2018 AKRON MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES • MATCH 4 AT SEATTLE 64th Season • 2010 National Champions • 5 College Cup Appearances • 32 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 14 MAC Championships No. 12 Akron (1-1-1) 2018 Schedule and Results at No. 24 Seattle (2-1-0) 1-1-1/0-0 MAC Friday, Sept. 7 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Aug. 24 No. 9 BUTLER (1) T, 2-2 (2OT) Championship Field (650) Aug. 27 No. 17 NORTH CAROLINA ST. (2) L, 0-2 Sept. 1 PITTSBURGH (2) W, 1-0 Seattle, Wash. • 10:30 p.m. ET Sept. 7 at No. 24 Seattle 10:30 p.m. NOTES - 9/7/18 MATCH 24 SEATTLE NO. 12 AKRON AT NO. Sept. 9 at No. 9 Washington 7:30 p.m. Series History: Akron leads 2-0-0 Sept. 15 CONNECTICUT (2) 7 p.m. Live Stats: www.gozips.com Sept. 20 at Grand Canyon 10 p.m. Sept. 26 at VCU 7 p.m. Live Stream: WAC Digitial Network Oct. 1 SYRACUSE ! (2) 7 p.m. Television: WAC Digitial Network Oct. 6 at Bowling Green * 7 p.m. Oct. 9 at Michigan State * 7 p.m. Oct. 13 WEST VIRGINIA * (2) 7 p.m. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPT. 6, 2018 Oct. 16 CREIGHTON ! (2) 7 p.m. Oct. 20 at Northern Illinois * 8 p.m. WHAT’S AHEAD Oct. 23 at Notre Dame 7 p.m. Oct. 27 at SIU Edwardsville * 8 p.m. The 12th-ranked University of Akron men’s soccer team commences the road portion of its schedule Nov. 3 WESTERN MICHIGAN * ! (1) 7 p.m. this weekend as the Zips travel to Seattle, Wash., to square off against No. 24 Seattle on Friday, Sept. 7. Nov. 9-11at MAC Championship TBA Match time at Championship Field is slated for 10:30 p.m. ET with the tilt being streamed on the Western Dec. 7-9 NCAA College Cup TBA Athletic Conference Digital Network. Home games in BOLD CAPS * denotes Mid-American Conference match AKRON VERSUS THE WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ! radio broadcast on WARF 1350AM • The Zips are meeting a team from the Western Athletic Conference for the seventh time in program (1) ESPN3 Broadcast history and first time this season. (2) ESPN+ Broadcast • Akron opened the 2017 campaign with a 1-0 setback at then No. 16 Utah Valley on Aug. 25 before registering a 3-0 victory over No. 22 Seattle in the NCAA Tournament Second Round on Nov. 19. • In all, Akron is 5-1-0 (.833) versus teams from the Western Athletic Conference. SCOUTING SEATTLE Seattle enters action on Friday, Sept. 7 with a 2-1-0 mark following a 2-0 victory over UC Santa Barbara on Sunday, Sept. 2. Redshirt junior Cody Gibson leads the Redhawks’ offensive efforts this season pacing the team in goals (1) and points (3), while ranking second in assists (1), third in shots on goal (3) and fourth in shots (7). Redshirt senior goalkeeper Josh Adachi has recorded seven saves and owns one shutout on the strength of a 1.67 goals against average. As a team, Seattle is leading the NCAA in shots per game (22.33), while ranking eighth in shots on goal per contest (8.00), 30th in corner kicks (6.33), 33rd in scoring offense (2.00) and 45th in total goals 2018 TEAM LEADERS (6). Individually, sophomore Gabriel Ruiz is 34th in total assists (2) and 38th in assists per game (0.67), while senior Sergio Rivas is 50th in shots per game (3.33). AKRON SEATTLE AKRON Goals ......................................David Egbo (3) Overall Record 2-1-0 1-1-1 Assists ..................................Three Players (1) Conference Record 0-0-0 0-0-0 Points .....................................David Egbo (6) Goals 6 3 Shots ................................... David Egbo (11) Goals-Shot Attempts 6-67 3-37 SOG ........................................David Egbo (6) Goals Per Game 2.00 1.00 Saves ....................................... Ben Lundt (4) Assists 4 3 Shots 67 37 Shots On Goal 24 10 SEATTLE Shot Percentage .090 .081 Goals .......................................Six Players (1) Shots On Goal Percentage .358 .270 Assists ................................... Gabriel Ruiz (2) Shots Per Game 22.3 12.3 Points ...................................Cody Gibson (3) Corner Kicks 19 15 Opponent Corner Kicks 10 19 Shots ..................................Sergio Rivas (10) Penalty Kicks 0-0 1-2 SOG ....................................... Two Players (4) Opponent Penalty Kicks 0-0 0-0 Saves .....................................Josh Adachi (7) SERIES HISTORY Akron and Seattle are squaring off for the third time in program history with the Zips owning a 2-0-0 series advantage. A year ago, Akron registered a 3-0 home victory at FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field Akron Athletic Communications in the NCAA Tournament after getting past the then No. 9 Redhawks, 1-0, on Aug. 28, 2016. Sean Palchick, Associate AC Dir. (MSOC Contact) E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (330) 972-2677 1 #IamaZip 1 #IamAkron 2018 AKRON MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES • MATCH 4 AT SEATTLE 64th Season • 2010 National Champions • 5 College Cup Appearances • 32 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 14 MAC Championships IN OUR LAST MEETING (NOV. 19, 2017 - AKRON, OHIO) Akron Quick Facts University of Akron men’s soccer seniors Sam Gainford and Stuart Holthusen continued their dominating run of play netting a goal apiece to lead the third-rated and fifth-seeded Zips to a 3-0 victory past No. 22 Location: ................................. Akron, Ohio 44325 Seattle in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship on Nov. 19, 2017 at FirstEnergy Population: ................200,000 (5th largest in Ohio) Stadium – Cub Cadet Field. Founded: ....................... 1870 as Buchtel College The Zips outshot the Redhawks in the affair, 12-4, including posting a 5-2 advantage in shots on goal. Enrollment: ...............................................23,152 Gainford paced the Zips’ offensive efforts with a game-high four shots, while contributing two shots Nickname: ......................................................Zips apiece was Holthusen and Skye Harter (Copley, Ohio). Alex Roldan collected a team-high three shots for the Redhawks. .............................Blue (282) & Gold (871) Colors: Goalkeeper Ben Lundt (Berlin, Germany) pulled in two saves for Akron en route to earning the clean Conference: ....................................Mid-American sheet, while his counterpart, Josh Adachi made two saves for Seattle. Interim President: ....................Dr. John C. Green Equally impressive for the Zips was the play of its defensive backline of Niko De Vera, Joao Moutinho, Director of Athletics: ......................Larry Williams Nate Shultz and Daniel Strachan (Lakewood, Ohio). Faculty Athletics Rep: .........Dr. Matthew Juravich The Zips broke into the scoring column in the seventh minute (6:27) when Gainford connected on a Athletics Dept. Phone: ...............(330) 972-7080 strike from 15 yards out off an assist from senior Manuel Cordeiro. The tally came off a strong give-and- Ticket Office Phone: ...1-888-99-AKRON (-25766) go at the top of the box by Cordeiro to streaking Gainford, who delivered the ball into the corner of the net to give the Zips a 1-0 lead. Season of Soccer: ..............................64th (1955) The Zips held a 1-0 lead at the intermission after outpacing Seattle in shots in the opening stanza, 7-0, All-Time Record: ................................714-261-93 including 2-0 edge in shots on frame. All-Time MAC Record: ........................... 121-14-8 The Redhawks came out of the gate to begin the second half as the aggressors registering their first MAC Tournament Titles: .................................. 14 three shots of the game and of the final period for either team. Lundt denied the first two strikes on goal .......[1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, by Roldan (45:57) and Nick Prasad (49:00) as he made a pair of saves, including a diving stop to deny the scoring chances. ....... 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017] Roldan narrowly missed connecting on the equalizer for Seattle in the 66th minute (65:55) as his shot MAC Regular-Season Titles: ............................ 19 in the box went inches wide of the corner of the goal. NCAA Tournament Appearances: .............................32 De Vera followed in the 73rd minute delivering a beautiful pass to a streaking Holthusen, who spun NCAA College Cup Appearances: .... 5 [1986, 2009, 2010, past the defender and punched in the goal at the 72:10 mark to extend Akron’s lead to 2-0. 2015, 2017] Marcel Zajac (Mississauga, Ontario) capped the scoring for the Zips on the afternoon with his fourth NCAA Championshop Appearances: .. 2 [2009, 2010] goal of the year in the 89th minute (88:16). S SOCCER Stadium: ........FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field THE COACHES ’ Capacity:..........................................................5,000 Seattle: Pete Fewing is in his 25th season as head coach of the Seattle program, owning a 291-167-41 .....................................120 x 77 (.624) record Field Dimensions: Akron: Surface: ...............................................Natural Grass In his sixth year on the Akron sidelines as head coach, and 12th season overall, is Jared Embick, who owns a 80-24-12 mark (.741), including 127-44-20 (.717) overall, in his 10th year as a head coach. AKRON IN THE NATIONAL POLLS AKRON HEAD COACH JARED EMBICK Jared Embick, who had previously served as the Zips’ associate head coach and recruiting coordinator, NCAA RPI ..USC .......TDS .CSN ..SA officially became the seventh head coach in the history of The University of Akron men’s soccer program Preseason NA .............4 ........... 2 .....7 .......5 in December of 2012. Week 1 NA .............4 ........... 2 .....8 .......7 The 2018 campaign marks his sixth year leading the Zips having registered a 80-24-12 (.741) ledger AKRON MEN Week 2 NA .............14 ......... RV ...20 .....12 after posting an 18-4-2 record a season ago en route to earning the program’s fifth College Cup berth. Akron also posted a perfect 12-0 ledger at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field in 2017.