PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 // PAC-12.COM // 925.932.4411 For Immediate Release // Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Contact // Kyra Geithman ([email protected]) 2013 PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS Conference Overall TP W L T PCT HOME AWAY W L T PCT HOME AWAY NEUT STREAK Washington 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 1.000 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 W3 California 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 1.000 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 W3 Oregon State 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 .750 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 W1 Stanford 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 .500 0-1-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 W1 UCLA 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 .500 0-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-1 L1 San Diego State 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 .333 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 L2 The Conference champion is determined by highest number of points (TP); Win = 3 pts, Tie = 1 pt, Loss = 0 pts. PAC-12 MEN’S SOCCER NOTES • WASHINGTON’s senior defender Taylor Peay earned Pac-12 Player of the • THE WEEK AHEAD... Washington faces two top-25 ranked teams in No. Week honors for the week of Sept. 3-9. Peay recorded four total goals over the 3 Connecticut and No. 25 Brown, both on the road. The only other ranked course of the week, including a hat trick over Santa Clara. His four goals on opponent for Pac-12 teams will be No. 7 Akron, who hosts San Diego State on the season lead the Conference, as does his points per game average of 2.67, Sunday, Sept. 15. Two SoCal showdowns take place as UCLA hosts UC Santa which is also tied for seventh nationally. Barbara and San Diego, with both matches airing on Pac-12 Networks. • No. 5 CALIFORNIA leapt into the spotlight after a dominating opening UPCOMING SCHEDULE weekend, and moved up in the national rankings after a 1-0 victory over San Francisco. Freshman Christian Thierjung scored the lone goal for the Golden Tue., Sept. 10 Bears with merely 19 seconds left in regulation to secure the victory. #10 WASHINGTON at #3 Connecticut .......................................... 7 p.m. ET • Led by Peay, No. 10 WASHINGTON put on stellar performances against Fri., Sept. 13 Santa Clara and Portland, winning both matches 4-1. Four different Huskies #5 CALIFORNIA at Penn State ..................................................... 7 p.m. ET netted a goal over the two games, including two goals from redshirt freshman #10 WASHINGTON at #25 Brown ................................................. 7 p.m. ET Justin Schmidt. SAN DIEGO STATE at Niagara ...................................................... 5 p.m. ET Seattle at OREGON STATE ...........................................................7 p.m. PT • OREGON STATE dropped their match versus Michigan State despite six Grand Canyon at STANFORD .......................................................7 p.m. PT saves from goalkeeper Matt Bersano. But the Beavers bounced back for a UC Santa Barbara at #14 UCLA .......................P12N...................7 p.m. PT resounding 4-1 win over Oakland, where Daniel Van Vleet recorded his first two goals of the season after coming off of the bench. Sun., Sept. 15 Air Force at OREGON STATE ............................P12N...................2 p.m. PT SAN DIEGO STATE at #7 Akron ............................................... 2:30 p.m. ET • Eric Verso scored his first goal of his sophomore campaign to give STAN- San Diego at #14 UCLA ....................................P12N...................4 p.m. PT FORD their first victory of the season, a 1-0 win over Santa Clara. The goal is the third for the Cardinal squad thus far this year. PAC-12 IN THE WEEKLY RANKINGS • UCLA dropped their first match of the year in their home opener, losing 3-0 to Cal Poly on Thursday. Goalkeeper Earl Edwards Jr. recorded three saves in This Week (Sept. 9) his 90 minutes of play, but it wasn’t enough as the Bruins were outshot 14-9. NSCAA: California (5), Washington (10), UCLA (14) UCLA dips eight slots in the rankings, moving to 14th in the NSCAA top 25. Soccer America: California (3), UCLA (23) College Soccer News: California (4), UCLA (8), Washington (13) • SAN DIEGO STATE posted their second-straight loss in a narrow 1-0 match against UC Irvine. Goalie Blake Hylen allowed the one goal but made seven CAL OSU SDSU STAN UCLA WASH saves, and the Aztecs posted 11 total shots on goal. PRE nr/nr/nr nr/nr/nr nr/nr/nr nr/nr/nr 9/nr/7 23/nr/23 9/3 10/4/5 nr/nr/nr nr/nr/nr nr/nr/nr 6/6/3 19/25/19 • NATIONAL RECOGNITION... Washington ranks third overall in the nation 9/10 5/3/4 nr/nr/nr nr/nr/nr nr/nr/nr 14/23/8 14/nr/13 in points per game (10) and assists per game (4.00), and its nine total goals 9/17 so far ties for 11th. Oregon State’s save percentage of .917 is 16th nationally, 9/24 and its 27 total points is 13th. Individually, UW goalkeeper Spencer Richey is 10/1 15th in save percentage, coming in at .923. 10/8 10/15 • PUT ME IN, COACH... So far this season, 25 different Pac-12 student- 10/22 athletes have recorded a goal, with eight scoring two or more. Teams have 10/29 distributed the wealth on shot opportunities as well, with 18 players taking at 11/5 least five shots on goal. FINAL PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES CAL ................................ KEVIN GRIMES STAN.............................. JEREMY GUNN Atlantic Coast ...................................... 1-0-1 .............................. 140-87-33/14th Season ......................................10-8-1/2nd season Atlantic 10 .......................................... 0-0-0 .................. Career: 140-87-33/14th Season .....................Career: 254-34-15/7th season Big East .............................................. 1-1-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 9 .................................NCAA Appearances: 9 Big Ten ............................................... 1-1-0 Big Sky ............................................... 0-0-0 OSU ............................ STEVE SIMMONS UCLA ...........................JORGE SALCEDO Big 12 ................................................. 0-0-0 .................................... 27-38-8/5th Season .............................. 118-46-28/10th Season Big West ............................................. 1-1-0 ................ Career: 150-121-24/16th Season .................. Career: 118-46-28/10th Season Colonial Athletic Association ................ 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 .................................NCAA Appearances: 9 Conference USA ................................. 0-1-0 Horizon League ................................... 2-0-0 SDSU .............................LEV KIRSHNER WASH ............................... JAMIE CLARK Ivy League .......................................... 0-0-0 .............................. 95-110-43/14th Season ...................................... 27-9-5/3rd Season Mid-American ..................................... 0-0-0 .................. Career: 95-110-43/14th Season ........................ Career: 66-24-7/6th Season Missouri Valley .................................... 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 .................................NCAA Appearances: 4 Mountain West .................................... 0-0-0 Southeastern ....................................... 0-0-0 Southern ............................................. 0-0-0 WASHINGTON’S PEAY VOTED Sun Belt .............................................. 0-0-0 MEN’S SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK Western Athletic .................................. 0-0-0 West Coast .......................................... 6-0-0 WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- WASHINGTON senior Taylor Peay was voted Pac-12 men’s soccer Player of Independent ....................................... 0-0-1 the Week for the week of Sept. 3-9, the Conference office announced today. The defender from Salt Lake City, Utah, recorded four total goals over the course of the week, includ- Total-All ............................. 12-4-2 (.706) ing a hat trick in the first half of the 4-1 victory over Santa Clara. Peay’s four goals came on only five Total-Div. I ......................... 12-4-2 (.706) shots for a .800 shooting percentage. The senior currently leads the Conference in points (8), points per game (2.67) and goals (4). His four total goals tie for third in the nation, and his points per game aver- age is tied for seventh. He was also named to TopDrawerSoccer.com and College Soccer News’ national MEN’S SOCCER SIDS teams of the week. This is Peay’s first-career weekly award in his time as a Husky. It is Washington’s 27th player of the ..........................................www.calbears.com CAL week nod overall. ....................................................... Dean Caparaz Washington heads to the East Coast this week to play Connecticut on Tuesday, Sept. 10, and Brown on [email protected] Friday, Sept. 13. ...................................................... 510-642-5363 Pac-12 Networks will feature Washington twice more this non-conference slate and will broadcast a total of 10 more matches for the Huskies. Pac-12 men’s soccer will have 28 matches overall air on the .................................... www.osubeavers.com OSU Pac-12 Networks. For the full television schedule, visit www.pac-12.com. ....................................................... Trevor Cramer [email protected] Also Nominated: Christian Thierjung, CAL; Daniel Van Vleet, OSU; Eric Verso, STAN. ...................................................................... TBD 2013 Pac-12 Men’s Soccer Players of