron men’s soccer team will host the Mid- (8-8-3, 3-3-1 MAC) American Conference Tournament this weekend AUGUST at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field. Match #19 • Nov. 9, 2012 • 7:30 p.m. (ET) 24 Florida Gulf Coast W, 4-0 • As the MAC regular season champion, the FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio 31 at No. 2 Creighton# T, 1-1 Zips will host fourth-seeded Bowling Green in TV: None • Radio: None the second semifinal match Friday, starting at Live Stats: GoZips.com SEPTEMBER 7:30 p.m., after No. 2 Northern Illinois battles Video Stream: GoZips.com 2 vs. SIU Edwardsville# W, 2-1 No. 3 West Virginia at 4 p.m. 7 vs. No. 10 Indiana W, 1-0 • The winners from each semifinal round will UP NEXT 9 at No. 17 Notre Dame L, 1-3 meet in the MAC Championship Sunday at 4:30 The winner of this match will advance to face 14 No. 10 St. John’s^! T, 0-0 p.m. The MAC Tournament champion receives the winner of Northern Illinois/West Virginia in 16 No. 11 South Florida^ W, 5-0 an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. the MAC Final Sunday at 4:30 p.m. (ET) 22 at Bowling Green* W, 2-0 29 Buffalo* W, 4-0 TICKET INFORMATION • Reserved ($15) and General Admission OCTOBER ($10) tickets are on sale now for all three match- • UA’s bid for a fifth straight MAC Tournament 5 Florida Atlantic* W, 5-0 es. Students of all four participating schools will title was dashed by Western Michigan last sea- 10 at Penn State W, 2-0 be admitted free of charge with valid ID. son when the Broncos eliminated UA during the 13 at Northern Illinois* W, 2-0 • To purchase your ticket, click on GoZips. semifinal round in a penalty kick shootout (4-3) 16 Michigan W, 1-0 com/Tickets, call 1-888-99-AKRON (25766) after the teams played to a 1-all draw. 20 West Virginia W, 2-1 or visit the C.P. and Cornelia S. Chima Athlet- • Last season also marked the first time Ak- 23 at Ohio State$ W, 1-0 ics Ticket Office at InfoCision Stadium – Summa ron did not advance to the MAC Championship 27 at Hartwick* W, 4-0 Field (located at the southwest corner of the ven- round since 2003. The Zips had played for seven 31 at Michigan State W, 1-0 ue, near Gate 1, at the corner of East Exchange straight MAC titles – winning six – prior to last and South Union streets). year’s semifinal setback to WMU. NOVEMBER • Tickets may also be purchased at Gate 1 of • The Zips own an all-time record of 23-8-6 3 Western Michigan* W, 1-0 FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field one hour at the MAC Tournament, including a 7-0-2 mark 9 Bowling Green% 7:30 p.m. prior to kick off. since 2007 with all of their last nine matches being 11 MAC Tournament – Final TBA played at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field. CHASING HISTORY DECEMBER • While Akron has long been dominant in the ABOUT BOWLING GREEN 7 NCAA College Cup – Semifinals TBA Mid-American Conference with an all-time re- • The Falcons enter the postseason with an 9 NCAA College Cup – Final TBA cord of 124-18-11 (.846) since joining the league overall record of 8-8-3 and league mark of 3-3- in 1993, the Zips will have the opportunity to 1. They were defeated by West Virginia in the All rankings are according to the NSCAA poll. make history this weekend as they attempt to regular-season finale but qualified for the fourth All times are ET and subject to change. run down another NCAA record. and final spot in the MAC Tournament after win- bold Home games in . • Since the start of the 2007 season, UA ning a tiebreaker with Western Michigan. Key has gone unbeaten in 45 (42-0-3) consecutive • Bowling Green is 17-13-0 all-time at the * - Mid-American Conference game matches against the MAC (including postsea- MAC Tournament. BGSU advanced to the # - Ameritas Classic, Omaha, Neb. son play), which represents the longest current league’s postseason in each of the first 15 years ^ - The University of Akron Tournament, Akron, Ohio streak in the country and the second-longest run in which it was held (1994-2008), and last ad- ! - FOX Soccer Channel broadcast in NCAA history. The Zips will match Furman’s vanced to the tournament in 2010. $ - Big Ten Network broadcast • The Falcons’ attack is paced by Anthony % - MAC Tournament Semifinal, Akron, Ohio all-time standard of 46 consecutive matches with a positive result Friday. Grant (8 G, 4 A) and Danny Baraldi (6 G, 7 A). Michael Wiest (1.06 GAA) has logged all 1,784 NCAA’s Longest Conference Unbeaten Streaks minutes in goal for Bowling Green. AKRON IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Rk. No. School From To 1. 46 Furman 9/23/99 10/7/03 BOWLING GREEN SERIES NOTES Soccer Top Drawer College Soccer 2. 45 Akron 10/06/07 Present • Friday’s match represents the 53rd all-time NSCAA America Soccer Soccer News Times Preseason 10 2 4 6 7 meeting between the Zips and Falcons in a se- Aug. 28 7 2 4 6 6 AKRON VERSUS THE MAC ries that dates back to 1966. UA has won its last Sept. 4 6 4 4 6 6 • The Zips swept their MAC regular season 12 meetings against BGSU and leads the series Sept. 11 9 9 5 10 12 schedule for the fifth straight season with a per- overall with a record of 41-8-3. Sept. 18 10 7 4 10 10 fect 7-0-0 record in 2012, out-scoring the league • During its 12-game win streak against Bowl- Sept. 25 7 3 4 10 6 20-1. It was the eighth straight year Akron has ing Green, Akron has out-scored the Falcons Oct. 2 7 3 4 10 6 43-4. One would have to go back to the 2002 Oct. 9 3 3 3 6 3 won the league’s regular-season title. Oct. 16 3 2 3 5 3 • In all, UA leads all conference members with season to find the last BGSU win over UA, a 1-0 Oct. 23 2 2 2 5 2 15 regular-season championships (Kentucky, decision at Bowling Green. Oct. 30 2 2 2 2 2 which competed in the MAC from 1995-2004, is • Alfred Koroma (18’) and Scott Caldwell (20’) Nov. 6 1 1 1 1 - ranked second with four crowns) and eight con- each found the back of the net to lead the Zips to a ference tournament titles. Bowling Green and 2-0 victory at BG in the MAC regular-season opener Kentucky are tied for the second-most tourna- in September. The Zips posted advantages in shots ment titles with three apiece. (30-10), shots on goal (10-6) and corner kicks (9-7). 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr.-Exp. Ht. Wgt. Hometown (High School/Last School) 1 Fernando Pina GK Fr.-HS 6-0 180 Houston, Texas (Challenge Early College HS) 2 Andrew Souders D Fr.-HS 5-11 165 Amherst, Ohio (Amherst Steele HS) 3 Chad Barson D Sr.-3L 5-10 170 Lewis Center, Ohio (Olentangy HS) 4 Bryan Gallego D/M So.-1L 5-10 165 Kinnelon, N.J. (Kennelson HS) 5 Matt Foldesy MF Fr.-HS 5-7 145 North Olmsted, Ohio (St. Ignatius HS) 6 Wil Trapp MF So.-1L 5-8 150 Gahanna, Ohio (Gahanna Lincoln HS) 7 Reinaldo Brenes MF Jr.-2L 5-10 155 San Jose, Costa Rica (Edison Academic Center [Fla.]) 8 Alfred Koroma F Fr.-HS 6-0 160 Dallas, Texas (Southlake Carroll HS) 9 Aodhan Quinn MF Jr.-1L 6-0 155 San Diego, Calif. (Mt. Carmel HS/Bradley) 10 Dillon Serna MF Fr.-HS 5-7 135 Brighton, Colo. (Horizon HS) 11 Robbie Derschang MF Jr.-TR 6-0 165 Englewood, Colo. (Cherry Creek HS/SMU) 12 Omari Morris F Fr.-HS 5-4 145 Toronto, Ontario (Pickering HS) 13 Zac Portillos MF Jr.-1L 5-9 141 Aurora, Colo. (Grandview HS/Washington) 14 Eric Stevenson MF Jr.-2L 5-8 145 Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Christian HS) 15 Scott Caldwell MF Sr.-3L 5-8 145 Braintree, Mass. (Edison Academic Center [Fla.]) 16 Phil Fives D Fr.-HS 5-9 145 Pittsburgh, Pa. (North Allegheny HS) 17 DeAndre Yedlin D So.-1L 5-8 150 Seattle, Wash. (O’Dea HS) 18 Osas Malkin MF Fr.-HS 5-11 165 Pittsburgh, Pa. (Pittsburgh Central Catholic HS) 19 Alex Ranalli MF Fr.-HS 6-0 170 Powell, Ohio (Olentangy Liberty HS) 20 Brad Ruhaak D Fr.-HS 6-0 170 Akron, Ohio (Copley HS) 21 Thomas Schmitt F Sr.-2L 5-7 140 Berea, Ohio (Berea HS) 22 Kayvon Afsarifard D So.-RS 5-10 175 Chardon, Ohio (St.