PORTLAND SPORTS INFORMATION UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OFOF PORTLANDPORTLAND 5000 N. Willamette Blvd Portland, OR 97203 20012001 MENSMENS SOCCERSOCCER contact: Loren Wohlgemuth FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 17, 2001 KEY NUMBERS Merlo Field Press Box ......................... 503-943-7591 THIS WEEK: Evansville Purple Aces Classic Portland SID office .............................. 503-943-7439 Friday, Sept. 21: vs. Oakland, 5 p.m. Portland SID office fax ........................ 503-943-7242 Sunday, Sept. 23: at Evansville, 2 p.m. Portland SID cell phone ....................... 503-709-7800 Portland SID home phone .................. 503-247-7487 Portland ticket office ............................ 503-943-7525 ON THE AIR: No radio/tv broadcasts this weekend. The next radio broadcast is Oct. 14 vs. Saint Mary’s, which is also the next tv broadcast. Andy McNamara and Greg Flakus 2001 SCHEDULE/RESULTS will handle play-by-play duties on KPAM AM 860 throughout the season, with former AUGUST Pilot standouts providing color commentary. All radio games are also available via 26 Oregon State! W, 3-2 SEPTEMBER internet at www.kpam.com. 1 Denver - $$ L, 1-2 3 Stanford - $$, @@ L, 0-1 THE OPPONENTS: Oakland is 1-1-0 this season after dropping a 2-1 double overtime 8-9 adidas Portland Invitational 8 William & Mary - $$ W, 4-1 match at Dayton. The Grizzlies had opened the season with 1-0 win over Marquette. 9 Indiana - $$, @@ W, 1-0 Robert Hillman and Ryan Rzepka each have goals for Oakland, while Mike Skolnik has 14 Seattle cancelled 16 Fresno State cancelled a 0.87 goals against average. This will be the first-ever meeting between Oakland and 21/23 Evansville Tournament Portland. 21 vs. Oakland 5 p.m. 23 at Evansville 2 p.m. Evansville dropped to 1-2-1 with a 1-0 loss to CS Northridge and 0-0 double overtime 28/30 NIKE Husky Classic tie with Fresno State. Portland is 4-0-0 all-time against the Purple Aces, including a 6-0 28 vs. Air Force 4:30 p.m. 30 vs. UNLV 11 a.m. home win in the 1999 season. OCTOBER 7 at Gonzaga* 2 p.m. 14 Saint Mary’s* - $$, @@ 2:15 p.m. JAQUA IS WCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sophomore forward Nate Jaqua earned the 19 Loyola Marymount* 3 p.m. third West Coast Conference Player of the Week of his young career, after taking home 21 San Diego* - $$, @@ 2:15 p.m. 26 at San Francisco* 7 p.m. his second Portland adidas Invitational Outstanding Offensive Player honor. Jaqua had 28 at Cal Poly 3 p.m. two goals and an assist in Portland’s wins over William & Mary and Indiana. NOVEMBER 3 at Santa Clara* - $$ 7:30 p.m. 9 at Washington 7 p.m. PILOTS KEEP PORTLAND ADIDAS INVITATIONAL TITLE: Portland adidas Invitational $$-KPAM radio (www.kpam.com) Offensive MVP Nate Jaqua fed Brandon Henley for a goal in the third minute, and the @@-ASCN cable television !-exhibition Pilot defense responded with a 1-0 upset of #7 to win the tournament. Washington beat all times local to site William & Mary 3-2 in the early game. Portland’s title was its seventh in 12 years of the tournament, and kept a string alive UP CAREER SCORING of only Washington and Portland winning trophies. Player G A P Jaqua, who also was Offensive MVP in 2000, had two goals and an assist in GRAY 24 7 55 JAQUA 11 8 30 Portland’s two games. McNEIL 2 16 20 WEIS 3 4 10 MAISTRY 2 3 7 PORTLAND 1, #7 INDIANA 0: Just 2:22 into the match, Nate Jaqua collected a ball VANDERBURG 1 0 2 M. DOMINGO 0 2 2 near midfield and drove the defense to the endline, hounded by two Indiana defenders. SPITERI 0 2 2 Unable to get a clear shot at the goal, Jaqua fed a short low cross to Henley, who HENLEY 1 0 2 SIMPSON 1 0 2 pounded the ball home past a stunned Hoosier defense. CRONKRITE 1 0 2 The Pilots and Hoosiers then engaged in a highly tactical yet entertaining 87 minutes of soccer, with play ranging from endline to endline. UP CAREER GOALKEEPING Indiana outshot Portland 9-5 in the contest, but had its only serious scoring threat Player Min. G S GAA SHO 9:07 into the match when Pat Noonan got behind the Pilot defense and fired a shot that SPITERI 3923.5 55 159 1.26 14 (2) was punched away by Pilot keeper Curtis Spiteri. Spiteri made four saves in the contest. Freshman midfielder Darrin Domingo was Outstanding Defensive Player of the tournament for his efforts in preserving Portland’s first shutout of the season. PORTLAND 4, WILLIAM & MARY 1: Just 9:56 into the match, Portland freshman Josh Simpson ran onto a long leading pass from senior defender Isaac Vanderburg which got behind the Tribe defense, then beat the rushing keeper with a header to the 2001 WCC far post. The goal was Simpson’s first as a Pilot, while Vanderburg collected his first MEN’S SOCCER career assist. Portland then went up 2-0 on the first of two Nate Jaqua goals. STANDINGS Kelly Gray’s shot was blocked by a W&M defender, but Jaqua pounced on the ball and fired a rocket past the Tribe defense at 28:05. The Tribe closed within 2-1 at 59:40 WCC OVERALL when Ralph Bean gathered in a loose ball outside the box, beat the Pilot defense and STANDINGS W- L- T W- L- T slotted a low shot under Portland keeper Curtis Spiteri. San Diego 0-0-0 3-0-0 Less than eight minutes later, a Pilot set piece resulted in Jaqua’s second goal. Kelly San Francisco 0-0-0 3-1-0 PORTLAND 0-0-0 2-2-0 Gray sent a free kick to Jarrod Weis, who had snuck behind the Tribe wall. Weis fired a Santa Clara 0-0-0 2-2-0 tough angle shot which was blocked, but Jaqua was alone in front of an empty net to Gonzaga 0-0-0 1-2-0 pound home the rebound. Saint Mary’s 0-0-0 2-2-0 Loyola Marymount 0-0-0 1-3-0 Portland completed the scoring at 70:10 when Weis sent a beautiful through ball to Eric Cronkrite, who beat the keeper with a dribble and knocked the ball home. 2001 WCC MEN’S STATISTICS The Pilots outshot William & Mary just 18-14, but Spiteri was forced to make just TEAM three saves. POINTS GP No. Avg/G 1. San Diego 4 26 8.67 3. PORTLAND 4 19 4.75 LINEUP CHANGES PRODUCE STABILITY: It took a weekend of discovery, but the lineup put on the field for wins over William & Mary and Indiana produced exciting soccer GOALS GP No. Avg/G 1. San Diego 4 9 3.00 and resulted in a pair of strong victories. t3. PORTLAND 4 6 1.50 The movement of Nate Jaqua to forward and Kelly Gray from defense to midfield, with Brandon Henley causing fits with his athletic runs up front, created much more ASSISTS GP No. Avg/G 1. San Francisco 4 8 2.00 offensive play, but it was Portland’s improved defense which stood out. San Diego 4 8 2.00 Interior defenders Isaac Vanderburg and Kyle Tanner had few mistakes against the 3. PORTLAND 4 7 1.75 Tribe and Hoosiers, with Vanderburg and Tanner combining to shut down Indiana all- GOALS ALLOWED PG GP No. Avg/G American Pat Noonan. Freshman defensive midfielder Darrin Domingo was the 1. San Diego 3 1 0.33 tournament’s Outstanding Defensive MVP, and was a giant in the air, repeatedly winning t2. PORTLAND 4 4 1.00 header after header despite his diminutive 5-9 size. SHUTOUTS GP ShO Avg/G 1. San Francisco 4 3 0.75 GRAY, SPITERI OPEN WITH HONORS: University of Portland juniors Kelly Gray (MF) t5. PORTLAND 4 1 0.25 and Curtis Spiteri (GK) were named CollegeSoccer.com preseason all-Americans. INDIVIDUAL Gray was a second-team pick by the internet site devoted to college soccer, while POINTS GP G Ast. Pts 1. Josh Hansen, USF 4 4 1 9 6. Nate Jaqua, POR 4 2 1 5 2001 UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND SOCCER t7. Kelly Gray, POR 4 1 2 4 # PLAYER YR. POS. HT. EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 9. Jarrod Weis, POR 4 0 3 3 1 Curtis Spiteri Jr. GK 6-1 2V Vista, CA/Vista HS GOALS GP No. Avg/G 2 Ryan Domingo So. D 5-9 1V San Jose, CA/Bellarmine Prep 1. Josh Hansen, USF 4 4 1.00 3 Ben Benditson Fr. D 5-9 HS Oak Park, CA/Oak Park HS t3. Nate Jaqua, POR 4 2 0.50 4 Kelly Gray Jr. F 6-1 2V San Jose, CA/Leigh HS 5 Isaac Vanderburg Sr. D 6-4 3V Albuquerque, NM/Albuquerque Academy ASSISTS GP No. Avg/G 6 Paul Robinson Fr. F 6-3 HS Nottinghamshire, England/W. Bridgeford t1. Jarrod Weis, POR 4 3 0.75 7 Jarrod Weis So. F 5-10 1V Hillsboro, OR/Glencoe HS t3. Kelly Gray, POR 4 2 0.50 8 Matthew Domingo Sr. M 5-8 3V San Jose, CA/Bellarmine Prep SAVES PER GAME GP No. Avg/G 9 Josh Jaqua Sr. M 6-2 TR Eugene, OR/So. Eugene HS/New Mexico 1. Kellan Wilson, SMC 4 25 6.25 10 Darrin Domingo Fr. M 5-9 HS San Jose, CA/Bellarmine Prep t6. Curtis Spiteri, POR 4 13 3.25 11 Nate Jaqua So.