For Immediate Release // Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Contact // Jocelyn Perry ([email protected]) 2015 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 * ^ & 23 7 1 2 .800 3-0-2 4-1-0 18 2 3 .848 10-0-2 7-2-0 1-0-1 W 1 UCLA ^ 16 5 4 1 .550 4-1-0 1-3-1 11 9 1 .548 9-3-0 2-6-1 0-0-1 L 1 Washington 15 4 3 3 .550 3-2-0 1-1-3 8 5 6 .579 6-2-2 2-3-4 0-0-0 W 1 California 14 4 4 2 .500 2-1-2 2-3-0 9 6 2 .588 7-1-2 2-5-0 0-0-0 L 1 Oregon State 10 3 6 1 .350 2-3-0 1-3-1 8 9 1 .472 4-4-0 2-5-1 2-0-0 L 1 San Diego State 7 2 7 1 .250 2-2-1 0-5-0 8 8 3 .500 6-3-2 2-5-1 0-0-0 W 1 * = Pac-12 Champion. The Conference champion is determined by highest number of points (TP); Win = 3 pts, Tie = 1 pt, Loss = 0 pts. ^ = NCAA Tournament participant. & = NCAA Champion. THIS YEAR IN PAC-12 MEN’S SOCCER STANFORD, the 2015 Pac-12 champion, captured its first NCAA title in men’s soccer, defeating Clemson, 4-0... The Cardinal matched the largest margin of victory in the history of the title match in the win... UCLA earned a berth to the tournament, advancing to the second round of play. The Bruins postseason run came to an end in a 1-0 loss to No. 13-seed Seattle U... WASHINGTON placed third in the Conference standings, finishing one point behind the Bruins. The Huskies were led by NSCAA All-American Ryan Herman who led the league with 85 saves on the year... CALIFORNIA ended the year fourth in league stand- ings, one point behind the Dawgs. The Golden Bears ranked seventh nationally in assists per game (2.12) with the help of Jose Carrera-Garcia’s 0.59 mark of assists per game. OREGON STATE started the year strong, winning its first five games and earning its highest ranking of No. 8 in the NSCAA poll... Three different Beavers earned weekly Conference honors, the most of any team... SAN DIEGO STATE rounded out the league and finished the season with an 8-8-3 record, their best mark since 2011. RECENT RESULTS PAC-12 IN THE RANKINGS Thursday, November 19 Cal Poly at UCLA ^ ................................................................UCLA 2, CP 0 National Season-Ending Polls NSCAA: Stanford (1), UCLA (23) Sunday, November 22 College Soccer News: Stanford (1), UCLA (27) Santa Clara at #8 STANFORD * ............................................STAN 3, SCU 1 UCLA at #13 Seattle U* .........................................................SU 1, UCLA 0 CAL OSU SDSU STAN UCLA WASH PRE 16/16/- RV/26/- x/x/- 8/5/- 1/1/- 10/8/- Sunday, November 29 9/1 RV/26/x 21/19/24 x/x/x 16/9/13 1/1/1 7/7/12 #14 Ohio State at #8 STANFORD % .................................... STAN 3, OSU 1 9/8 RV/24/x 12/14/19 x/x/x 13/6/7 8/4/16 6/10/12 9/15 RV/19/14 8/9/x RV/RV/x 4/4/4 RV/RV/x 9/11/9 Saturday, December 5 9/22 20/17/19 13/11/20 x/RV/x 3/3/3 x/RV/x 10/10/8 #8 STANFORD at #1 Wake Forest $ ...............................STAN 2, WF 1 (OT) 9/28 x/22/x RV/RV/x x/x/x 3/3/3 x/RV/x 15/17/15 10/6 RV/RV/x 16/30/17 x/x/x 3/3/3 x/RV/x 17/17/23 Friday, December 11 10/13 x/RV/x RV/30/x x/x/x 3/3/3 x/RV/x 17/15/22 No. 5 Akron vs. No. 8 STANFORD # .................................. STAN 0, Akron 0 10/20 x/x/x RV/RV/x x/x/x 3/2/2 x/x/x 17/15/16 (Stanford advances on penalty kicks, 8-7) 10/27 RV/x/x x/RV/x x/x/x 4/2/2 25/RV/x RV/19/x Sunday, December 13 11/3 24/RV/x x/x/x x/x/x 4/2/5 19/RV/x x/RV/24 No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 8 STANFORD @ ..................................STAN 4, CU 0 11/10 23/RV/x x/x/x x/x/x 6/6/x 16/26/x x/RV/x 11/17 x/x/24 x/x/x x/x/x 7/6/5 25/RV/x x/RV/x ^ - NCAA Division I Tournament first-round game $ - NCAA Division I Tournament national quarterfinal game * - NCAA Division I Tournament second-round game # - NCAA Division I Tournament national semifinal game % - NCAA Division I Tournament third-round game @ - NCAA Division I Tournament ntl championship game MEN’S SOCCER ON SOCIAL MEDIA CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO STATE UCLA Twitter: @CalMensSoccer Twitter: @GoAztecs Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer Facebook.com/CalMensSoccer Facebook.com/GoAztecs Facebook.com/UCLAMSoccer OREGON STATE STANFORD WASHINGTON Twitter: @OSUBeavers_MSOC Twitter: @StanfordMSoccer Twitter: @UW_MSoccer Facebook.com/OregonStateMSoccer Facebook.com/StanfordMSoccer Facebook.com/UWMensSoccer PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS OTHER CONFERENCES Pac-12 Player of the Year – Jordan Morris, F, Jr., Stanford A-10 ................................................... 8-0-0 Jordan Morris (Mercer Island, Wash.) is the third player in Stanford history to be named Pac-12 Men’s Soccer Player of the Year, and the first since 2001. Morris helped the Cardinal to back-to-back outright Atlantic Coast ...................................... 3-0-0 Pac-12 titles and earn a No. 8 seed in the 2015 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship. Despite missing American Athletic ................................ 1-0-0 Stanford matches after participating in U.S. Men’s National Team games, Morris played in 18 of Stan- Big East .............................................. 1-1-0 ford’s 23 matches and netted 13 goals. Morris takes home first team All-Pac-12 accolades in each of his Big Ten ............................................... 2-2-0 three years on The Farm. Big West ............................................. 5-3-1 Colonial Athletic Association ................ 3-0-0 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year – Brandon Vincent, D, Sr., Stanford Conference USA ................................. 1-0-0 Brandon Vincent (Valencia, Calif.) defended his 2014 honor and was named the 2015 Pac-12 Men’s Golden State Athletic ........................... 1-0-0 Soccer Defensive Player of the Year and is the only player to win the award since it was instituted in 2014. Vincent plays a key role in Stanford’s stout defense, helping the Cardinal maintain a goals against Horizon League ................................... 1-0-0 average of 0.64. Offensively, the 2015 Pac-12 Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year is a perfect 4-for-4 from Ivy League .......................................... 2-0-2 the penalty spot this regular season and has also notched an assist. This is Vincent’s third All-Pac-12 Mid-American ..................................... 1-0-1 honor and second-straight first team nod. Missouri Valley .................................... 0-0-1 Western Athletic .................................. 3-4-0 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year – Jose Hernandez, M, Fr., UCLA West Coast .......................................... 5-4-1 Jose Hernandez (Mexico City, Mexico) is the sixth player in Bruin history to be named Pac-12 Men’s Total-All ........................... 37-14-6 (.702) Soccer Freshman of the Year and first since 2010. Hernandez leads the Conference in points at 26, a mark which ranks in the top-25 nationally. The rookie netted 11 goals with two of them coming as game winners. He helped the Bruins earn an at-large bid into the 2015 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship, the team’s 33rd-consecutive trip to the postseason and 43rd overall appearance. One of UCLA’s three 20- plus point scorers, Hernandez helped UCLA rank in a tie for second nationally in goals per game (2.37) and tied for fourth in total goals (45). He is one goal shy of tying the Bruin freshman record. Pac-12 Coach of the Year – Jeremy Gunn In his third year at Stanford, head coach Jeremy Gunn has been named Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the second-straight year leading the Cardinal to a third-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Gunn led a Cardinal squad that earned back-to-back outright Pac-12 titles and went undefeated at home. Gunn’s MEN’S SOCCER SIDS program earned a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship, posting a 14-2-2 overall record and going 7-1-2 in Pac-12 play. Stanford claims the 10th-best team in the nation in assists per game at CAL ..........................................www.calbears.com 2.06, led by senior Eric Verso’s 11, the most for a Cardinal since 2002. .........................................................Jordan Stepp ............................................. [email protected] ...................................................... 510-642-6895 FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM* Name Yr. Pos. School Name Yr. Pos. School OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com Seyi Adekoya F UCLA Corey Baird M STAN ....................................................... Trevor Cramer Abu Danladi F UCLA Jose Carrera-Garcia M CAL [email protected] Ryan Herman GK WASH Kyle Coffee F WASH ...................................................... 209-918-0834 Jose Hernandez M UCLA Andrew Epstein GK STAN Nick Lima D CAL Thomas Hilliard-Arce D STAN SDSU ...................................... www.goaztecs.com Jordan Morris F STAN Jordan Jones F OSU ............................................................. Jen Heisel Timmy Mueller F OSU Foster Langsdorf F STAN ........................................... [email protected] Christian Thierjung M CAL Rene Reyes F SDSU .....................................................