2003 Creighton Men’s Soccer Media Guide 2003 Quick Facts 2003 Schedule Table of Contents Introduction General Information Date Opponent Time (CST) 2002 MVC Tournament Review . .2 Location . .Omaha, Neb. A 29 ! Butler 7 p.m. 2002 College Cup Review . .3 Founded . .1878 A 31 ! Maryland/Furman 2 p.m. Enrollment . .6,327 S 5 & vs. Santa Clara 3:30 p.m. Creighton Soccer Complex . .4 President . .Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J. S 7 & at Loyola Marymount 4 p.m. Bluejays in the Pros . .5 Director of Athletics . .Bruce Rasmussen S 12 % UNLV 7 p.m. Creighton University . .6-7 Colors . .Blue & White S 14 % Portland 2:30 p.m. Omaha, Nebraska . .8 Affiliation . .NCAA Division I S 19 # vs. Brown 4 p.m. Student-Athlete Support Center . .9 The Administration . .10 Conference . .Missouri Valley S 21 # at Yale 1:30 p.m. Athletics Department Directory . .11 O 3 Drake* 7 p.m. Bluejay Soccer O 10 Evansville* 7 p.m. Head Coach . .Bob Warming Outlook and Players O 12 SMS* 1 p.m. Alma Mater . .Berea College, 1975 2003 Roster . .12 O 17 at Vanderbilt* 7 p.m. Career Record . .295-148-40 (25 years) 2003 Season Preview . .13 Record at CU . .101-32-10 (7 years) O 19 at Western Kentucky* 3 p.m. Head Coach Bob Warming . .14-15 Assistant Coach . .Kevin Doyle O 24 Bradley* 7 p.m. Assistant Coaches . .16 Alma Mater . .Bowling Green, 1995 O 26 Eastern Illinois* 1 p.m. Player Profiles . .17-25 Assistant Coach . .Jason Mims O 31 at SMU* 7:30 p.m. Alma Mater . .Saint Louis, 1999 N 2 at Tulsa* 2:35 p.m. 2002 Season Review Home Field . .Creighton Soccer Complex N 7 MVC Play-In Match TBA 2002 Statistics . .26 Capacity . .3,000 N 14 $ MVC Semifinals 5 & 7:30 p.m. 2002 Schedule & Results . .27 2002 Overall Record . .18-4-2 N 16 $ MVC Championship 1 p.m. 2002 MVC Review . .28 2002 MVC Record (Finish) . .7-1-1 (2nd) 2002 Postseason . .NCAA Semifinals ! Diadora Challenge (Omaha, Neb. ) 2003 Opponents Letterwinners Returning/Lost . .16/6 & Loyola Marymount Fall Classic (Los Angeles, Calif.) % Ameritas Classic (Omaha, Neb.) 2003 Tournament Information . .29 Starters Returning/Lost . .7/4 # Yale Classic (New Haven, Conn.) 2003 Opponent Information . .30-31 * Missouri Valley Conference regular-season match MVC Regular-Season Championships . .5 $ SportPort Soccer Complex (St. Louis, Mo.) Missouri Valley Conference . .32 Home matches in BOLD played at 17th & Cass St., Omaha, Neb. 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 MVC Composite Schedule . .33 MVC Tournament Championships . .8 Record Book 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, All-Time Series Results . .34 2002 All-Time vs. Top 25 . .35 NCAA Tournament Results . .35 NCAA Tournament Appearances . .11 MVC Regular-Season Championships All-Time Bluejay Honors . .36-37 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Year-by-Year Results . .38 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 All-Time Bluejay Roster . .39 Single-Match Records . .40 NCAA College Cup Appearances . .3 Single-Season & Career Records . .41 1996, 2000, 2002 Bluejay NCAA Tournament Teams . .42-45 All-Time Results . .46-47 Sports Information All-Time Coaching Results . .47 Sports Information Director . .Rob Anderson CU in the National Polls . .47 Office Phone . .(402) 280-5544 Media Information . .48 Assistant SID / Soccer . .Rob Simms Office Phone . .(402) 280-2433 MVC Tournament Championships Cell Phone . .(402) 659-3783 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 Home Phone . .(402) 697-1068 E-mail . [email protected] Sports Information Intern . .Matt Beltz Office Phone . .(402) 280-5801 Press Row . .(402) 659-3783 Sports Information FAX . .(402) 280-2495 Creighton Sports Hotline . .(402) 280-5555 Creighton University Sports Information 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 NCAA College Cup Appearances 1996, 2000, 2002 www.gocreighton.com 1 2 3 5 4 IronKids Bread MVC Tournament 1 - Mike Gabb, Head Coach Bob Warming and Jeremy Shelton; 2 - Mike Tranchilla accepts the tourna - SportPort • St. Louis, Mo. ment MVP plaque; 3 - Seniors Luiz Del Monte, Mike Gabb, Skylar Nelson, Jeremy Shelton, Mike Tranchilla and Joe Wieland show off CU’s eighth MVC Tournament Trophy; 4 - Luiz Del Monte proclaims November 15-17, 2002 the Jays’ championship; 5 - The Jays celebrate their tournament title. The Bluejays clinched their eighth Missouri Valley Conference tournament title in 12 years with a record-setting run through the eight-team bracket. CU opened the tournament with a 6-0 drubbing of Eastern Illinois, in what would be the final match at Tranquility Park. The Jays’ tied their own tourna- ment record with six goals, seven assists and 19 points in the blowout. With the scene shifted to St. Louis, the Jays needed a come-from-behind effort to get by Southwest Missouri State in the semifi- nals. After SMS scored two minutes into the sec- ond half, the Jays rattled off three unanswered goals to secure a 3-1 victory over the Bears. CU then met up with Bradley in the championship match. Matt Jewett’s goal in the 61st minute of play proved enough for the Bluejays, as they out- shot the Braves 20-5 in the 1-0 CU victory. Mehdi B a l l o u c h y, Julian Nash and David Wa g e n f u h r joined tournament Most Valuable Player Mike Tranchilla on the all-tournament team. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2002 College Cup Semifinals Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, Texas December 13, 2002 8 Creighton vs. Stanford The Bluejays continued their tradition of excellence with a return trip to the College Cup, their third 1 - The Jays gather in the tunnel before taking the field; 2 - Kama Bennah holds off two Stanford defend - since 1996. After earning their 11th consecutive ers; 3 - Mike Gabb made 14 saves in CU’s NCAA tournament run; 4 - Matt Wieland (foreground) and bid into the NCAA Tournament, the Jays w e r e brother, Joe, were keys to CU’s defensive effort throughout the NCAA tournament; 5 - The Jays hud - awarded their first home NCAA match since 1995. dle before gametime; 6 - Brett Rodriguez skies for a header over the Stanford player; 7 - Shane Havens Following a first-round bye, the Jays eliminated the high-powered offense of UW-Milwaukee with a 3-2 clears a ball off the line in the first half, one of four team saves in the match; 8 - Mike Tranchilla scores victory in the second-round, snapping the the final goal of his career on a penalty kick, giving the Jays a 1-0 lead early in the match. Panthers’ nation-long winning streak at 19 games. Senior Joe Wieland’s first career goal, in the 83rd minute was the game-winner. CU then traveled to third-ranked St. John’s, where Mehdi Ballouchy tal- lied the game-winning goal eight minutes into over- time, to give CU a 1-0 victory. The Jays returned to the Northeast for a quarterfinal match with sixth- ranked Boston College. Ballouchy and Damien Westfield both scored two goals in a 6-2 pounding of the Eagles, helping them advance to their sec- ond College Cup in three seasons. The Bluejays were pitted against former coach Bret Simon and Stanford in the College Cup semifinals. Mike Tranchilla scored the first goal of the match, on a penalty kick in the 15th minute. The Cardinal scored the equalizer in the 50th minute. The match remained tied into overtime, when defender Joe Wieland made two spectacular team saves to pro- long the CU season. Stanford scored the game- winner with just two minutes remaining in the sec- ond overtime, ending CU’s season with an 18-4-2 record. Bluejay Home Field Information Creighton Soccer Complex The Bluejays at Home he Creighton Soccer program is entering a new era in 2003 with the Overall Overall Avg. opening of an on-campus soccer facility, the Creighton Soccer Year Record Home MVC Record Home Att. T 1979 12-5-1 8-0-1 –– –– –– Complex. The Jays make the move to the facility after playing home 1980 13-7-1 5-0-0 –– –– –– games at Tranquility Park in western Omaha since 1990. The new arti- 1981 9-6-3 6-1-2 –– –– –– ficial playing surface facility will serve as the third home to Bluejay soc- 1982 7-8-2 4-3-0 –– –– –– cer, as teams from 1979 through 1985 played at Rosenblatt Stadium. 1983 8-9-1 5-2-0 –– –– –– The Creighton Soccer Complex will be completed in the fall of 1984 4-9-2 3-3-1 –– –– –– 1985 5-12-0 5-3-0 –– –– –– 2004, when seating capacity is expected to be near 5,000. When com- CU did not field a team from 1986-89 plete, the stadium will have chairback seating, luxury suites, picnic 1990 12-5-3 7-0-1 –– –– 1,212 areas, offices, and locker rooms, along with several other amenities 1991 12-5-2 6-1-0 3-1-0 1-0-0 927 never before found at collegiate soccer venues. The soccer stadium is 1992 14-3-1 7-1-0 4-0-1 2-0-0 1,590 part of an eastward expansion of the Creighton campus and is just blocks 1993 19-1-0 13-1-0 5-0-0 3-0-0 1,700 from the Old Market Area in downtown Omaha. 1994 15-5-1 7-1-1 5-1-0 2-1-0 1,745 1995 14-3-1 7-3-1 4-0-1 2-0-1 1,480 Bluejay soccer has enjoyed incredible success at home since its 1996 17-5-2 7-3-0 5-0-0 2-0-0 1,567 reinception in 1990.